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TEAM DECISION MAKING

JAMES MCGILL, COACH, THE BRAINIAC MANIACS (TEAM 25108)


MEET THE BRAINIACS MANIACS
¡ Girl Scout team
from Texas
¡ Won the state
championship in
their rookie
season
¡ Attended World
Festival Houston
in 2018

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CREATE SOME TEAM RULES
¡ Create a set of team “rules” and
review and update them at the
start of every meeting to set
expectations for team behavior
¡ To create the first rules, we
review the Lego Core Values,
but I always start with “Have
fun” and “Kids do the work” and
then the kids add from there
¡ Have the kids write their ideas
on a big sheet of paper in
marker
¡ Suggest some common rules
(like talking turns)
¡ For conflicts, I refer to an
existing rule or suggest they add
a new one

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GROUP DECISION-MAKING
¡ For “big” decisions (team name,
project, etc.), create a decision-
making process to make it “fair” and
consistent, such as
¡ Brainstorm for a set time (3-5minutes)
to get as many ideas as possible on
post-it notes, white board, etc.
¡ Group similar/same ideas (e.g. team
names based on animals, planets, etc.)
and do a group vote to select top 3
and revote to select top 1
¡ Vote on specific items in group to
select top 3 and revote to select top 1

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EXAMPLE OF GROUP DECISION-MAKING
¡ Our team entered the FIRST
FIRST Parody song contest
¡ We started with 5 ideas
¡ First round voting
narrowed to four
¡ Took two more rounds to get to
final selection
¡ Final video: The Brainiac Maniacs
made “I’m Still Building”
(https://youtu.be/O5BjZQMhvHw)

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DO ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE MAKING DECISIONS
¡ Include one core values practice in
every meeting
¡ FLLTutorials.com is an excellent Building Duplicate LEGO models
source, but also search for
“Destination Imagination Instant
Challenges” for many more examples
¡ After each core value exercise ask kids
and parents
¡ What went well?
¡ What could have gone better?
¡ How did you communicate?
¡ How can you communicate better?
¡ How well did you plan?
¡ How can you plan better?

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EVERYONE CAN HAVE A ROLE
¡ Roles can help some teams with core values exercises
¡ It is good to rotate roles so each team members can
have experience in each and then let the team decide if Marble Roller Coaster
they would like set roles, rotating roles or none at all
¡ Roles include
¡ Brainstorm Manager: In charge of fast, focused
organized brainstorming of ideas, focused on creativity.
May not provide an idea, but can combine ideas from
others. Ensures the team starts with a good idea.
¡ Task Manager: In charge of understanding the
challenge task, focused on keeping the team on task.
Ensure the team gets the task done.
¡ Time Manager: In charge of how much time will be
spent on each part of the challenge and asking the
appraiser how much time is left. Ensures the team
does not run out of time.
¡ Materials Manager: In charge of how materials are
used. Ensures the team gets the most out of their
materials.
¡ Flex Team Member: Team member without an assigned
role who supports the overall team efforts. Ensures
the team gets the support it needs.

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ENCOURAGING COMMUNICATION
¡ Follow the team rules and these (if
they are not listed)
¡ Take turns
¡ Once you say an idea, it belongs to
the team
¡ Building on each other’s ideas is
great!
¡ Don’t say “no”, say “Yes, and…”
¡ See https://youtu.be/x27_qslF8Ko
(Second City Improv technique)

¡ Have team members and sub-


teams present their ideas to the Sub-teams of 2 presented and discussed
rest of the group before a final design was selected

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HANDLING CONFLICTS
¡ Conflict happens, it’s how the
Tower Building
team deals with it that counts
1. Ask the team members
involved to work it out
2. If they can’t then help
mediate the discussion
3. If still not resolved, do 2 out
of 3 for rock-paper-scissors
4. If still “hard feelings”, chat
individually

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CREDITS

¡ This lesson was written by James McGill


([email protected])
¡ More lessons for FIRST LEGO League are available at
www.flltutorials.com

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike


4.0 International License

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