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Mark Lukert
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10/5/2010
•Educator
Ed
t for
f 33 years
•Principal for 22 years
•Husband for 34 years
•Father for 32 years
•Grandfather for 9 years
Look at the importance of Team
Building
Engage in several team building
activities for you to take back and
share with your staff.
CELEBRATE Teaching . . . and each
other!
Who Are YOU?
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“THAT’S ME!”
PURPOSE OF TEAM-BUILDING:
Builds Relationships
Fosters Trust
Encourages Risk Taking
Gives Recognition
Enhances Self Confidence and
Self Worth
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Alleviates Tension and Stress
Builds Emotional Bank
Accounts
Boosts School Morale
Enhances the Climate and
Culture of a School
Improves the Quality of
Teaching in a School
Bonds members Together
Encourages Friendships
Focuses on Strengths
P
Promotes
t Open
O
Honest
H
t
Communication
Aids in Consensus Building
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"In organizations, real power
and energy is generated
through relationships. The
patterns of relationships and
the capacities to form them are
more important than tasks,
functions, roles, and positions."
— Margaret Wheatley
To lead our teams through
challenges we must have positive,
engaged relationships. If we
ffocus on relationships
p ffirst, the
outcome will take care of itself
and we will be thrilled with the
results.
Jon Gordon
“Until adults get their
relationships in order, nothing
good is going to happen for
kids.
kids.”
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THEY DON’T
CARE HOW
MUCH YOU
KNOW UNTIL
THEY KNOW
HOW MUCH YOU
CARE!!
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TEACHING…
The highest
calling…the
mostt EXCITING
EXCITING,
yet one of the
most difficult
jobs there is.
There is NO more
significant group of
people, in terms of
their impact, than the
people sitting in this
room right now.
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Some days you’re the
pigeon and some days
you’re the statue.
How Children come to us
is no excuse for how they
leave us. Our job is to
take them wherever we
get them and bring them
as far as possible by the
time they leave us. They
are our customers!
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“Put your personal signature on the job.”
“People will forget
what you say…People
will forget what you
do…but people will
never forget how you
made them feel.”
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Luck of
The
Draw!
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Jokers – Only use with Aces, Straights, Flushes
L
Now that you are warmed up . . .
NOT! 
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What is . . . ?
What is the Teacher?
A guide, not a guard…
What is Learning?
A journey, not a destination…
What is process?
Discovering ideas not covering
content…
What is the Goal?
– Open Minds, not closed issues
What is the Test?
– Being and becoming, not
remembering and reviewing
What is the School?
WHATEVER YOU
CHOOSE TO MAKE IT!
Turkey in the Straw
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“The Good, The Bad, and The Balloon”
Materials: Balloons, Sharpie markers (one for each team), and large garbage bags
(lawn/leaf size; one for each team)
Instructions:
1. Give each team some balloons (12 – 15 for each group). Instruct the team that
the will have 60 seconds to blow up as many balloons as they can. After each
balloon is inflated and teid, the team should agree on an important
characteristic of effective teamwork, write it on the balloon, and then put the
balloon in the garbage bag. The team must have a different characteristic on
each balloon. The goal is to get as many balloons in the bag as possible.
2. When the 60 seconds has elapsed, have the teams share the characteristics of
effective teamwork that they generated in their teams. Discuss briefly as
appropriate. Then instruct each team to tie the garbage bag closed.
3. Have each team get in a large circle and set a goal for how many times during
30 second time period they think they can volley the garbage bag amongst the
team without letting the bag touch the ground. Once each team has set their
goal, remind them to count the number of times the bag is volleyed by team
members. Consecutive touches by the same member do not count, and if the
bag touches the ground then the team must begin counting over again.
4. When the 30 seconds has elapsed, let each team share how many times they
were able to volley the bag and whether or not they met their goal. Chances
are, the teams will want to repeat this process to challenge the team to
improve and to set better goals. Let them! If not, issue the challenge!
5. Now, show all of the teams a medium-sized red balloon filled with water.
Have the participants shout out the negative things that make teamwork
ineffective, unsuccessful, and just plain hard. Record the negative
characteristics on the red balloon.
6. Have enough red water-filled balloons so that each team will have one
(although only one group will have the one with the negative characteristics
written on it). Place a red water-filled balloon in each team’s garbage bag and
re-tie the bag . . . tightly! Remind the teams that the red balloon represents the
challenges of effective teamwork.
7. Have each team predict how many times they will be able to volley the bag
and to set a goal for the team. Typically, the teams will base the goal on the
prior accomplishment, and they will not accurately anticipate how the water
balloon will change the dynamics.
8. Have the groups return to their circles to volley the bag with the same rules as
before. Give them 30 seconds.
9. Discuss what happened and how the negative characteristics affected
teamwork.
How Do You Stack Up? or
Stack It Up!
Each team gets 6 drinking size Solo cups and one “tool” to use to move the cups. The tool is an office
type rubber band (not the thin ones) that has 6 to 8 strings tied to the rubber band. Each string should
be approximately 8 inches long. These strings are used by the team members to open and close the
rubber band. Using the rubber band, the team moves the cups from a stack to form a pyramid.
Place the 6 solo cups, all stacked together, upside down in the middle of the table. Give each team one
rubber band tool to use. Tell them not to touch the cups or the rubber band tool.
Demonstrate what you want the teams to do. Tell the teams from this point on, they CAN NOT TALK!
The only reason to talk is to ask a question about the process. As you demonstrate, you don’t have to
use the rubber band tool, just use your hands. Take one cup from the stack, place it on the table. Take
another cup from the stack and place it next to the first cup. Continue process and build a pyramid with
the 6 cups. Tell the teams that if a cup falls, they MUST use their rubber band tool to set it up. They
CAN NOT use their hands.
The first team to get their pyramid built is the winner. Every team needs to finish their pyramid.
After you finish the pyramid, say “Ready, Set, Go!”
NOTE: Watch the teams – is someone on the team taking charge?
Applause, Applause, Applause
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate non-verbal communication and show how a
person feels when their encouragement stops.
Choose one participant from the audience.
Ask the person to leave the room – be sure and have them go far enough away that they can’t
hear you explaining the activity.
Explain to the group that the participant will come back in the room. The participant will have a
simple job to do. You can come up with the job while talking to the group. You might want the
participant to pick up a pencil from your table and take it to another person in the room. You
might want the participant to walk to a certain chair and stand in it or pick it up.
The only clue the participant will get from the group is applause. This works like the “Hot/Cold”
game. When the participant is doing what they need to be doing to get the job done, everyone
is applauding. When they are “off-task” there is no applause. Once the participant completes
the job, ask them to stay with you for the debrief.
Debrief:
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Ask the participant how they felt at the beginning of the activity.
How did they feel when the applause stopped.
How did they feel when everyone was applauding?
How do students feel when they are working as hard as they can work and their
encouragement stops?
Heart Puzzle – Teambuilding Activity for February
Enlarge the heart puzzle below (The bigger the better!). Carefully cut out the pieces of the heart
puzzle. Cut out one heart puzzle for each team. Put all nine pieces together – paper clip them
together. Have team leaders come up and get the puzzle pieces and a roll of masking tape. Tell
them to keep the pieces clipped together until you shout “GO!” The first team to assemble their
heart on a wall in the gym, library, or wherever the challenge is being held, WINS!
(It’s fun to do this activity in front of the students – they love cheering on their teacher!)
Luck of the Draw
Teambuilding
Everyone gets a playing card when they come into the meeting. Advise to NOT
show the card to anyone.
Safari Teams come together.
Each team looks at their cards and comes up with the best poker hand they can.
(Choose only 5 cards)
Ask these questions:
Who thinks they have the BEST poker hand? Raise your hand.
What were some of the strategies you used to form your hand?
How does your card and forming a winning hand relate to teaching kids?
How many of you began forming your winning hand with the end in mind?
If you didn’t know the rules of poker, how were you assisted by those that did?
Did you draw from other’s strengths to come up with your winning hand?
How can you tie this activity into the beginning of school and the students in your
class? (You gotta play your hand. You can’t put any kids back. What you got is
what you got. High cards …. Low cards) You can really get some great
discussion going with this activity!
Turkey in the Straw
(Or anything you want to name it!)
Before beginning the activity, have an 18” to 24” piece of curling ribbon cut for
everyone participating. (Use up those ugly colors that you probably won’t use
again!)
Divide the staff into teams of 6 or 8 – try to make the teams equal in number.
Blow up a balloon and show the staff how big the balloon needs to be. (They will
blow it up real little if you aren't watching!) Baaaad staff! :-)
Have them tie the balloon on the end of the string and then the other end of the
string to their ankle. (Remind them that they need to leave as much string as
possible between their ankle and the balloon. Once again, they will tie it real
close to their ankle if you aren’t watching.)
Explain the rules and objective. Rules – Begin stomping balloons of the other
teams as soon as the whistle is blown. Sit down immediately when their balloon
has been stomped or when they hear the whistle blown again. Once the whistle
is blown – NO MORE STOMPING!
Objective is to stomp the balloons of the other teams...and to protect their own
balloons.
When you blow the whistle, they start stomping the other team's balloons. Let
them go for a minute or two, but not until everyone's balloon has been stomped.
Blow the whistle again. (Everyone should sit down as soon as you blow the
whistle.)
Take a count to see which team has the most UNPOPPED balloons? They get the
most points. You can have 3 places if you want. 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
It is a fun . . .WILD activity!
Don’t forget to take video and pictures!!!