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Originally Posted by Chaos204
ya thats defanatly what we do the only problem is keeping track of attendance and contact info.
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attendance -
the old fashioned way in this area works for our team - we have a 3 ring notebook in the classroom and each student has an attendance page. They are responsible for signing themselves in and out each day that they come. No one is allowed to sign in or out another team member, it is the student's responsibility. Initially, there may be those who challenge the system, as has been stated, but the team is really good at modeling appropriate team behavior to each other and the ones who resist following the team set-up/rules, learn pretty quick that they will lose out. Travel privileges are gained through the documentation. Our teacher keeps track of the documentation.
We ask students and parents to sign up for their email blasts and also for the forums in the team website. Again, they will learn quickly that communication happens through those channels and they'll miss out if they don't comply. We use the forums/website and the yahoogroups for much of the team management aspect of the team.
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