“That was the best classroom team I’ve even been on!”

KEYWORDS: Teamwork, team building, productive teams

Each semester, I have had more than a handful of my students declare that this was the best classroom team that they’ve ever had. They thank me for giving them such good teammates. I always tell them it wasn’t necessarily the mix of team members, but rather the fact that we took certain steps to build the teams before they started on the work. I will share these steps with the participants. The participants will take part in one of the exercises I use. After the exercise, I will discuss the debrief and several ways it can be used in different classes. I will then ask for best practices from those in attendance.

Author(s):

Gloria Miller
Austin Peay State University
millerg@apsu.edu
United States