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13. Participate as a team member to accomplish goals.

Standard: Participation includes

• attending team (group) meetings, focusing on the topic and purpose of the meeting, offering facts and ideas, and helping others contribute facts and ideas
  

  Group Development Theory (Lesson Plan)
  http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/co2/CO2_book/Lp9.htm

  Group Based Problem Solving and Decision Making
  http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/grp_dec/grp_dec.htm

  Group Process Guide
  http://www.studygs.net/groupprojects.htm

• passing on good ideas to others
  

  Contributing to Team Success
  http://www.kc.cc.il.us/BusinessIndustry/Documents/ContributingtoTeamSuccessGroupEffectiveness.htm

• looking for ways to help others
  

  Contributing to Team Success
  http://www.kc.cc.il.us/BusinessIndustry/Documents/ContributingtoTeamSuccessGroupEffectiveness.htm

• recognizing others for their contributions
  

  Encouraging Others in Class, in the Workplace, in the Home
  http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/gtelab/learning_activities/38chec.html

• letting others know what is needed to get the job done
  

  Contributing to Team Success
  http://www.kc.cc.il.us/BusinessIndustry/Documents/ContributingtoTeamSuccessGroupEffectiveness.htm

  How to Reprimand Employees — the Right Way
  http://www.canadianbusiness.com/entrepreneur/how_to/article.jsp?content=20040317_141358_992

• explaining the importance of teamwork to the overall operation of the business.
  

  How to Negotiate
  http://www.worc.org/pdfs/negot.pdf

  Virginia DECA Lessons and Activities: Team Building Skills
  http://www.lions.odu.edu/org/deca/advisors/lessons/lesson139.html

  What Would You Do If
  http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/leadership/main/activities/6-8/act10.html

  Problems: It’s All in the View
  http://www.black-collegian.com/career/view1199.shtml

  Teamwork
  http://www.effectivemeetings.com/teams/index.asp

  Effective Meetings
  http://www.effectivemeetings.com/meetingbasics/index.asp

  Diversions
  http://www.effectivemeetings.com/diversions/index.asp

  Teamwork (Lesson Plan)
  http://www.daltonstate.edu/faculty/lsweenie/work_ethics/Vol.%202%20-%20Module%203%20Act.-%20TEAMWORK.doc

  Cultural Diversity (Lesson Plan)
  http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/co2/CO2_book/Lp5.htm

  Teamwork (Class Activities)
  http://fsweb.bainbridge.edu/techprep/teamworkcontents.htm

  Building Bridges (Class Activity)
  http://fsweb.bainbridge.edu/techprep/WorkEthicsActivities/prod11.doc

  Funny Fingers (Class Activity)
  http://fsweb.bainbridge.edu/techprep/WorkEthicsActivities/prod10.doc

  Conflict Resolution: Mediate, Don’t Instigate (Lesson Plan)
  http://www.lessonplanspage.com/OLAConflictResolutionMediateDontInstigate412.htm

  Bridging the Generation Gap (Lesson Plan)
  http://www.microsoft.com/education/gengap.aspx

  Communications Process (Cultural Diversity)
  http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/co2/CO2_book/Lp3.htm

  Teamwork Activity
  http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=8093

  Teamwork (Assessment items with scenarios)
  http://www.act.org/workkeys/assess/teamwork/index.html