Chapter 5. Starting or Building a Team

Assembling an FLL team can sometimes be as simple as pinning a signup sheet to a classroom wall or asking a group of friends to participate. But the reality of the situation is that there’s often much more to organizing an FLL team than a simple show of hands or list of names. Sometimes a team isn’t formed as quickly (or easily) as you might think. Recruiting and selecting team members can be time consuming. Sometimes more team members want to participate than there are team slots. Then there’s the administrative issue of registering the team.

This chapter provides some suggestions not only for forming a new team, but also for selecting members and building an existing team. The methods discussed are certainly ...

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