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<mark>Another term for a "Team Development Arc" in the context of NETs is "developmental pathway".</mark> PBEM asks NET teams to meet regularly, but to do what? Without a defined purpose, team meetings can drift, prompting some members to stop attending meetings, and teams do not build their capacity as neighborhood-based disaster responders. The purpose of Team Developmental Arcs are to structure a team's movement from a baseline of organization to higher level disaster response skills and capacity. '''Arcs give TLs a roadmap through team development rather than convening meetings around "what should we talk about this month?"'''
<mark>Another term for a "Team Development Arc" in the context of NETs is "developmental pathway".</mark> PBEM asks NET teams to meet regularly, but to do what? Without a defined purpose, team meetings can drift, prompting some members to stop attending meetings, and teams do not build their capacity as neighborhood-based disaster responders. The purpose of Team Developmental Arcs are to structure a team's movement from a baseline of organization to higher level disaster response skills and capacity. '''Arcs give TLs a roadmap through team development rather than convening meetings around "what should we talk about this month?"'''
There is a two part objective to this program:
# Provide Team Leaders with team meeting activity modules that can be easily planned, like a recipe, for team meetings.
# Help teams move along a path or paths of development towards greater efficacy as a team of disaster responders.


The use of Team Development Arcs are completely optional, and can be changed or edited to suit the needs of NETs who use them. They are intended as a supplementary resource for NET Team Leaders.  
The use of Team Development Arcs are completely optional, and can be changed or edited to suit the needs of NETs who use them. They are intended as a supplementary resource for NET Team Leaders.