DYNM 645 - 004: Practicum in Coaching and Facilitating Team Development

Program Information

This is a graduate course that satisfies the following requirements:

Session Information

This course starts on 01/15/2008 during the Spring 2008 Semester.

Meeting Notes

This is a practicum for coaching students who have completed DYNM 637: Coaching and Facilitating Teams. Students are also urged to have completed DYNM 641: Art and Science of Organizational Coaching before requesting entry into this course.

Students will participate as supervised team coaches for students in our first undergraduate course, DYNM 201: Team Dynamics in Organizational Settings, which runs concurrently with DYNM 645 – on Tuesday from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm. In addition to attending all 12 meetings of DYNM 201, students in DYNM 645 may be required to meet occasionally prior to the class for preparation, after the class for debriefing, and at other to-be-defined times to discuss the developmental progress and issues of their assigned teams and the members of those teams. For more information contact Dr. Wilikinsky.

NOTE: Since there is a Penn requirement that a professor cannot be assigned to two courses at the same time, DYNM 645 is listed as running between 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm and DYNM 201 is listed as running between 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm. The actual times Organizational Dynamics students will be involved in this practicum is when DYNM 201is held, except for extra meetings as noted above.

Course Information

The information on this page is intended only to provide, as is available, a summary of the course objectives, requirements, and readings. A full course syllabus will be given out in class.

Description

This course will provide a semester-long hands-on experience coaching two teams of undergraduate students as they go through a team development process.

Skills in diagnosis, intervention planning, intervention implementation, team facilitation, and team coaching will all be the focus of the content of this course.

This course carries a prerequisite of DYNM 637 (Coaching and Facilitating Teams) OR permission of the professor to register. Professor Wilkinsky can be reached at 215-898-6967 or at the numbers listed on his faculty page.

Requirements

Students will receive feedback from their assigned teams.

Students will be graded on the nature of their work with their assigned teams, participation in discussions, and one 15+ page paper which will explore the developmental progress and issues of their assigned teams.

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