Subteam Leader Responsibilities

Subteam leaders foster a collaborative learning environment within their project team to maximize the growth of each of the team members. Subteam leaders:

General

• Provide mentorship to new team members as well as returning team members (check for comprehension and take appropriate steps to guide growth)
• Maintain high standards and high expectations; hold team members accountable by letting team members know when they are not performing well
• Insist that expert team members empower novice members (see Novice-expert continuum) and seek out the appropriate experts with questions (not just Monroe)
• Maintain regular electronic communication with team members as well as face-to-face meetings
• Identify impediments to progress (team conflict, lack of accountability, etc.) and take active steps to address those impediments

Beginning of the Semester

• Meet within the first two weeks of class as a team in an informal setting (over lunch for example)
• Create a presentation and present the work your team did in the past semester and the plans for the next semester with proposed timelines (even if it is just an ordering of tasks)
• Schedule
• Create a presentation for their own team explaining their project
• ensure that there is at least one regular weekly meeting outside of class time (in addition to the Wednesday meeting)
  Weekly
• Compose an send a weekly email to their team copied to research or invent team leaders that defines tasks for the week with dead linesall team members that:
• Everyone has well defined tasks for the week ensure that all team members have well defined tasks (every week) and appropriate resources to successfully complete those tasks
  • foster peer-based learning within their team
  • seek out expert advisers to maximize the team's efficiency
  • identify impediments to progress and take active steps to address those impediments
  • foster a positive collaborative environment that is a prerequisite for a high performing team
  • maintain regular electronic communication with team members as well as face-to-face meetings
  • • Is copied to your direct team leader (Invent/Research)
    • Includes deadlines (which can be revised if necessary)
    • Includes upcoming due dates for team assignments (See syllabus)
      Mid Semester
  • Guide guide weekly reflective discussions on the team interaction effectiveness to foster continual improvement
    
  • maintain high standards and high expectations
  • hold team members accountable to meet their commitments to the team
  • check for comprehension and take appropriate steps to guide growth of the team members
  • End of Semester
  • Ensure all assignments are completed and compiled
  • If something is left undone, it is your responsibility to facilitate its completioninsist that expert team members empower novice members (see Novice-expert continuum)