LEARNING TEAM CHARTER Course Title COM 705 Ralph Melaragno Instructor Course Dates May 23, 2006 - June 12, 2006 All team members participated in the creation of this charter and agree with its contents: Please check Team Members/Personal Information Name Phone Lundon Gothard 360-692-4009 home 360-265-0387 cell Charmaigne Scott 831-393-1011 home Fax Email Xerxia@email.uophx.edu Xerxia@hotmail.com 831-393-1602 or Scot9112@email.uophx.edu or charmuse@charmaignescott.com 831-915-8187 cell Robin Noisette 425 293-3704 work 206 766-5332 Robin.k.noisette@boeing.com robinnoisett@email.uophx.edu 206 355-7387 home Bev Hammond Keturah McEwen 403-887-7662 (MST) Home 403-845-3376 (MST) Work 951-682-6073 home 909-496-3758 bevhammond@email.uophx.edu bevhammond@telus.net kmcewen08@email.uopx.edu kmcewen_08@yahoo.com Team Member Skill Inventory (Areas individual members can contribute/want to develop) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Lundon Gothard: Skills adept at research, and compiling fragments into a whole picture, team communication, project coordination. To develop: better writing skills and improve power point skills ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Charmaigne Scott: Skills: adept at problem solving, idea origination, team player, help create team spirit/site. To develop: more MS Office/ tech skills; improved scholarly research abilities; a solid, leadership role in delivering the “B2T” = the “Best “B” Team” presentation, from start to finish. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Bev Hammond: Skills: Research, Writing, Communication, Project Coordination, Analysis, Powerpoint Presentations To develop: Succintness, Enhance use of the tools within technology ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Robin Noisette: Analytical and systemic, original problem solver, strategic thinker, effective time manager, creative mind. Keturah McEwen: Contributions: creative project development, team communication, marketing experience, PowerPoint development. Areas to develop: confidence in online resources, organized formal writing( I tend to write how I talk) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Learning Team Goals (May include project assignment goals, group process goals, quality level goals, etc.) Group processes: team members will: a) communicate often and responsibly; b) adhere to due dates established by the team; c) do their best to contribute their fair share of the work to any project undertaken by the team; d) respect the work of other team members; e) give feedback to other team members in a timely manner; f) produce work that is considered graduate level; and g) participate in team discussions, meetings, and emails whenever these activities are scheduled _________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ What are potential barriers to the achievement of these goals? a) lack of communication between team members; b) lack of commitment to goals by one or more team members; c) lack of adherence to established due dates; d) unwillingness to give or receive feedback from one or more team members; e) team members not respecting other members; f) work produced by a team member is not graduate level quality; g) unwillingness to participate in team activities such as meetings or discussions h) outside influences that affect a group members work and h) the time difference between team members. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Ground Rules Meeting schedule, locations, attendance expectations, agenda, assignment completion, communication methods, etc. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1) Meeting schedule, meetings may be scheduled by agreement of the team members at any time; 2) Location, the location for meetings is the online Team Meeting Room within the University of Phoenix unless otherwise established and agree upon by all team members; 3) attendance, is required of all team members unless arrangements have been made in advance; 4) agenda items, for meetings are to be established and agreed upon in advance of the team meeting. Agenda items will usually be predicated by the current assignment; 5) assignment completion, is expected to be 100% from each team member, and 6) communication methods, used by the team are: 1) messages posted to the online Team Classroom; 2) emails to the other team members via the UOP server; or 3) alternative methods established and agree upon by all team members. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Conflict Management What are potential conflicts that might arise among or between team members during this course? How will team members deal with these and other conflicts? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ While we do not foresee having any problems Potential conflicts might include: 1) team members may not agree on how to proceed with an assignment; 2) there may be a disagreement over the amount of participation required by team members; 3) team members do not share the same work ethic; 4) team members fail to communicate in a professional manner; 5) team members may not agree on who is responsible for which tasks; and 6) team members may not follow the ground rules established above. Potential management of conflicts in order: 1) team members should try to work it out themselves within the Team Room environment; 2) the instructor should be notified of a problem of noncompliance with a team member; 3) ask a member of the class to act as mediator and see if with their assistance to the team can resolve the problem and if that fails 4) if the team members at that point cannot work it out themselves, then the instructor must be asked to work it out for them and they must agree to accept the suggestions of the instructor ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Faculty Member Feedback to Students ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________