Understanding the Team
Understand yourself
Understand your group
- Group inventory tool [doc]
- Teamwork skills: being an effective group member [pdf]
- An introduction to unconscious bias
Develop a group charter
Communicating Effectively
Getting started
Plan effective meetings
- Meeting strategies for group work
- Minute-taking tips and techniques guide
- Group meeting minutes template [doc]
- Guide to group roles and maximizing group performance [pdf]
Negotiate disagreements
- GroupThink: an introduction
- Group charter template [doc]
- Group charter with guidelines and examples [pdf]
- Stop, name, ask, and explain technique [pdf]
- Dear Man DBT skills
- Resolving conflict: working in groups student toolkit
Be intentional about modes of communication
Planning the Project
Understand the assignment
Identify group roles and tasks
- Guide to group roles and maximizing performance [pdf]
- SPARK academic integrity module
- Integrity in group work checklist [pdf]
Plan ahead
- Tasks planning tool template [doc]
- Tasks planning tool sample [pdf]
- Group assignment task checklist [doc]
- Communication and planning tools guide
- SPARK time management module
- SPARK creating bibliographies module