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ETD uses the language of CliftonStrengths® to help students identify the areas in which they are the strongest and to apply those strengths to interpersonal contexts. ETD has developed curriculum for five “Touchpoints,” or units, beginning with first-year seminar and ending with capstone senior design. Each Touchpoint is modular, and instructors can flexibly integrate the materials drawing on the expertise of ETD’s trained facilitators. Next, ETD will study the effects of team training on students’ persistence in their intended college major, focusing on the persistence of underrepresented minority students.  \nKey words: Team dynamics; Strengths-based training; Underrepresented students  \nINTRODUCTION  \nTeam dynamics form an integral part of project-based learning in the engineering classroom. However, while the benefits of asking students to collaborate around a real-world problem are well documented, the best practices for encouraging productive teamwork are less clearly understood. Scholars have found that students are often required to work in groups without adequate preparation and guidelines for such interpersonal interactions (Gasiewski et al 2012; Gillespie et al, 2006; Sandlin et. al, 2018; Tennant 2006) . This lack of “collaboration readiness,” or the preparedness of students to engage in teamwork, means that teams often do not reach their full potential (Balasooriya et al 2013; Castner, 2012; Morgan, Glickman, Woodard, Blaiwes, & Salas 1986; Rosas & Camarinha-Matos 2009) .  \nTo address the question of collaboration readiness, The Effective Team Dynamics (ETD) Initiative at Georgia Tech developed a curriculum based on research-driven methods of improving team  \nSPRING 2021 1  \nADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION  \nLooking Ahead: Fostering Effective Team Dynamics in the Engineering Classroom and Beyond  \ndynamics, focusing on reflective evaluation of students’ own habits, skills, knowledge, and abilities.1 The curriculum includes specific assignment requirements to explore the unique dynamics present in each new team. Using the language of CliftonStrengths®, our program helps students identify their patterns of thought and behavior in a team, name and build on their strengths, identify the diverse strengths of any team, and interpret behaviors of their team members in productive ways. By teaching both faculty and students how to approach defining expectations within a team, how to have “Crucial Conversations”(Patterson et al, 2011) when issues arise within a group, and how to give useful feedback on teamwork skills, ETD provides supportive structure and a set of tools that can help students “figure out” their individualized approach to working in teams.  \nThe ETD initiative was originally funded as part of a broader effort on the part of its PI, Mary Lynn Realff, and others in the College of Engineering, to meet the institute’s strategic goals. The initiative now involves faculty and students across the university and does not have a single institutional home. Faculty partner voluntarily with ETD with support from their Associate Chairs, which allows us to reach a variety of classrooms. These faculty incorporate grade-level specific activities within their courses but are not required to be the “expert” in team dynamics, since ETD facilitators come to classes. This approach makes faculty more willing to welcome team training into their courses. 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