1. Drop The Mic on The First Day and Every Day After That
NTI
Erica Patterson
Nicole Veltre
August 11, 2015-Afternoon Session

2. Let’s Circle Up As A group: Name/Subject Area
What is one thing that you thought you would like to get out of this session?

3. Objectives
Identify the importance of team building in secondary education
Model and participate in sample team building activities
Recognize barriers/obstacles that could arise from the activities
Erica
TIME ALLOTTED:  2 min
PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE:
Provide an agenda for the day that they can use to track where we are in the session.
PROCESS:
Describe activities for the day very briefly. 
Explain the agenda structure they will see throughout the session (see below for details).
KEY MESSAGES/TALKING POINTS:
The shaded part is what we are about to cover. 
The white boxes are where we are headed.

4. Guiding Questions
What do you want your classroom environment to look like?
How are you going to build a welcoming environment for all students?
What barriers/obstacles are you going to encounter in building trust?

5. Going On a Picnic

6. Viking Pirate Ship

7. Tarp Game

8. Obstacles/Complications
What are some obstacles/barriers that could arise from doing this team building activity in your classroom?
Erica
Time: 5 minutes
Have the participants get into groups of 2-3 and have them list 2-3 obstacles/complications that could arise from doing this

9. Sample Team Building Activities
Zoom
Classic classroom cooperative game that never seems to go out of style.
Simply form students into a circle and give each a unique picture of an object, animal or whatever else suits your fancy.
You begin a story that incorporates whatever happens to be on your assigned photo. The next student continues the story, incorporating their photo, and so on.
Remember to put a time limit on this for your classroom
Nicole
Time Allowed: 10 minutes
Process: We are going to take the participants through different team building activities by modeling them first and then have the participants participate in the activities

10. Sample Team Building Activities
Worst Case Scenario-Building Communication
Fabricate a scenario in which students would need to work together and solve problems to succeed, like being stranded on a deserted island or getting lost at sea.
Ask them to work together to concoct a solution that ensures everyone arrives safely.
You might ask them to come up with a list of 10 must-have items that would help them most, or a creative passage to safety.
Encourage them to vote — everyone must agree to the final solution.
Erica
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

11. Sample Team Building Activities
Creating A Welcoming Environment
Picture This
Choose a class historian once a week to take pictures of class activities. Have the historian choose 2-3 pictures to print out and display around the room and/or on a class blog/website with a summary of the week’s activities.
This is a great way to create a friendly classroom and integrate technology in the classroom and use the blog/website as a communication source between student, parents, and other stakeholders.
Erica
This is an additional activity that I found can be useful in the classroom and lets the students take ownership over their classroom.
This will just be an explanation

12. Team Building in Secondary Education
Why is Team Building important for High School Students?
Main thing to remember is that you want to build a community in your classroom and building trust is the first step in achieving this goal.
Erica
Time Allowed: 5-10 minutes
Popsicle stick out 3 people for the importance of team building in high school.

13. Additional Sources  

14. Feedback Did this session meet your expectations?
What are somethings we could have done differently?
Erica
ANIMATED SLIDE
TIME ALLOTTED:   5 minutes

15. Thank You!!