A Staff Icebreaker Idea
In this video, Dr. Justin Baeder shares an icebreaker idea for staff meetings that respects teachers' time and professionalism.
Key Takeaways
- Keep it brief and optional - The best staff icebreakers are quick and don't force uncomfortable participation
- Respect the room - Adults don't need the same activities as students
Transcript
All right.
Welcome back, everyone.
Hope you had a great summer.
I'm so excited about our first staff development day.
We're going to have two icebreakers today.
The first one is called breakfast.
So you are all adults.
You don't need an activity, but there is food.
So enjoy.
Get to know our new staff members and say hi to your existing returning colleagues and we'll get started in about 20 minutes the second icebreaker is lunch out again you are all adults so feel free to go out to lunch with your team and if you have anybody new on your team or in your department come see me i have 100 bucks for you you can go out to lunch and get to know your new teammates that way so let's get to it all right so if you had an icebreaker like that would that be a better way to start your staff development days i'm hearing a lot about icebreakers that don't feel like a good use of time when you have work to do in your classrooms, or icebreakers that don't treat you like an adult who's capable of talking to other adults directly.
And a lot of people said, I would love to be able to go out to eat since normally during the school year, we just don't have time to go out.
I think this is an ideal time to go out to lunch with your teammates.
Let me know what you think.