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February 18, 2022

It’s always a great time to grow your TDS team!

Looking for ways to recruit new team members to your TDS team? Here are some tips we’ve gathered from teachers who have been great team growers!

  • Put recruitment in the team member’s hands. Help them with ideas and logistics, but they should be the face of the team and efforts.
  • Attend Freshman Orientation with information
  • Conduct Lunch & Learn events where potential team members can learn about the team with a free lunch
  • Conduct activities at feeder middle school students
  • Keep the team open to anyone who wants to join
  • Ask your administration to support team efforts
  • Partner with other school organizations
  • Provide the TDS t-shirts as an incentive to join – don’t forget to pick a day to wear them consistently
  • Design and purchase your own team t-shirts

Once you have your team, here are some ways to keep it successful!

  • Take care of the team’s reputation by requiring safe driving and passenger habits, team involvement, passing grades, and school attendance
  • Plan and conduct consistent activities to keep team’s involvement
  • Encourage and support teen’s ideas
  • Work towards available TDS incentives to bring in gift cards and cash for the team
  • Provide growth opportunities that will help with the teen’s future. Things like the TDS Summit, the Teen Advisory Board, and workshops to develop peer leadership skills – all great additions for college applications
  • Develop your own TDS board to build a leadership structure and defined roles and responsibilities
  • Support team leaders to mentor and be examples to all

 

Article by Stacey Tisdale / News / recruit, team

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