898: Turning Groups into Professional Teams: ‘Team Boosting’, The Toolbox to Support Teamwork (19129)

The purpose of this workshop is to discover the ‘Team Boosting’ toolbox (Creative Commons license, English/French) through practice to both: - support students in the development of teamwork KSAs and competences involved in their learning experience (for example entrepreneurial experience); - support teachers in their professional development by using tools and methods to support and assess the teamwork KSAs and competences developed during the coaching of student teams. The PDW make the participants experiment two activities coming from the toolbox: 1/ Activity 1: Building a team ‘Fast Teammates’ (cards game, participants form groups of 4) 2/ Activity 2: Solving a problem as a team ‘Skill’orchestra’ -Groups become teams in building their transactive memory (problem-based learning). 3/ Presentation of the complete toolbox The ‘Team Boosting’ toolbox contains several tools integrated into five categories identified by pictograms (overlapping in whole or in part depending on the tools): - Teamwork principles and challenges (group vs team) - Teamwork and self/others-knowledge - Teamwork and assertiveness - Teamwork and work methodologies - Teamwork and reflective practice (individual/group) - especially the assessment of the learning experience and how to collectively put in place conditions favorable to teamwork Expected Outcomes - Understand the main principles and challenges of teamwork; - Turn student group into teams thanks to learning situations supporting teamwork KSAs and competences by using various types of tools (tests, card games…); - Elaborate a formal feedback for students regarding their individual teamwork softskills - Support the professional development of teachers working with student groups/teams

This session is part of the Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC@AOM). A separate TLC@AOM registration fee of $120 (USD) is required. Space is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline to register is 11 August, unless sold out. Register for TLC@AOM.