The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

-Phil Jackson

Team Leader: Alexander’s survey revealed a score of 11 for Leader, suggesting that he can keep the group on-track and is determined while bringing competitive drive to the team.

Ideas Person: Mackenzie’s survey revealed a score of 9 as an ideas person. She can come up with original ideas and effectively problem solve in creative ways.

Compromiser: Claudia Flores can work well with different people and can be a good listener to the views of other group members. She is active and likes to move things along by suggesting ideas and confronting problems.

Recorder: Michael DeRosia's survey revealed a score of 9 for recorder, suggesting that he can help keep the group focused and organized.

Encourager: Michael Laussen can keep positive focus on the work but at the same time making everyone feel comfortable and “safe” to speak openly. Laughter can create the best environment for a positive vibe in the group which Micheal can help facilitate.

Team Spokesperson: Austin is well-spoken and confident in communicating ideas to both individuals and groups, quick on his feet, and can deliver messages or recommendations on behalf of the team with charisma.

Evaluator: Merrill Burnham is logical, analytical, objective, and can help prevent group-think. He is a big-picture thinker and can come up with original ideas or new ways to complete a task.

Summarizer: Isaiah Howard can summarize the group's discussion and conclusions. He can clarify group objectives and elaborate on the ideas of others which will be very helpful in weekly group discussions.

(The group will rotate roles as necessary)

Standard Behaviors:

Active participation

Timely Communication

Respect for others

Attendance:

Our team will hold a Google hangouts session every Sunday afternoon to update one another on each other’s progress and to review frequent deadlines.

In between Sunday sessions our team will utilize Canvas inbox and email to communicate with one another.

Share of Work, Decision Making, and Feedback:

In order to effectively share the workload of this class, team members will divvy up and accept assignments that are necessary to the completion of work in the course. New assignments for team members can be created and distributed every Sunday via group discussion.

All team members are expected to contribute to effective decision making and feedback. In times where an immediate decision needs to be made, the team evaluator and those who are available to contribute will be entrusted to make immediate decisions if they arise.