Are you a Lone Ranger or a Team Player? Cindy Camp Jacksonville State University Jennie Bourgeois...

Are you a Lone Ranger or a Team Player?

Cindy CampJacksonville State University

Jennie BourgeoisLouisiana State University

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Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Teamwork

Teaming

Are you part of the educational team? What does that mean? Are you part of the solution or the

problem?

Educational vs. Community

Share information with the team.

Accept assignments based on group needs and schedule.

Work with a team. Skills accessed by

consumer, peers, and interpreter coordinator.

Keep all information confidential.

Accept assignments based on individual preference.

Work in isolation. Self access skills.

Educational Interpreting

Pros Assignments are

ongoing. Pay is somewhat

predictable. There is a support

network. Team members can

share info to make subbing easier.

Cons Schedule is based on

student schedules. Students drop

classes. Sometimes you get

“stuck” with subject matter you don’t like.

Less independence.

What Does Team Mean to YOU?

• What make a person a good team member?

• Have you experienced situations where you did not want to work with a particular person? How did you professionally handle that?

• What ethical considerations are there when working on an educational team?

Why Do We Have an Educational Team?

The postsecondary educational goal is to provide a level playing field for students who are otherwise qualified.

Consistency improves the educational environment.

Colleges and Universities are based on a community philosophy.

Partnership

A relationship between individuals or groups that is characterized by mutual cooperation and responsibility, as for the achievement of a specified goal

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Cooperation Being supportive Being helpful Give and Take Synergy

Wearing the same shirts doesn't make you a team. Buchholz and Roth

Teamwork is…

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."

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Teamwork is NOT… Doing what benefits me the most. Snipping Turning down sub work. Discussing other interpreters with

students. Being a Primadonna.

Gettin' good players is easy. Gettin' 'em to play together is the hard part. Casey Stengel

Essential Qualities of a Team Player by John C. Maxwell

Adaptable Collaborative Committed Communicative Competent Dependable

Disciplined Enthusiastic Intentional Mission Conscious Prepared Selfless

10 Qualities of a Effective Team (www.dummies.com)

Demonstrates Reliability

Communicates Constructively

Listens Actively Functions as an

Active Participant Shares Openly and

Willingly

Cooperates and Pitches in to Help

Exhibits Flexibility Works as a

Problem Solver Treats Others in a

Respectful and Supportive Manner

Shows Commitment to the Team

Contact Info

Cindy Camp

ccamp@jsu.edu

256-782-8387

Jennie Bourgeois

jsbourg@lsu.edu

225-578-4913