Instructional+Team

=Instructional Team Bios=
 * [[image:urbanecoproject:Photo_1.jpg width="127" height="95" caption="Marc"]] || **Brief Biography:** After majoring in Biology at St. John's, I decided that being a doctor just wasn't for me. I went to NYU to become a science teacher and here I am today, helping you guys create this awesome guide. I have a garden on my terrace where I grow tomatoes, blueberries and strawberries. I love to play volleyball and baseball and I've been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade three times.

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 * 1) **What makes a successful team?** "Members of a successful team can depend on each other and are able to complete individual tasks to complete a larger goal."
 * 2) **What is one thing you bring to the team?** I bring the experience of using this technology to help teach ecology to the ninth graders earlier this year. I also have an uncle who is a tree.
 * 3) **What do you hope to learn from being on this team?** I'd like to learn more about what trees are actually native to Central Park and which have been introduced. I'd also like to get better at using the internet to create high quality student work.
 * [[image:wedding_photo.JPG width="134" height="134" caption="Maria (and hubby!)"]] || **Brief Biography:** After attaining a Master's degree in dance/movement therapy and working several years on psychiatric units in NYC hospitals, I decided to change careers. Luckily, I was accepted into the NYC Teaching Fellows Program. The Program sponsored my (second) master's degree in education, and here I am! I grew up gardening with my Dad, worked in the Children's Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and currently grow flowers and herbs on my terrace.
 * 1) **What makes a successful team?** "Successful teams are made up of members who are dedicated to the project, willing to communicate with one another and able to stay focused and positive even when things may get difficult."
 * 2) **What is one thing you bring to the team?** I also bring some technology experience and the willingness to continue learning with my team members and our students.
 * 3) **What do you hope to learn from being on this team?** I'd like to learn more about trees in general. I would also like to improve how to teach technology to students. ||
 * [[image:http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v354/123/59/10901149/n10901149_34088170_802.jpg width="130" height="176" caption="'Tree'-sa"]] || **Brief Biography:** I was a Chemistry major at Fordham University. When it was time to graduate I decided that I wanted to be a teacher. Here I am.


 * 1) **What makes a successful team?** Great team uniforms.
 * 2) **What is one thing you bring to the team?** I bring a love of trees.
 * 3) **What do you hope to learn from being on this team?** I would like to learn to love trees even more. ||


 * [[image:Picture0043.jpg width="133" height="100" caption="Joe Rivera"]] || **Brief Biography:** I am currently a student at New Design High School. i am attending Summer School to make up credits that i failed to get in regular school.


 * 1) **What makes a successful team?** Hardwork and courage
 * 2) **What is one thing you bring to the team?** I am not sure yet
 * 3) **What do you hope to learn from being on this team?** Anything i can learn ||

=Team Agreements=
 * As a team, Marc, Maria, Theresa and Joe agree to... **
 * 1) Set reasonable goals for parts of the project.
 * 2) Share responsibility equally.
 * 3) Produce a high-quality project that will be publicly available on the internet.
 * 4) Respect your team mate's opinions and beliefs.
 * 5) Communicate with other members of your team.

=Team Consequences= In order to get fired from our team, a team member would have to...
 * 1) Miss ANY day of class.
 * 2) Fail to meet a deadline set by the group.
 * 3) Treat other members of the team with disrespect.


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