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How Did They Do? Assessing Written Reflector and Recorder Reports

Name Sandra Reflector’s
Team Sandra, Ken, Fred, Sam, Jennifer Report
Date 4/15
Activity Team Roles Presentation

Team Performance

Our team’s greatest strength and why: We were able to overcome our obstacles. People on the team were really

great about stepping in when something went wrong, and Sam was really great about listening.

Our team’s greatest area for improvement and how the improvement can be made: We went down a lot of blind alleys. Like,

first, we just assigned roles until we realized that wasn’t right. That wasted at least two team meetings. Then, we just

blindly went ahead with Jennifer’s presentation for an entire week before showing it to someone and realizing how

ineffectively we were communicating. But we did listen and make constructive changes.

An insight gained about learning during this activity: Going down blind alleys but then listening and making changes are

two sides of the same coin. So our greatest weakness and our greatest strength is the same character trait.

Individual Performance

Name: Sam Team Role: Captain

Strength: Affective skills; is sensitive to people feeling appreciated and always thanks people

Area for Improvement: Try not to rush the process too much

Name: Jennifer Team Role: Spokesperson

Strength: Knows how to use a variety of gestures and expressions to hold audience interest

Area for Improvement: Needs to learn how to appeal to everyone, not just people with the same taste

Name: Ken Team Role: Recorder

Strength: Has a lot of experience

Area for Improvement: Needs to be more forthright with his experience, we can learn from him

Name: Fred Team Role: Technology Specialist

Strength: Knows so much about going online

Area for Improvement: I bet you thought I’d say he needs to stop joking around, right Professor Arbuckle? But I like
his jokes and they add warmth to the team meetings. No, his real weakness is that he tends to

put down the rest of us for not knowing the tech stuff he knows. That’s an affective skill, respect.

Name: Sandra Team Role: Reflector

Strength: Troubleshooting

Area for Improvement: I need to be able to assert myself when I’m dismissed, so others don’t have to step in for me.

Instructor Strengths:
Feedback
Areas for Improvement:
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