PLTS: Team Worker

Collaborate with others towards common goals:

Frankie and I collaboratively designed the set and the costumes.  I drew out the designs on a board whilst we discussed and designed them together.  Although we designed the set together, I made the moving set and stayed after school to put the material over it as Frankie couldn’t stay behind.  We also collaborated to produce and record our song.  Olly and Frankie wrote it together and then we assigned ourselves and each other roles and instruments to play.  Olly helped me with playing the drums as it is something I’ve never done before, he taught me how to play a basic beat which we used in the song.

Reach agreements, managing discussions to achieve results:

We had to discuss when we could rehearse after school and had to collaborate and take note as to when everybody was available.  We all contributed to discussions and everybody had input in turn.  To show respect, we collaboratively sure that nobody was interrupted or left out.

Adapt behaviour to suit different roles and situations, including leadership roles:

I got really annoyed and upset when Olly didn’t know his lines towards the deadline and found that shouting at him did nothing and neither did begging him so I had to try and find a way to motivate him and get him to learn his lines as it is a really important thing and can make a professional look amateur.  We knew that we could cover for him if he did say a line wrong or miss one out, but Frankie and I especially didn’t want it to come to that as he should know them in the first place and it hardly seems fair on us to take responsibility off of him and give it to us.  We all adapted our behaviour when we went to go help the year 7’s with their questionnaires after the performance.  We had to behave more appropriately and adjust our language and tone of voice as we were with a much younger set of people.

Show fairness and consideration to others:

I let people have their input and express their opinions and ideas and then we chose the best one, according to the quality of the idea and the practicality, not who proposed it.  Everybody let each other present their ideas and suggestions; I think this is because we all respect each other enough to choose the options best for the group as a whole, and not the individual.

Take responsibility:

I took responsibility for the set and costume design in collaboration with Frankie.  I also took leadership over the construction of the set and made the designs as well as putting on the material as we had discussed.  I took little bits of responsibility such as learning my lines, bringing in any equipment our handouts we needed, being on time to rehearsals.  Everybody took responsibility over getting their costumes together and bringing them in (although Olly did forget his for a rehearsal we had discussed that we needed them for) and keeping their own personal hand props.  Olly also brought in his iPad which we needed to record the song on and also in the performance because he hadn’t burnt the song onto a disc.

Provide constructive support and feedback to others:

I have written reviews for the other two group’s performances and given the others on my group feedback and we have continually been reviewing and evaluating our own and each other’s performances throughout the whole process.  Everybody in the group has helped each other throughout for example; Olly supported us all during the recording of the song as this is his strongest area and preference.  Also, the entire diploma group have produced reviews of their own and some of each other’s performances.