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Part of being a strong team player means understanding how your unique personal skills—your
resources—may be of use to a team. Following are the performance criteria for the most common team
roles. As you look these roles over, you may find you fit easily into one role, or you may find your skills
and preferences spanning several roles.

Team Roles and their Captain
Performance Criteria
1. Facilitate the team
Spokesperson process, keeping
it enjoyable and
1. Speak for the team when rewarding for all team
called upon to do so. members.

2. Ask questions or request 2. Make sure each
clarification for the team. member has a role and
is performing within that role.
3. Make oral presentations to
the class for the team. 3. Ensure that all team members can articulate
and apply what has been learned.
4. Use the Recorder’s journal
to share the team’s discoveries and insights. 4. Manage time, stress, and conflict.

5. Collaborate periodically with the Recorder. 5. Accept accountability for the overall
6. Contribute to the group as an active learner. performance of the team.

6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.

Technology Recorder
Specialist
1. Record group roles
1. Use the available and instructions at the
technological beginning of a task or
tools for the activity.
team activity.
2. During an activity,
2. Listen, converse, and collaborate with team record and collect
members; synthesize inputs, try suggestions important information
and/or follow directions for the technology. and data, integrating and synthesizing
different points of view.
3. Retrieve information from various sources;
manage the available resources and 3. Document group decisions and discoveries
information. legibly and accurately.

4. Help team members understand the 4. Accept accountability for the overall quality
technology and its use. of the Recorder’s Report.

5. Be willing to experiment, take risks, and try 5. Control information flow and articulate
things. concepts in alternative forms if necessary.

6. Contribute to the group as an active learner. 6. Contribute to the group as an active learner.

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