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KCC team-building exercise begins new year
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| Getting from point A to point B happens with teamwork for staff and instructors at Kaua‘i Community College, they find out Monday at Niumalu Beach Park, where they engaged in a retreat geared towards building better teamwork, communication, and cohesiveness. Here, the three goals merge as teams share wooden shoes. |
By DENNIS FUJIMOTO - TGI Sports Editor
NIUMALU -- How does canoe-paddling relate to college-level instruction?
Instructors and staff at the Kaua'i Community College discovered the link Monday morning as they returned from their winter break to attend a morning retreat at Niumalu.
The retreat was geared towards building better teamwork, improving communication, and developing more cohesiveness among the college administrative population.
Themed "Hui 'Imi Na'auao," the retreat had a singular underlying theme: "E lauhoe mai na wa'a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe; ike ka; pae aku i ka 'aina" which translates to "everybody paddle the canoe together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore is reached."
This was arranged through the cooperation of several community agencies and volunteers. The KCC staff was broken down into three groups rotating through arenas involving exercises centered around the underlying themes of teamwork, communication and cohesiveness.
The hoe wa'a involving the paddling of a double-hulled canoe (teamwork), the mele (communication), and E Kako'o Kakou (cohesiveness) segments brought the college team together at Niumalu Beach Park.
"The wa'a, or canoe, symbolizes strength and perseverance," Mason Chock told the group involved in the first segment of the team-building. In an effort at fostering this theme, team members working together built multi-person geta (wooden clogs) and negotiated a course at the park.
Chock explained that the land exercise, holo hau, involved teamwork and communication in getting from point A to point B, and relates to the fundamentals of canoe-paddling, where a team of paddlers get the craft from point A to point B.
Holo hau also gets people into understanding roles, as well as getting an understanding of the group's weaknesses and strengths, Chock said.
Another exercise involved a team working with planks to negotiate obstacles while moving around a designated course.
Instruction for the spring semester at KCC begins Monday, Jan. 12.
Sports Editor Dennis Fujimoto may be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or mailto:dfujimoto@pulitzer.net.
Instructors and staff at the Kaua'i Community College discovered the link Monday morning as they returned from their winter break to attend a morning retreat at Niumalu.
The retreat was geared towards building better teamwork, improving communication, and developing more cohesiveness among the college administrative population.
Themed "Hui 'Imi Na'auao," the retreat had a singular underlying theme: "E lauhoe mai na wa'a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe; ike ka; pae aku i ka 'aina" which translates to "everybody paddle the canoe together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore is reached."
This was arranged through the cooperation of several community agencies and volunteers. The KCC staff was broken down into three groups rotating through arenas involving exercises centered around the underlying themes of teamwork, communication and cohesiveness.
The hoe wa'a involving the paddling of a double-hulled canoe (teamwork), the mele (communication), and E Kako'o Kakou (cohesiveness) segments brought the college team together at Niumalu Beach Park.
"The wa'a, or canoe, symbolizes strength and perseverance," Mason Chock told the group involved in the first segment of the team-building. In an effort at fostering this theme, team members working together built multi-person geta (wooden clogs) and negotiated a course at the park.
Chock explained that the land exercise, holo hau, involved teamwork and communication in getting from point A to point B, and relates to the fundamentals of canoe-paddling, where a team of paddlers get the craft from point A to point B.
Holo hau also gets people into understanding roles, as well as getting an understanding of the group's weaknesses and strengths, Chock said.
Another exercise involved a team working with planks to negotiate obstacles while moving around a designated course.
Instruction for the spring semester at KCC begins Monday, Jan. 12.
Sports Editor Dennis Fujimoto may be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or mailto:dfujimoto@pulitzer.net.
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