Ground Rules Charter (Outine . Q1 8

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Group assignment

Our goal

The scope of the formed team is to improve the overall academic performances of the team members. The members seek to improve their overall grades and to better prepare for the next exam session. In order to attain this goal, we will focus on the course materials and we will study them, but we will also go deeper with adjacent research in other sources in order to deepen our understanding of different concepts, theories, models and so on.

Meetings' schedule

The main meetings will take place in class, but we will also meet in the evenings. Meetings will normally take place on Tuesday and Thursday nights and will last for an estimated two or three hours. We will avoid meetings during the weekend, when the team members might have other plans, and even meetings on Mondays and Fridays; Wednesday are options for reorganizations in case of such needs.

Location of the meetings

The meetings will take place in the dorm rooms, in the special area designed for studying or lounging. The setting of the meetings will be rather casual, and the information would be exchanged in a familiar manner. When this location is occupied, the meetings could take place in the rooms of certain team members, who have the possibility to host the meetings. The meetings will never take place in the library, as we will need to interact and will not be able to maintain the silence necessary in this facility.

Missing meetings

Team members are expected to come to all meetings, especially to those when they play a central part, such as it was their responsibility to research and present a certain topic. Still, in case of personal emergencies, it is acceptable for the members to miss the meetings, but they have to notify the group as soon as possible.

Dealing with members missing the meetings

When some members miss the meetings, they are expected to catch on with the work that has been completed in their absence. If they missed a meeting in which they would have played a central role, they would resume this role during the following meeting.

Team roles

Like any other team, this study group also needs a leader. The leader of the group has to be someone with a tight discipline and who is able to organize the meetings and efficiently delegate the study efforts. The motivational skills of the leader can be decreased, on the basis that the members in the team are already motivated to improve their performances. The leader would be a permanent one and would be selected by the members through secret vote.

Inefficient members

The group will provide an environment in which each individual is welcomed to be themselves and participate based on their own desire and capability. The members who do not participate enough, participate too much or distract others will be addressed and reminded of the scope of the group. If they become too much of a burden, the team could vote to remove them from the group.