Comments - Part 5 – Creating a Freshman Transition Program – Don’t Forget to Team - The Freshman Transition Network2024-03-29T14:53:43Zhttp://freshmantransition.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2630686%3ABlogPost%3A3013&xn_auth=noGreat question. First of all,…tag:freshmantransition.ning.com,2009-04-07:2630686:Comment:30872009-04-07T02:17:19.000ZScott Habeebhttp://freshmantransition.ning.com/profile/ScottHabeeb
Great question. First of all, I would embrace the idea of teachers having such a strong role in the decisions that go into your program - as long as those decisions are then supported by administrators. I would encourage you to be careful about putting people together based on friendships. You're going to want a good mix of personalities on your teams. Often closer friends have similar personalities. They're already friends without teaming, so not being on the same team shouldn't hurt that. On…
Great question. First of all, I would embrace the idea of teachers having such a strong role in the decisions that go into your program - as long as those decisions are then supported by administrators. I would encourage you to be careful about putting people together based on friendships. You're going to want a good mix of personalities on your teams. Often closer friends have similar personalities. They're already friends without teaming, so not being on the same team shouldn't hurt that. On the other hand, you want your teams to be able to get along. If you know there could be friction between members, watch out. Bottomline, I'd look for balance on the teams. Balance in terms of experience, personality, and strengths. You want team time to be enjoyable so don't mix "oil and water," but do try to balance the teams out, even if that means 2 great friends end up on different teams. Question, - I attended your s…tag:freshmantransition.ning.com,2009-04-06:2630686:Comment:30632009-04-06T18:03:39.000ZMonica Clarkhttp://freshmantransition.ning.com/profile/MonicaClark
Question, - I attended your seminar this past weekend in Nashville. It was wonderful. I do have a question about the initial design of the teams. We will begin our second year of a Freshmen transition program next school year where we intend to implement the concept of teams. I am almost certain that we will at least 2 teams of 4 content area teachers that teach only freshmen and a possible third team that teaches some freshmen but also some upper classmen. We currently have an administrator…
Question, - I attended your seminar this past weekend in Nashville. It was wonderful. I do have a question about the initial design of the teams. We will begin our second year of a Freshmen transition program next school year where we intend to implement the concept of teams. I am almost certain that we will at least 2 teams of 4 content area teachers that teach only freshmen and a possible third team that teaches some freshmen but also some upper classmen. We currently have an administrator assigned to us, but this individual is not very strong. I feel that if we approach the prinicipal with team assignments that she is going to delegate that to two teachers (co-chairs) of the program. I am one of those teachers. If this happens, is there one best method to use to determine the make-up of the teams or will we just have to go through a trial and error system. I really believe this is too important to leave to chance, but I am sort of at a loss right now on what would be the best way to handle this. Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.