Week_4_Team_Effectiveness

​​​​​​Team Effectiveness (Team)
Nancy-Black Judi = Purple Annamarie-pink RM=green = = This week's Facilitator should create a new thread in the team forum, titled, **Week 4: Team Effectiveness**. Use your team's forum (or relevant non-ELC tool) to discuss with your team, your overall effectiveness as a high performing team. Refer to the resource on the right, and consider:

//Is your team able to work effectively and efficiently to develop response to the weekly judicial reviews?//


 * We work together great as a team.
 * Our varying experiences, areas of knowledge, and expertise help us to form a strong team. We are considerate of the opinions and ideas of each team member. We are learning from each other as well as able to respectfully disagree. We are supportive of each other and offer help as needed.
 * I love this team! We come from very different backgrounds and have really been able to have great discussions, bringing all different points of views. Law is a subject that lends itself to many aspects that we don't always all agree on. If we did, we could be on the Supreme Court... lol. We have been able to discuss our views and beliefs and, as Judi stated above, have been able to respect each others views and learn from each other.
 * Yes, this team works well. It is a supportive, safe, environment where we can blurt out without fear of getting shut down.

//Are there any areas where your team needs additional support?//


 * Sometimes we need clarification about directions to certian assignments.
 * As needed, we are able to check resources to help support our ideas.
 * We have had a few instances where we have had questions pertaining to the laws and it would have been nice to have someone to ask, but we researched our sources and were able to draw conclusions to support our discussions.

//If you meet synchronously on a regular basis, how is this working out for all members of the team?//


 * Some members have a different time zone so we work as a team to see what time is good for everyone. The day and time may change week to week to accommodate everyones schedule.
 * Like all teams, we have our share of scheduling challenges. With 3 different time zones to consider, we are working to best meet the needs of all. Hopefully, all team members feel a part of the team assignments whether contributing during team Skype calls or when participating via our team wiki.
 * As stated above, the different times zones have been a challenge, but we have come up with a rotation that has been fair to all. The wiki has helped close the gap of the conference call gaps because we post the recorded conversations and contribute to the assignment here.
 * We are doing our best to work with the confines of our time differences, and post-soviet internet. This wiki is a great way to mitigate the synchronous component so that when we do Skype, we can jump into the meat and potatoes of the discussion.

This week's Reporter should summarize the team's discussion about your overall effectiveness and post a summary in the **Week 4 thread.** So that your instructor can easily locate your summary, please rename the subject to "Final Summary."