The 5 Aims of Teambuilding:

1. Getting Aquainted - Helping students and/or teammates get to know one another by building a sense of comfort and belonging.

2. Team Identity - Helping students and/or teammates build a sense of community by successfully completing a particular task, activity, or project together as one cohesive group.

3. Mutual Support - Helping students and/or teammates create a sense of trust and support amongst each other.

4. Valuing Differences - Helping students and/or teammates identify their own values, learn the values of their classmates, and understand that there are no right or wrong values.

5. Developing Synergy - Helping students and/or teammates work in cooperation.  The goal is that the group product is better than any individual working alone 

 

Kagan, Spencer. Cooperative Learning.  San Clemente, CA:  Kagan Publishing, 2002.

 

Activities / Announcements / Assignments	Description	Approximate Due Date *
Self-Portrait		8/07/50
Bouncing Ball of Questions		8/07/50
The Post-It Note Game		8/07/50
Writing Class Expectations		8/07/50
Slogans		8/07/50
Would You Rather...		8/07/50
Favorite Things		8/07/50
Student Interviews		8/07/50
Zen Counting		8/07/50
Junk Drawer		8/07/50

* Due dates are subject to change.

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