4. Team Building
High level team work is an absolutely essential aspect of being an effective Residential Counselor.
There's a classic way to think about the formation of effective teams. It breaks team development into 5 over-lapping phases: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning.
(1) Forming refers to all the dynamics that happen between team-mates when you're relatively new to working with one another.
· The key to moving through the forming phase is constant communication among team members. Let your partners know where you are, what you're doing, and which kids, or zone, you're covering.
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