I work full-time at a school district and part time SCO at Walmart, so both of these jobs are
all about team work. I want specifically talk about my job with the school district. I am Sign
Language Interpreter and we at each school level from elementary to the high school must
work together as interpreters to prepare the students of the deaf and hard of hearing for their
next grade level interpreter. There is nine of us. We get together once a week to discuss a
subject or two that may we all commonly struggle with such as math. We all decide on a
leader of the group and this is important to me, every team must have a leader with a strong
voice and neutral to all persons. We always discuss problems or problem that may have arise
from the teachers we work with and how to find solutions to those problems. There is a
designated person who reports what or if we need something to the administration. This is
where everything falls into place, that's communication. Open communication and a team
lead are the most effective two things in a group collaboration. I like to believe my team is
effective and achieves our outlining goals. We have fun while in a our group meetings and
clearly express our true concerns and actually help one another effortlessly. Our location is
we meet at a different school every week, so this actual influence each of us because we get
to see each other work environment, the cons and pros. The two concepts that I feel are
applies to my team are resolving conflicts and team roles. I've had to work with others on a
daily bases, when doing school work and on my job. I work with account management so I
have to consult with my co workers with handling things for customers or even making sure
that things have been taken care of and done correctly. The most important factors that
influence how well my team works together would be communication. I work from home so
communication is defiantly a key factor. When working from home instead of the office this
is the only way we are able to achieve our work load is by talking to each other and catching
each other up to speed. I consider my team being very effective. Like I stated before we
work from home so we have to be able to communicate with each other or the work won't
get done. We communicate through Skype or by phone. Communication is the key to
working with a team, I feel like that is the only way the work well run smooth with out
running into problems. A situation I've had to work as a team is my current job. I work on
an assembly line building brakes. Each worker has their own section of building the brake.
Together we build a full brake station by station. We hit our goal of 35 brakes per hour. I
think the most important factors of working as a team is having a positive attitude and being
open minded to different opinions and ideas. Attitude plays a huge part because no one
wants to work with someone who has a bad attitude and who isn't a team player. I do
consider the team effective. The location of team members is influential because at a work
place it is always key to be a team player. I feel like communication plays a huge part in the
team we are in. If someone can't communicate then they can't contribute to the group's ideas
or to the group's success. Communication is one of the biggest things in life rather it's work
or friendship. Teamwork makes the dream work. As a member of the US Army, we are
always completing task involving teamwork. Everyone comes from an entirely different
background and upbringing, so getting everyone to be on the same page can be a daunting
task. We have missions that need to be completed in groups as big as eight or more or
groups as small as two people. One way that we get together and remember the importance
of teamwork is when we compare our situation to being out in war. Who else other than
your team will come to recuse you? No one! Also, most of us have families, spouses and
children included. Therefore, we used those common connections as ice breakers. Once we
became comfortable around each other it was easier to be open and work together. In my
team, good communicators are essential and crucial to making sure that everyone is safe,
and missions are completed to standard. Leadership is also equally important because the
team relies on this person to lead the team to success. However, everyone in the group
should work as a leader for the most efficient outcome. A situation when I was a leader and
worked under others, I would have to say when I was a C.N.A at a nursing home. There
were many times there was two or more C.N. A’s on a hall and we would have to effectively
split up the workload on how many residents we had to care for. We all had to work together
to make sure our residents were taken care of and while all the other work was done. So, we
worked together and making a list of how would be responsible for which resident, we made
sure no one had more then the other person. Sometimes they did we just made it where they
did not have as much other work that needed to be done so it was far to everyone working.
The workday would go more effective since we all had our list of tasks to-do. I found this
tutorial to be very informational to help with this class. Team building skills is a great thing
to implement when it comes to more then one person in any situation. I was the head coach
for my daughters tee-ball team years ago. I originally signed up to just be an assistant coach
as I was not comfortable being the head coach but the athletic director at her school
approached me and basically said we have no one else who can do it, so you're (me) it.
Some of the most important factors that influenced how well the team (including the kids
parents) worked together was communication and attitude. Communication as I did my best
to make sure everyone always knew what was happening all the time and I always made
sure I was available and approachable with anything. Attitude as I made sure it was fun and
always used positive reinforcement.We were and effective team because we achieved the
goals I set out to accomplish at the beginning of the season and everyone had such a great
time. The location of the team members were local. We practiced at the school where the
team was originally organized so location was not a concern.Good communication and
positive attitude I feel apply to the team I was in from what I learned in this weeks learning
activities. A situation when I was a leader and worked with others, I will have to say when I
was teaching and I had two associate teachers under me and a classroom support. I allowed
them to take charge in most cases so that the respect from student to teachers was the same
across the board. The most important factors were that we ran by each other what we were
doing with the class and how so that our instructions collectively together were the same.
My teacher was beyond effective and we had a great school year due to us having effective
communication skills and just willing to support one another. Communication between us all
is what carried us. The concept that I would add from this week would be a more eager
listener to others and their suggestions. Just because you’re in charge does not mean that you
have to do thing your way only. I found this tutorial to be informational and helpful for this
class. Team building is a great thing to implement in a social environment. When we work
on teams it’s important that we start off by examining our norms. While starting with norms
may seem strange, it sets the tone for the rest of the teamwork to follow. You might think of
norms as rules or guidelines. At the University you’ll learn about developing a team charter
as the first official task of a team. The team charter is a written document that establishes the
team norms or guidelines for behavior, and the possible consequences of violating the
norms. The idea is that every team member will have input into and agree to the team
charter at the outset of the project and that agreement is supposed to help ensure all
teammates abide by the norms. Agreement to the team charter also means the team member
is agreeing to the possible consequences of violating a guideline or norm. Everyone having
input into the team charter helps build commitment. When building the team charter it’s
important to keep asking the team for their input. For example, a teammate may suggest
using checkpoints to help ensure work is not submitted late. Teammates with more team
experience may make more suggestions for the team charter than less experienced
teammates, which is to be expected.
