The maintenance roles we will discuss in this section include social-emotional leader, supporter, tension releaser, harmonizer, and interpreter.

Group building and maintenance roles are those related to the functioning of a group as a an actual group. Out of the following, encourager, follower and gatekeeper are group building and maintenance roles.

Group/Team Building or Maintenance Roles Group/team building roles. are roles that help build a group-centered identity for the members, while maintenance roles. are roles that help keep that group-centered identity over the lifecycle of the group or team.

• Social-Emotional Leader.
• Supporter.
• Tension Releaser.
• Harmonizer.
• Interpreter.

There are four fundamental roles to consider: leader/facilitator, arbitrator/monitor, notetaker/time keeper, and devil’s advocate. For larger groups, some of these roles can be divided between two students (see notes below).

Here are a few qualities that a successful team possess.

• 1) They communicate well with each other.
• 2) They focus on goals and results.
• 3) Everyone contributes their fair share.
• 4) They offer each other support.
• 5) Team members are diverse.
• 6) Good leadership.
• 7) They’re organised.
• 8) They have fun.

Here are a few qualities that a successful team possesses.

• 1) They communicate well with each other.
• 2) They focus on goals and results.
• 3) Everyone contributes their fair share.
• 4) They offer each other support.
• 5) Team members are diverse.
• 6) Good leadership.
• 7) They’re organized.
• 8) They have fun.

AND DEVELOPMENT AREAS The ELDAs organise children’s development and learning opportunities to help adults to organise the activities with babies, toddlers and young children.

The three Prime areas are: Communication and language. Physical development. Personal, social and emotional development.

The areas of learning are:

• communication and language.
• physical development.
• personal, social and emotional development.
• literacy.
• mathematics.
• understanding the world.
• expressive arts and design.

Grouping of traditionally discrete but related subjects with the explicit aim of integrating students’ learning. For example, the learning area ‘social sciences/studies’ can include elements of geography, history, citizenship, economy/ commerce, philosophy, and sociology.