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[salsa73]

Hi guys I'm looking for some advise again!!!
I'm doing a piece of coursework and as part of this I need to write 300 words on "working as an effevtive team in a pre-school setting" (though by pre-school they mean 0 - 5).
I thought i would break it down into the mini teams, staff/committee, staff/parents, staff/staff, and I thought I would also do staff/children as well.
I then aim to talk about the importance of the relationship and the trust requiredbetween them and the need of proper communication.
Do you think this sounds alright or have any comments to add.

Many thanks

Sal

[mustangsally]

Hi salsa73
We have found that having agreed common aims and clearly defined roles and responsibilites makes a team more effective too. Goes across the board - parents, committee, staff, children. Don't know if that's any help.

Sally

[Andreamay]

i too am writing an assignment on teamwork and we have to mention Belbin and his theory of nine characteristics if you google them somehting should come up

[HappyMaz]

mustangsally, on Apr 14 2008, 13:57, said:

Hi salsa73
We have found that having agreed common aims and clearly defined roles and responsibilites makes a team more effective too. Goes across the board - parents, committee, staff, children. Don't know if that's any help.

Sally

... and I'd add something in about conflict resolution, and how differences will be handled

[Susan]

300 words doesn't sound a lot for all that!

[HappyMaz]

Susan, on Apr 14 2008, 14:57, said:

300 words doesn't sound a lot for all that!

Hadn't noticed that Susan. I'd have trouble describing a team with that many words...

[salsa73]

Susan, on Apr 14 2008, 14:57, said:

300 words doesn't sound a lot for all that!

It's a small part of a larger assignment, there are 10 sections and the total word count is 3000- 3500, so I'm working on 300 for each one and I shouldn't be too far off.


Thanks for the thoughts on conflict resolution and common aims and defined roles. I hadn't thought of those.

Thanks

Sally

[HappyMaz]

salsa73, on Apr 14 2008, 19:34, said:

It's a small part of a larger assignment, there are 10 sections and the total word count is 3000- 3500, so I'm working on 300 for each one and I shouldn't be too far off.

Good plan! Hope it all goes well...

Maz

[macey]

I also have to write about "an effective team" and have no idea were to start any good ideas as where I should start.
Are you on core unit 3 of your DPP by any chance?

Edited by macey, 27 April 2008 - 08:03 PM.

[kermit21]

There's an acronym for TEAM which might be useful it is 'Together Everyone Achieves More'