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povzetki ■ summaries
Team management and systematic development
of professional teams in kindergarten in the light
of professional development
The article deals with the systematic introduction of teamwork at the kin-
dergarten in the Kindergarten Vrtec Mavrica Brežice, with the aim of pro-
moting the professional development of professionals. By closely monitor-
ing and encouraging the development of expert teams for several years, we
have systematically introduced changes (elements of teamwork) into pro-
fessional teams and evaluated them, together with them, on an ongoing
and final basis. Through the development of teamwork, we wanted to es-
tablish such a level of mutual cooperation and trust between team mem-
bers, so that professionals within these creative work cells would first rec-
ognize the already achieved level of their own knowledge of the profession
and practice and gain insight into their own abilities. The present results
show that the professionals of the research kindergarten in their profes-
sional teams have gained significant intercollegiate support and a safe work
and learning environment, within which they influence their professional
development through their own activity. The development of professional
teams was carried out according to the stages of development that are high-
lighted in the professional literature. The results of the final evaluation of
team performance, self-evaluation, and expert discussion that followed re-
flections at professional asset meetings indicate that teams have developed
characteristics of effective teams. The members of the professional teams
are aware of the importance of their own activity and responsibility of the
individual for the better functioning of the team and for their own profes-
sional development. Throughout the research process, they were collabo-
rative, encouraged each other, openly expressed their opinions. There was
a marked increase in the individual members‘ sense of belonging to their
team. Team members emphasized their own motivation and desire to par-
ticipate in the same composition.
Based on the results of this research, we can conclude that it is reasonable to
systematically develop team work in educational organizations, since it has
a stimulating effect on both the professional development of employees and
the improvement of the overall organizational atmosphere.
Keywords: management team, systematic development of team work, pro-
fessional development, functional team, action research
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Team management and systematic development
of professional teams in kindergarten in the light
of professional development
The article deals with the systematic introduction of teamwork at the kin-
dergarten in the Kindergarten Vrtec Mavrica Brežice, with the aim of pro-
moting the professional development of professionals. By closely monitor-
ing and encouraging the development of expert teams for several years, we
have systematically introduced changes (elements of teamwork) into pro-
fessional teams and evaluated them, together with them, on an ongoing
and final basis. Through the development of teamwork, we wanted to es-
tablish such a level of mutual cooperation and trust between team mem-
bers, so that professionals within these creative work cells would first rec-
ognize the already achieved level of their own knowledge of the profession
and practice and gain insight into their own abilities. The present results
show that the professionals of the research kindergarten in their profes-
sional teams have gained significant intercollegiate support and a safe work
and learning environment, within which they influence their professional
development through their own activity. The development of professional
teams was carried out according to the stages of development that are high-
lighted in the professional literature. The results of the final evaluation of
team performance, self-evaluation, and expert discussion that followed re-
flections at professional asset meetings indicate that teams have developed
characteristics of effective teams. The members of the professional teams
are aware of the importance of their own activity and responsibility of the
individual for the better functioning of the team and for their own profes-
sional development. Throughout the research process, they were collabo-
rative, encouraged each other, openly expressed their opinions. There was
a marked increase in the individual members‘ sense of belonging to their
team. Team members emphasized their own motivation and desire to par-
ticipate in the same composition.
Based on the results of this research, we can conclude that it is reasonable to
systematically develop team work in educational organizations, since it has
a stimulating effect on both the professional development of employees and
the improvement of the overall organizational atmosphere.
Keywords: management team, systematic development of team work, pro-
fessional development, functional team, action research
383
