BR3002 - Successful Team Behaviours

At The Bridge you learn through a blended approach where short, focused and interactive face-to-face sessions are underpinned by guided and independent online learning. Your attendance for scheduled activities is monitored regardless of whether you are on campus or joining the session remotely. This ensures you access all of the learning opportunities which have been purposefully designed for your success.

A range of teaching and learning approaches are adopted to accelerate your learning in this module.

During the first week of this module, you will receive information about the module and Teaching & Learning Plan. The teaching and learning plan (TLP) sets out
• Learning outcomes and overall module and programme aims
• Teaching, learning and assessment strategy
• Teaching schedule
• Directed reading references (text and journals) and core texts for the module
• References to data sources and details of lab activities

You will also receive the assessment brief which sets out the formative and summative assessments throughout the module.

There are three key sources of academic support available to you during your time at the Bridge in addition to Ask4Help who are available 24/7 for general queries related to your studies.

Your Module Tutor
Your module tutor is responsible for your learning outcomes on the module. They deliver the workshops and provide guidance in relation to learning and assignments. They develop all of the key resources and make them available through the eLP (electronic learning portal module) Blackboard, which is used to provide support materials, interactive learning tasks and give you regular opportunities to test and get feedback on your learning. You will be given both written and verbal feedback and guidance on your work and progress during the semester by your module tutor.

Your Learning Mentor
On programme, you will have your in-person and online engagement activity tracked against the learning plan with key check-in points built into the academic calendar to ensure you maximise your learning potential. Engagement with formative assessments will also be used by the learning mentor to discuss any action planning required to ensure success.

Academic Skills Team
The Bridge aspires to build a range of student skillsets, including digital skills, academic writing and discourse, working alone and in teams. Your learning mentor may refer you a dedicated academic skills team which is based in the centre. Here you can attend drop-ins or schedule 1-1 sessions on issues which have been identified at the diagnostic stages of the programme however you may also have self-identified areas for your own growth and self-refer yourself for support.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
MLO1. Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of key aspects of team work, leadership and decision making (including bias and team intelligence) and your ability to apply those in real life scenarios
MLO2 Demonstrate your understanding of the need for personal discretion and the recording of team decisions

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
MLO3. Apply principles of team work, leadership, decision making and discretion to scenarios encountered in team activities.
MLO4. Use Peer assessment techniques including observation and active listening to give constructive feedback

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
MLO5. Understand how varying circumstances can exert different influence upon the decision-making process for individuals working within a team

You will receive formative feedback throughout the module including at the following checkpoints:-

•Week 2: Navigating the course materials
•Week 4: Completing the in-module reflective tasks
•Week 6: Completing the in-module knowledge checks and tasks

The team day observation requires mandatory physical attendance as an assessment condition.

You will be assessed based on your engagement with the leadership development day where your learning mentor will assess your skills in giving and receiving constructive feedback (50%) as well as demonstrating that you can reflect on your performance in 500 word written reflective essay (50%).

Observation may include asking you question directly as well as observing your interactions with peers and tutors.

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Bring a reliable, resilient and adaptable team member is an essential skill in the world of work though everyone has different approaches to working in teams based on their personality, attitude to collaboration and interpersonal skills and preferences. This module aims to give you the tools to identify the role you play within a team including your preferred roles and areas for growth but it also equips you with the skills to adapt your practice to those around you to ensure you unlock team intelligence for successful collaboration in your future career. To ensure you have the experiences to reflect appropriately on real life team work this module will incorporate several experiential elements to give you the opportunity to practice reflective and reflexive practice.