Experience a “failed” team meeting that rehearses the experience that many students experience working on teams. Through a discussion of the theory of “learned helpless”, participants will learn how to empower our students to overcome and transform such experiences through the practice of emotional intelligence and the practice of effective team communication techniques. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:

• Understand the most common team dysfunctions students experience when working together on teams.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and effective communication skills to overcome poor team dynamics.

Instructors

Kevin Carr, University of Texas at Arlington

Workshop Schedule

This one-session online workshop meets in Zoom on on Thursday, November 13 at 9-10:30pm Gulf / 12-1:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Central / 10-11:30am Arizona / 9-10:30am Pacific.

Audience

This workshop is designed for participants who want to understand the feelings that students experience working on teams, and to learn how to teach students to overcome feelings of learned helplessness through stronger emotional intelligence and team communication skills. Participants must be willing to actively role play with others as part of the workshop.

Registration and Enrollment

Cap: 30. Registration opens on Monday, October 27th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached. Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis and registrants from CIRTL member institutions or alumni of CIRTL member institutions will receive priority. Once registration closes, all registrants will be notified of their enrollment status.

Accessibility

If you have access needs, please let us know what they are. Contact Zoe Zuleger (zmzuleger@wisc.edu) to let us know how we can help you have a successful experience. In addition to meeting individualized needs, we will also take measures throughout the workshop to support accessibility for all our students:

• Sending pre-session reminders to all students
• Sharing resources from synchronous sessions with students
• Enabling live captioning in synchronous sessions
• Incorporating multiple modes of interaction into synchronous sessions

About CIRTL Programming

CIRTL Network programming is designed to develop future faculty committed to implementing and advancing evidence-based teaching practices to create undergraduate educational experiences that are accessible to all learners. Participants can explore our programming in any order, and to whatever extent supports your own teaching development needs and interests. To help participants understand what they can expect across all our programming, all CIRTL programming aligns with four broad learning goals; within those goals, programming might provide participants with an introductory, intermediate, or advanced learning experience.

This course supports the following CIRTL learning goals at an intermediate level:

• Goal 1: Develop evidence-based teaching knowledge. See more Goal 1 programming.
• Goal 3: Cultivate teaching skills through reflective improvement. See more Goal 3 programming.
• Goal 4: Prepare for an impactful career. See more Goal 4 programming.