NR-228 Nutritional Assessment (RUA) Presentation Team Charter

Successful teams begin with guidelines that help to manage their work. For this class, you and your teammates will create a set of rules called a Team Charter.

1. As a team, complete all the sections listed below to build your team charter.
2. One member of each team will be designated as the team leader.
   1. ALL team members and will be responsible for submitting the team charter document by Sunday, at 1159 p. m. (MT) of Unit 2 (or as directed by your instructor for campus students).
   2. In addition to submitting a copy as their own assignment, the team leader will submit the final team charter to the Team Collaboration discussion area.
   3. The team leader will also be solely responsible for uploading the final team presentation.
3. All team members will indicate agreement on the charter by initialing understanding of the information within the charter. Although there is no point value for this assignment, it is a required part of the assignment.

Section I: Team Member Skill Inventory

Each team member will individually complete this section and initial in the box. For campus courses, the designated team leader will then submit this document as directed by the instructor. (MT) or as directed by your instructor for campus students. For online courses, the designated team leader will then submit this document to his/her assigned Team Collaboration forum and to their designated submission area by Sunday of Unit 2, by 1159 p.m. (MT) or as directed by your instructor for campus students.

Section II: Work Plan

This section includes a plan for communication and written work (please agree upon & complete all sections).

1. Discuss your process to designate the team leader.
2. Outline the responsibilities the team gives the team leader?
3. Explain how the team members will distribute the workload for the assignment based on Section I.
4. Outline the timeline for completion and submission of assignment components to the team leader (take into consideration the assignment due date).

Section III: Conflict Management

This section should include your plan for conflict management (please agree upon & complete all sections). Since the combined Team Charter (with all team member information and team conflict management strategies) are always available for review by all team members (i.e., for online courses, it is in the assigned Team Collaboration Forum), team members should refer to it often and use it to agree on deliverables for the assignment, and actions to be taken by the team leader should conflicts occur.

1. List potential conflicts that might arise between team members during this project.
   1. Include the team’s plan members who do not turn in work after the deadline.
   2. Include how the team will manage team members who do not participate, or participate in a timely manner
2. For each potential conflict, list the team’s method of resolving those conflicts.
3. Specifically address how the team will apply Chamberlain Care for peers during conflict resolution.

List all potential conflicts and how they will be addressed by the team. (do not put contact instructor as only method of resolution. Include here what the team will do as an empowered group prior to contacting the instructor)

Section IV: Team Goals

This section should include your team goals (please agree upon & complete all sections).

1. List the team’s goals for the assignment project (these may include project assignment goals, group process goals, quality level goals, etc.)
2. List potential barriers to the achievement of these goals and outline how they will be managed.
3. Address how barriers for completion of the assignment will be addressed by the team below

Section V: Project Plan

1. This section should include your team plan and should be followed by all members of the team. Since the combined Team Charter (with all team member information and team plan) is always available for review by all team members (i.e., for online courses, it is in the assigned Team Collaboration Forum), team members should refer to it often and use it to agree on deliverables for the assignment.
2. Using the table below, make a plan for each project week that clearly outlines each team member’s expectations. (Be sure to assign a task for each member on the team and complete and agree upon each section).
3. Plan tentative due dates for rough drafts and completed project assignments.
4. Specifically outline all tasks for the assignment, who the task is assigned to, and when it will be posted for team viewing and approval in the Team Forum. Complete details are required in table below

VI. Emergency Contact Information:

Each member of the team must list alternative methods for contact in the event that the team is not able to reach the student via Chamberlain email

All team members have shared an alternate email address and their personal phone number with the rest of the group.