Team Organization and Recruiting

[Lisa Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by KathieK

Maybe a better question would be, how do you inspire a student to be a productive member of the team? And show up for meetings, contribute to the committees they have chosen to work on, not sleep through competitions, break team travel rules, not use the meetings for socializing with the members of the opposite gender?

While I agree that "belonging" to a team may be very important to a student, there are consequences in the real world for not performing on your job.

Yea Mrs K!
One more thing, how do you recruit kids that you know are going to work hard? Or if you don't know, how do you prevent them from being dead weight? I know there will always be some kids that will be there, but is there a way to prevent an overabundance of non-contributing kids BEFORE build season?