Team leader (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The Team Guidance course consists of intensive training days, preliminary assignments and literature included in the days, and team guidance. During the course, the student will become familiar with the basic principles of team guidance (including team dynamics, stages of team development, leadership, motivation, guidance) through theory and community learning methods, after which the student will be able to apply the theory into practice in the SUSTIS - Sustainable Development Project course in guiding student teams.
Training days:
1. Getting started info 17.9.2025 at 10-12 on Zoom.
2. I training day 24.9.2025 8-16 on campus.
3. II training day 1.10.2025 8-16 on campus.
4. III training (4h morning/afternoon) 5.11.2025 on campus.
Closing ceremony in December, 10.12.2025 8-12 on campus.

Team supervision:
• Team meetings every Wednesday either 8-12 or 12-16 during October-December.
• Active presence, supervision and observation (continuous feedback).
• Regular supervisor team meetings led by their own SUSTIS teacher twice a month.
• Feedback discussions with SUSTIS students and teachers.
• Contact and supervision outside of the hours assigned to the SUSTIS project.

Objective

Interaction and functioning in different teams is a skill of the future in every profession. There is a constant shortage of team leaders in different fields. In this course, you will have the opportunity to study related theoretical knowledge and test your leadership skills in practice.
The team leader acts as an assistant to the teacher in the SUSTIS – Sustainable Development Project course for second-year students. In the course, students work in multidisciplinary student groups that carry out a working life-oriented, sustainable development-related project.
The team leader student is supported with coaching and work supervision. Duties include planning the activities of the project team with the teacher, grouping students and supporting students in the team's activities. What is essential for the team leader is guiding and motivating the project team, not the content knowledge of sustainable development, although knowledge of the basics helps in the task.

Content

The course content consists of
• intensive training (all trainings are mandatory)
• independent tasks and familiarization with literature
• teamwork supervision, including, among others, group supervision, work supervision with the supervision team, active contact with various actors, and evaluation and
feedback session

The course is assessed on a scale of 0-5. The grade is based on the joint feedback of the teacher supervisor and the project team students. Activity during the training days and in completing the related tasks is also taken into account in the assessment.

Materials

Distributed in Its before the training days and also during the training days themselves.

Teaching methods

The coaching uses functional and student-activating learning methods. In team supervision, the student's own activity and responsibility are emphasized.

Exam schedules

Ei tenttiä, ei uusinta/korotusmahdollisuutta.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The course follows innovative pedagogy, which emphasizes communal and interactive learning so that students have active responsibility for their own learning.

Completion alternatives

No optional performance options

Student workload

Intensive training, independent assignments (pre-assignments, final report and feedback survey) and literature (project management) 2 credits or approximately 54 hours
SUSTIS - team guidance 3 credits = approximately 81 hours

Evaluation methods and criteria

The assessment consists of the assessment of the responsible teacher of the Team Guidance course and the teacher of the SUSTIS teams, feedback from the SUSTIS team, and the student's self-assessment.

1) The SUSTIS teacher's assessment and the self-assessment and student feedback that may increase or decrease it (total 60% of the final grade)
The SUSTIS teacher and the student themselves assess the following areas on a scale of 1-5:
- Communication, availability and adherence to agreed matters
- Activity in team meetings
- Self-initiative in the workshop and in the team
Feedback from the project group, i.e. SUSTIS students, can increase or decrease the grade
2) The feedback on course-related assignments and activity on training days (40%)
- Adherence to agreed schedules (personal assignments)
- Correspondence with the assignment
- Diversity and comprehensiveness of the content (pre-assignments and training-related assignments are assessed on a scale of passed/failed) > The final report is assessed on a scale of 1-5.

Late submission of course-related assignments will have a negative impact on your grade.

Failed (0)

• Course-related assignments not returned
• Supervision of the SUSTIS-project is not completed/course incomplete

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

In addition to the assessment items for the above-mentioned course:
• The student participates to some extent in group work (e.g. coaching, supervision team meetings)
• The student performs moderately well in the tasks assigned to him/her
• Satisfactorily acquires new independent working and supervision skills
• Satisfactorily uses his/her interaction skills during the course
• The student participates moderately in interaction situations
• Satisfactory adherence to schedules
• Student motivation needs to be improved
• The content and scope of the course-related tasks are limited
• Late comings or early leavings

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

In addition to the assessment items for the above course:
The grade good (3 and 4) is not described verbally, but it falls between satisfactory and commendable.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the assessment items for the above-mentioned course:
Student
- Promotes group learning and interaction in coaching sessions through their own active activities
• Acquires new independent working and guidance skills
• Uses their interaction skills in a variety of ways during the course
• Participates actively and on their own initiative in interaction situations
• Can actively seek solutions to challenging guidance situations
• Motivation is commendable
• Adherence to schedules is commendable
• Content and scope of course-related tasks are commendable

Further information

A separate TEAMS group will be established for communication purposes for the course.
It is hoped that the person registering as a team leader has taken the SUSTIS sustainable development project course, or the preceding Project Workshop course. However, this is not an absolute requirement.