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Professional development games under $5
NO PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM - Build Teamwork
NO PREP DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM - Build TeamworkPERFECT FOR EVERY CLASSROOMEscape rooms help cultivate a GROWTH MINDSET by nurturing problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Having done so many breakout and escape rooms in my own class, I can tell you that it's really easy to spot a child that is stuck in a fixed mindset. They will do one of two things; act like they are too cool for school and not participate or they will just quit. This is great information for a teacher because now you know
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Happy Teacher BINGO - Staff Morale Booster
It's time to boost staff morale with this Happy Teacher Bingo! This Bingo game is a fun way to bring some positivity into the schools. Play to get 5-in-a-row or a BLACKOUT! Happy Teacher BINGO can be adapted to fit your building. Feel free to award prizes to the winners for some extra motivation!
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Bingo Rules
Happy Teacher Bingo Board (with student tasks)
Happy Staff Bingo Board (w/o student tasks)
Prize Idea (Prizes are NOT included)
3 different types of labels
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Staff
Also included in: Staff Morale Boosters BUNDLE
Arctic Survival Activity (For Team-Building, Group Dynamics, and Personality)
This cooperative learning activity pits learners and their groups against survival experts to see if they can survive a plane crash in the arctic. Will they make more sound decisions individually, or as a group? How do groups reach consensus? What sort of identities, personalities, or traits tend to dominate group discussion or group activities? These questions and more lie underneath the surface of a classic and beloved classroom activity!These topics and more are broached in this product, whi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Full Year of U.S. Government and Civics Essentials Bundle
Learn Google Slides with this Tutorial Scavenger Hunt - Intermediate
This Intermediate "how to" will take you and/or your students step by step through the learning process of how to do special effects in Google Slides. Google Slides is a great tool for much more than we realize and especially for creating eBooks and digital interactive worksheets. Students have a great time learning how they can up their presentations and reports for any subject!This tutorial is designed as a Scavenger Hunt. You can set specific rules for your students and have them race agai
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Scattergories for Teachers (Staff Morale)
Looking for a quick and easy way to boost staff morale? Look no further!Scattergories for teachers is a quick, fun way to get your teachers engaged into a game all about teaching! This game has been adapted into three different versions:Printable cardsPowerPointGoogleslidesYou can use this game VIRTUALLY! All you would need is to present using PowerPoint or Google slides and use Google Meet or Zoom. UPDATED on 08/16/2020: Google Slide Response Sheets added for staff to document their responses t
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Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Staff Morale: Year Round Resources (BUNDLE)
Ice Breaker Game for Faculty, Teachers, & School Staff
This is a great way to help teachers get to know each other! Use it for back to school meetings, orientation, inservice, or faculty meetings. Many teachers have created their own games to play with these cards. Details for 6 activities are included (see in the preview). This resource includes 48 cards:24 general ice breaker questions12 teacher/school opinion questions12 school knowledge questionsYou can pick the ones that best suit your meeting, or print multiples if you have more than 48 peop
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Staff
Would You Rather Teacher Edition Question Cards
This Would You Rather Teacher Edition activity is designed to be used at staff meetings, PLC meetings, in the teachers' lounge, at get togethers or even social events outside of school. These fun predicaments will have your colleagues laughing or showing signs of disgust, but more importantly, will provide your group with that much needed time to be together without data to look at or articles to read.Included in this resource-30 “Would You Rather” Cards (6 per page)Check out all of our “Would Y
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3rd - 5th, Staff
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Icebreakers for Teacher Workshops, Conferences, and Faculty Meetings
What is it?This packet consists of 10 “Find Someone Who” icebreakers suitable for educator’s conferences, workshops, and faculty meetings. They were designed to play an important role in helping educators integrate and connect with each other in a fun and friendly way. Ten different “Find Someone Who…” icebreakers are included to ensure that you have enough to incorporate at least one per month. Why should I incorporate icebreakers into my faculty meetings?An Icebreaker: (example: Find Someon
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Adult Education, Staff
You've Been ELFed! A Spin Off of Secret Santa- Fun Staff Morale Booster!
"You've been ELFed!" Have fun this Christmas by starting the fun “ELFing” tradition! This is a lot like Secret Santa, but you will be a sneaky elf. Perfect to boost staff morale this holiday season! Also fun for neighbors, family, and friends! You'll put together a holiday treat for two neighbors/friends/coworkers and include these instruction sheets and signs. Drop the goodies off when no one is looking! Follow the instructions given, which are included in the download. Watch the sneaky
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Staff
Accountable Talk Digital Discussion Game: TIC TAC TALKING TURNS | Jamboard
How can we take pair share to the next level? Gamify it! Tic Tac TALKING turns is a great way to ensure that every partner contributes to the discussion, and has a bit of fun too. The set comes with two Google Slides templates and 7 versions pre-made in Jamboard & ready to use! Each Jamboard page also includes accountable talk/ visible thinking routine prompts that you may adjust for your class or level. Students choose an X or O or other icon (like cat/ dog, cap/ sunglasses) and get to move
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PreK - 10th, Adult Education, Staff
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Catholic Saints Review Game - Quiz Style Powerpoint - All Saints Day Game
This is a Quiz style review game for the Famous Catholic Saints. It is perfect for Catholic school, homeschool, religious education, middle school, high school, Sunday school, and even adult learners, including teachers! This could be played by a single person, or as a whole class review (small groups). The answers to all of the game questions are visible when the questions are clicked. All questions and answers can be edited.The game is in PowerPoint, but you can simply upload to your Google Dr
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5th - 8th, Adult Education, Staff
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24 Team Building Activities
This gives a list of 24 great team building activities along a description of each. I use this the first week of school to get to know my students as well as when I was a Strategist with my staff members to get to know each other at the start of the year and on each Staff Development Day.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Minute to Win It Game Cards- Makerspace Station & Indoor Recess Activity Options
Every teacher dreads indoor recess days! These Minute to Win It Games can ease that dread with simple indoor games that stimulate the brain, while using some of that energy! These minute to win it activities use items you probably already have around the classroom to create quick games that your students are sure to love! I also used these task cards in my library as a Makerspace Station! The kids always looked forward to this station and I even used it during a staff PD to encourage teachers to
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Not Grade Specific
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Icebreaker Bingo (Adult/Staff Version)
This download includes a printable icebreaker bingo playing card. Each box contains a fun fact. This activity helps staff get to know each other and talk to co-workers that they may not have otherwise. Simply print a copy for each staff member. This game can be played 2 ways. For a quicker game, the first person first person to check off 5 boxes in a row wins. Or, if you have more time, the first person to check off the entire sheet is the winner. For a student version, check out Icebreaker BI
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Staff
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Staff Morale Slideshow Games
Improve staff morale by playing some fun Icebreaker and Team-Building games. Investing in a positive school climate through staff bonding and staff recognition can reap many benefits. These games are both slideshow presentations - please see PREVIEW for a glimpse of this product. In addition, since sometimes technology just doesn't work - there is a printable version of each game. Product Includes:Never Have I Ever slideshow - 30 promptsThis or That slideshow - 29 promptsPrintable versions (in c
Grades:
Staff
Also included in: Teacher Morale Bundle: Games, Community Builders, & Awards
Icebreakers for Teachers Roll and Cover Conversation Game
Need a great getting-to-know-you activity for teachers to enjoy during back-to-school professional development? This partner or small group game uses dice and elements of tic tac toe to create a fun conversation game. Teachers answer 30 questions about themselves, favorite things, school experiences and opinions, and more. Great to use on any teacher inservice day!The following items are included:• Tic Tac Roll Teacher Questions dice game, in color (1 page)• Tic Tac Roll Teacher Questions dice g
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Staff
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Also included in: Team Building Activities Bundle
Enneagram Challenge - Staff Team Building Editable PD
●The Enneagram is a personality system that aims to reveal how emotions drive our lives and how we engage with others in an effort to get what we want and need.●The Enneagram defines nine personality types, each with its own set of strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for personal growth.●Your Enneagram type reveals what motivates you on a very deep level, and illuminates the path you must take to achieve a higher level of self-actualization.Staff team building PD. First, present and s
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Staff
Enneagram Scenarios Game
Looking for a Get-to-Know-You game that is unique and actually helps everyone get to know each other in a very real, but also fun, way? Do you want your students to gain a better perspective of their classmates and have more grace for everyone's differences? If so, this is the game for you! First, have your students take an Enneagram quiz and then read up on the personality type they got to be sure it's correct. Then, put them in groups by type and play this game where they will write what they
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Never Have I Ever Teacher Edition Staff Meetings Back to School
Have fun on Back to School or End of the Year with these "Never Have I Ever" Teacher Edition slides! Perfect for staff meetings, back to school, teacher lounge activities, end of the year activities. 38 slides in 2 different versions, available in Google Slides and PowerPoint. These slides will help building connection with other teachers, are a great conversation starter and will bring a lot of fun !What is included?38 Never Have I Ever Spring-themed slides + 1 blank slide (answer with hand s
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PreK - 8th
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Also included in: NEVER HAVE I EVER Morning Meeting Activity Brain Break Back to School
AcePhysEd Tabloid Station Cards
You need Tabloid / Station Cards for fitness, health or brain breaks.Varied amount of activities to use including simple exercises to basic activities that can be used in station work.Each card has a picture of the activity, a description and a link to a resource that you can look up for reference.All cards can be viewed on electronic devices or printed.Enjoy
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Women of the Bible Game - Quiz Style Review Game for PowerPoint or Google!
This is a Quiz style review game for The Women of the Bible. It is perfect for middle school, high school, and even adult learners, including teachers! This could be played by a single person, or as a whole class review (small groups). The answers to all of the game questions are visible when the questions are clicked. All questions and answers can be edited.The game is in PowerPoint, but you can simply upload to your Google Drive as Google Slides, and share with your students using Google Class
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6th - 9th
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Virtual Games Volume 1: Virtual Scavenger Hunt and Put a Finger Down
Virtual Games: Virtual meetings becoming the norm, as administrators, we have to find ways to connect in different ways than our normal ways. These are two ways to make these virtual meetings fun and exciting. Also, these models what your staff can do in their own classrooms virtually.In this product you will receive: •Two Teacher Virtual Scavenger hunts •One Student Virtual Scavenger hunt •Two Teacher Put Your Finger Down •One Student Put Your Finger Down •Directions for both games
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Staff
Never Have I Ever for Staff Meeting
Play a few rounds of Never Have I Ever with your teachers before you start the faculty meeting. You can also use this game as a fun break during a staff PD Day. Laughter is a necessity. Let’s have some fun! (Print out to make paddle is included)Rules: Each teacher will need a 2-sided paddle. You will explain to teachers that after you read the statement, they should hold up the I Have if they have done it or Never if they have not. As an example: You say, “Never Have I Ever rolled my eyes during
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Not Grade Specific
ABA & Special Ed Taboo Game for Staff Training Professional Development
Our jobs are stressful enough, have some fun at your next staff meeting or PD day!ABA & Special Education Taboo adds fun into your professional development sessions!Challenge your colleagues and team members to guess ABA & Special Education related terms without using specific forbidden words associated with each term. Included: 40 carefully crafted cards featuring ABA & Special Education vocabulary words and their associated forbidden words. This ABA & Special EducationTaboo Gam
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Adult Education, Staff
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