Compass Work Style: Help Students Improve Teamwork Skills

1. As you enter please write a career on the flip chart that many of your students are aspiring towards Compass Work Style: Help Students Improve Teamwork Skills Anthony Pagán Long Beach City College Networking – Computer and Office Studies

2. Today Problems with group work Compass Activity Other tips on improving student group work This PowerPoint is available at www.AWPagan.com

3. Problems with group activities • Activities that are not meaningful • Students do not know how to be part of team • Students lack self-awareness

4. Images by Chuck Dillon The usual suspects Too cool Know it all Shy Unsure of self Super eager Won’t contribute

5. Student buy-in for compass activity As you enter, write your career goal on the board.

6. Rate your career What level of social interaction does your future career require? 3 - Very often interact with others 2 - Sometimes 1 - Rarely 0- Never interact with anyone

7. What might cause job dissatisfaction? • Unfair wages • Alienation • Difficulties with co-workers • Meaningless work • Lack of power • And much more

8. Do you know your work style? • Before participating in group work it is useful to know your work style. • Activity Goals: • Self-awareness • Understand how your work style impacts team functioning • Enhance personal and team/group performance

9. What is your work style? Choose a direction by thinking about work and school settings: 1. What’s your first inclination when you get a new project/assignment? 2. What feedback have you been given? 3. What seems the most comfortable? 4. You must choose one only Don’t select based on where you are sitting or where you live

10. NORTH Action Oriented “Let’s Do It!” Likes to try things and plunge right in. Assertive, confident. EAST Speculation oriented Likes to look at the big picture, examine all possibilities before acting. Imaginative. WEST Detail oriented Likes to know the who, what, when, where, and why before acting. Thorough, planner. SOUTHPeople Oriented, likes to know that everyone’sfeelings have been taken into consideration and all voices have been heard before acting. Supportive, understanding.

11. Work style compass activity • Move to the part of the room that matches your work style • Work together to answer the following questions: a. What are the strengthsof our style?   b. What are the limitationsof our style? c. What style(s) do we find most difficult to work with and why? (answer in a respectful manner) d. What do other people need to know about us so that we can work together more effectively? 3. Choose a member to write the answers on chart 4. Choose 2-4 members to share your responses with the rest of the class End conversations when you hear the ring

12. Work Style Compass • This is a diversity exercise • One style isn’t better than any other • All of the styles offer different strengths and challenges

13. Work Style Compass Draws from a Native American based practice called the Medicine Wheel or the Four-Fold Way. In the Four-Fold Way, the four directions are described as Warrior-power(north) Healer-love (south) Teacher-wisdom (west) Visionary-vision (east) Source: Adapted From Bonner Curriculum Leadership Compass

14. Reflection • What style are you? Write down 2-3 of the best things about your style. • Write down 2-3 of the best things about another style that you would like to develop? (Think about the style you would have picked last) • Write down 1 of the limitations of your style that you plan to work on and how you might improve. • Keep this in mind during group work in this class, other classes, your work environment, and beyond.

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23. Effective teamwork Know it all • Use your leadership qualities to encourage others • Giving others a chance to speak up feels good Super eager Images by Chuck Dillon

24. Effective teamwork • “I agree, and I also think…” • “I see what you mean, what do you think of….” • Use this as your chance to earn participation points Unsure of self Shy Images by Chuck Dillon

25. Effective teamwork Too cool • Ask questions if you don’t understand • Teach others if you do • = win-win Won’t contribute Images by Chuck Dillon Images by Chuck Dillon

26. Group Activity Expectations • Always introduce yourself when working with new students • Every group member must contribute • Allow others to complete their thoughts • Ask others for input • Be respectful • Focus and put in your best effort • -Not a time to check cell phones • -Not a time for restroom breaks • 7. Stop talking when buzzer goes off • 8. Listen when other groups share

27. How can you use the compass activity in your classroom? • What subject do you teach? • Do you think you will use the Compass Activity with your students? • If yes: when in the semester? What content might you connect it with? • If no: How might you adapt this activity for use with your students?

28. Random Team Generator http://chir.ag/projects/team-maker

29. Random Team Generator http://chir.ag/projects/team-maker Team 1Ramirez MLivingston CGuerrero SSantos AMejia J Team 4Vittoria MTerrell JRodriguez JLa Scala PQuintana STeam 5Obusan S Welker DWade LFitts DGuzman ATeam 6Gabra AChoi HUyama AMuralles E Gomez J Team 7Dewitz R Pool EDe Leon SKim DInfante MTeam 8Rodriguez EGalvan VCorado RBeal ISantos KTeam 9Rodriguez DAyala WKim YMcHugh SAlarcon E Team 2Lopez KGerdes LPerez JTurner C McCrea C Team 3Martinez B Baskerville S Dixon LHookey SVasquez C

30. Questions? Contact: Anthony Pagán Website: www.AWPagan.com Apagan@lbcc.edu Long Beach City College, Networking – Computer Office Studies Thank you very much for your time