MAEKOK RIVER VILLAGE STUDENT CENTRE

Team Building & Leadership Training Modules.

The objective of our team building and leadership course is to have participants:

1. Realise the importance of self-awareness.
2. Identify the characteristics of effective work teams.
3. Understand roles people play in teams.
4. Develop communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Build trust and commitment among team mates and colleagues.
6. Relate experiences back into everyday life.

In all the tasks and team building exercises set out in the team building and leadership modules the post module debriefing for each is most important as in it we raise pertinent questions to get the groups to review their actions and evaluate openly any mistakes made so that they learn from them. They must also have the opportunity to congratulate each other about the things they did right in working as a team.

• This is an Ice Breaking session and the following opportunity is created for this express intention.
• Participants begin by pairing up and asking their partner questions about themselves: How old? Where from? What hobbies, interests, etc.?
• Then you switch name badges with your partner and adopt his or her persona (effectively become your partner) and remembering all they have told you.
• Then, find a new partner, show the badge name and point to whom it belongs and say as much as you can remember about that person.
• Reverse roles and then exchange badges.
• Repeat this process until each participant has talked to at least 5 other people.
• Finally select some participants to introduce and then have them talk about one or more of the people they had talked to.
• Debrief period.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling of self awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

On completion return to the lecture room for the debrief on how you team fared.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling of self awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

There will be a debriefing session afterwards to discuss the teamwork etc.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this module participants should have an increased knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

• There are two teams of equal numbers.
• The first group have the use of their eyes, and the second group are blindfolded.
• The aim of the module is for the sighted to lead the ‘blind’ through a pre-set obstacle course over different terrain, etc.
• There is no verbal communication and so the ‘blind’ have to trust those guiding them.
• Once this has been completed the groups switch and the ‘guides’ become the ‘blind’.
• The ‘blind’ are given additional tasks to perform at intervals along the course that will demand they display trust in their guides.
• A debriefing is held afterwards to reflect on the module.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this module participants should a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

• This is the typical "Fall and I’ll catch you’ exercise and is only performed under controlled safety conditions, where participants will not be hurt, but still find themselves placing a certain amount of trust in their colleagues.
• The method uses one ‘faller’ and two catchers. The faller trusting the catchers to catch him. The group rotates until everyone has had a falling experience both backwards and forwards and to the side.
• The catching techniques are carefully explained and demonstrated to participants by the instructors at the beginning of the module.
• A debriefing is held afterwards to reflect on the module.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this module participants should a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

• The group forms two lines facing each other and then crosses and interlocks their arms creating a ‘safety net’.
• This when carried out properly will form a secure platform for the faller who will lie on the ‘safety net’ and be bounced from one end of the line to the other.
• Once all participants have had a turn, the perceived risk is increased by having each person in turn fall from a raised platform onto the ‘safety net’
• A debriefing is held afterwards to reflect on the module.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

• Each team has a time limit to get each of its members through an artificial spiders web. The web is designed in such a way that the assistance of all team members is needed in order to get each person from point A to point B without them touching strands of the web.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling of self awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• The team has to envisage themselves as survivors of an air crash in the desert,
• They are advised of a list of items that they were able to ‘retrieve’ from the wreckage are now have available to them. They have to decide what to do and how best to use the ‘items’ provided.
• The point of the exercise is for the group to react to a life-threatening situation quickly, and as a team, not individuals.
• Groups have to identify obstacles and adverse consequences of each of their possible decisions.
• They must also decide and record how. If at all, they would use the items available to them.
• Not many teams do the right thing. However teams always do better at this problem than and individual would.
• In the debrief for this module the team reactions are analysed and the correct solutions are provided, for example what to do, walk out or stay put?

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Upon completion of this survey and it’s results participants should have an increased understanding of where they fit into the team.

Once the forms are completed, they add up their score and read translate the score on the final results table which tells them how they did and which part of the team they represent.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.10
Time 45 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 10 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module, participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team link hands to form a circle.
• They must move as a unit to retrieve nine letters on wooden discs from the local vicinity.
• The letters are then placed onto the tree stumps, one to each stump, so that no two letters are linked together by the batons that are next to each other in the alphabet.
• The rules detailing what can be done and what cannot are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Initiative testing course site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.11
Time 45 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 11 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team has to lift off the ring (tyre) from the Giant’s finger without touching and waking the Giant up.
• The ‘ring’ then must be replaced to its original position, again without waking the Giant.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Initiative testing course site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.12
Time 30 mins

This team building module is entitled Team building 12 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• The team are on a space craft and they must retrieve a water container floating in space and return it to the craft.
• Each team must be in permanent contact with the space craft in some way or they will float away into space.
• After every five minutes the water container will float further away from the space craft.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and the learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.13
Time 30 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 13 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team has a time limit to retrieve an open barrel of rocket fuel from the centre of a pit and bring it to the edge of it.
• The team can only use the apparatus provided to complete the activity.
• Nothing must touch the floor of the pit except the barrel and the rope.
• The barrel must not tip over and spill the rocket fuel.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.14
Time 30 mins

This team building module is entitled Team Building 14 and is both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team must work together so that all the team can balance on a small platform.
• No part of any of the teams body must touch the ground once the balance is achieved.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: At the initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10 15
Time 45 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 15 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team has to transverse from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’.
• The team can only use the equipment given to them prior to the task.
• At no time can any member of the team touch the ground with any part of their person.
• Only certain parts of the equipment may touch the ground during this activity.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: At the initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.16
Time 30 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 16 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• The team has to reach a time bomb situated at the centre of a pit.
• The team can only use the apparatus given to the group before the activity.
• Nothing must touch the surface of the pit at any time during this module.
• The time bomb must not be moved and deactivated in situ.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: The initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.17
Time 30 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 17 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team has to work together to retrieve a plastic ball from the bottom of a fixed tube.
• The group can only use apparatus given to them prior to the start of the activity.
• They are not allowed to move the tube or the container of water.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location : At the initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.18
Time 30 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 18 and is one of twelve that are both physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work efficiently together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team must work together to produce three identical columns of wood.
• Each team can only use the wooden sections given to them prior to the start of the task.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: The initiative testing site.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.19
Time 1 Hr

This team building module is entitled Team Building 19 and is both a physical and intellectual challenges designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Each team has to work together to complete a low ropes course.
• The course involves five different types of challenges.
• Two of the group complete the course while the rest of the group act as safety catchers to them.
• The group members then change roles.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: The initiative testing site

Equipment provided: Module workbook, test apparatus.

Student to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.20
Time 1 hours.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 20 and is both a physical and intellectual challenge designed to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team using individual strengths to benefit the team as a whole:

• Each team has to complete an obstacle / assault course in a given time.
• Each team member has to choose carefully a route to gain points for their team (each obstacle has three grades of difficulty giving a rising scale of points).
• There will be no points for an activity not completed fully.
• There will be no points for any activity that is not completed outside the set time limit.
• The scores for the whole team will be added together.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor

Location: Centre’s obstacle course

Equipment provided: Module workbook, obstacle course apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.

Module Ref. No. 2.10.21
Time 45 mins.

This team building module is entitled Team Building 21 and is both a physically and intellectual challenge designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge of what it means to work as a team:

• Two people work as a team to move along two diverging low ropes.
• None of the others in the team are allowed to touch the pair completing the task.
• The distances traveled along the ropes are measured.
• The rest of the group act as safety catchers to the pairs.
• Partners are changed to find the better combination of pairing.
• The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the start of the module.
• A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.

Instruction: Student centre instructor.

Location: Centre’s low ropes course.

Equipment provided: Module workbook, low ropes apparatus.

Students to provide: Pens, pencils, notebooks.