1. Destination Imagination
Team Manager Basics
Destination Imagination
Please ask questions as we go………

2. You agreed to be a Team Manager….
NOW WHAT????

3. Register with DI and get your Team Number
147-xxxxx

4.
DI Team Number 147-xxxxx

5. Claim your team at www.destinationimagination.org

15. Team Formation Rising Stars preK – 2nd grade*
Elementary Kgn-5th grade (6/15/05)**
Middle 6th-8th grade (6/15/02)**
Secondary 9th-12th grade (6/15/98)**
University
2-7 team members
* Non competitive
** No student born before this date

17. Register for local tournament with WIN at www.wa-di.org
IN DECEMBER
Register for local tournament with WIN at
After your team has chosen a Challenge

18. WIN Regional Tournament Registration
Website isn’t up yet…..

20. You will receive / download
Team Challenges
Rules of the Road
Roadmap
DI website
Team
resources

21. Read Team Challenges, Rules of the Road, Roadmap
My recommendations:
Find a Co Team Manager
Read Team Challenges, Rules of the Road, Roadmap
Learn from experienced team managers
Come to trainings
Provide a fun positive environment for team to work together
Know what motivates your team
Don’t sweat the small stuff
Divide and conquer
Don’t interfere – talk to parents about interference
Communication with team members/parents
Enjoy

22. Time Commitment ?
Teams meet at their own convenience with an adult volunteer, Team Manager, making it easy to work around other activities.
Team Managers are given a Roadmap resource to guide them as they lead the team and have great support from other Team Managers, DI University and local DI officials.
Team Managers help the team stay on track but do not directly help develop their solution.
Teams usually meet through the winter months
for about an hour and a half each week, with time
commitment increasing for extra practice and
preparation time as they draw closer to
tournament.
Teams meet at homes, schools and community centers

23. How Do We Get Started?

24. Team Challenges

25. Team Challenge Details (240 points)*
*Improv Challege (300 points)
Budget
Time Limit
Team Sign
Central Challenge with detailed instructions
Definitions
Presentation Area
Team Choice Elements (60 points)
Reward Points
Tournament Data Forms
Instant Challenge (100 points)

26. Misc…….
Rules of the Road
Expense Reports
Safety Guidelines
Declaration of Independence
Site Specific Restrictions at KSS
helium balloons
fog machines / dry ice
CKSD weapons policy – theatrical performances
kid produced
theatrical in nature
obviously benign
CKSD drug, alcohol, tobacco policy
Clarifications
team issued
general
10 clarifications between now and 2/15/17
response in 24 hours.

27. Interference! What is it?
Elementary, Middle, Secondary interference
You can:
help the team acquire Skills and Knowledge
Understand Challenges and Rules
You cannot:
Do it for them

28. Remember it’s a Process!
You are the “facilitator”
Team work can be tricky
DI should be fun!
Stages of Teams
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performance
Adjourning
Roadmap has tips for dealing with each stage

29. Stages of Team Development
Forming Getting to know one another, polite, shy, scared, discovering how they fit in the team
Storming Competitive, arguments, loud, interruptions, still “me” not “We”
Norming work together, quick to agree, defined roles, TRUST, still need a Team Manager to keep it all together
Performing Team identity, willingly sacrifice for the team, team goals, friendships developing, dividing work, Team Manager becomes a supporting role. Tournaments and performance
Adjourning Celebrate accomplishments, reflections, sadness,
good-byes

30. Creative Process
Recognize – and understand the Challenges and Team’s strengths
Imagine Solutions - CPS, generate lots of ideas
Initiate and Collaborate - focus ideas and move forward as a team
Assess Progress and Prepare - review soln, re-evaluate, changes?
Evaluate – Tournament performance and celebrate afterwards
Look at Team Choice Element Inventory pg 26-28
Interference Contract for team members and parents pg 31

31. How Parents
Can Help…
Become a Team Manager. Guide your team through this year’s Challenge. It’s the greatest gift you can give your child.
Help out as a Co-Team Manager. By having more than one Team Manager, you can split up some of the work, alleviate some of the pressure and have more fun.
Become a Tournament Appraiser or other volunteer. DI is a volunteer-run organization. Without our amazing volunteers, we wouldn’t be able to develop Challenges or host tournaments.
Bring Snacks or Instant Challenges

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