Sample Group Contract printable pdf download

Teaching, Learning & Technology Center/Division of Undergraduate Education

UC Irvine

Below is a sample of one way to form collaborative work groups. In this example, group

and

members are given both some guidelines by the instructor

permitted to write some of their

own. A group contract can be written solely by the instructor, by the group members, or both.

You may choose to have everyone use the same contract, let individual groups design their

own, or let individual groups design their own but with a core set of expectations by which all

groups must abide.

GROUP & GROUP MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

The success of the group will depend on the cooperation and professionalism of

its members. Employers will expect you to know how to work effectively in groups: how to

determine what needs to be done; how to find information; how to assess information; how to

share the workload; and how to resolve interpersonal conflicts that might arise. Effective

collaboration includes, but is not limited to:

Participating fully (in spirit and actuality)

Participating professionally (i.e., civil discourse; abiding by the rules of academic honesty)

Meeting responsibilities (i.e., completing assigned tasks on time and to the best of your

ability)

Taking the consequences of not abiding by the group’s rules.

Giving group members appropriate credit where due

Not giving credit where it isn’t due

After reading through this document, each member needs to initial each item and then

sign the document at the end. Return it to the instructor who will make copies for your

group. If you disagree with these rules, then as a group amend them. They must be

approved by the instructor, however.

Each group member agrees to show up to class and to outside group meetings on time.

Initials:

quietly

In the event that a group member is less than five minutes late, s/he may

join

the group without disrupting it to ask what s/he missed. It is optional for the group

members to fill in the late-comer.

Initials:

Group members who are avoidably late must: [write out a consequence for being late.]

Sample Group Contract