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Re: Problems Facing Rookie Teams

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Originally Posted by cjrazdar15 View Post
Going along with getting a teacher to be a sit-in mentor only, you can really use that situation to funnel in the teacher to become a full-fledged mentor. You MUST realize that having a sit-in only teacher is not a permanent fix; although that is a solution, sustainability cannot be assured if there is always that possibility of the teacher simply dropping. However, if you do obtain a sit-in teacher, it would be a great idea to try to pull them into the team - very slowly of course. Start asking them to come to some events, maybe even tempt them to lead some... They will surely become a major asset to your team, and the team will become a major asset to them.
This is absolutely correct, and I should have mentioned it when I posted before. Unless you get the supervising teacher involved, and at least somewhat interested in the team, they'll eventually dislike showing up just to sit around, which is not a good situation.
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