Team Building
ACTIVITIES in PHYSED
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UP!
Ben Landers
Thanks for
being here
INTRODUCTIONS
What is your biggest struggle with your teaching experience?
Name, School and Years Teaching
Curriculum? What do you like to teach?
2 Truths and a Lie
Expectations
What are your expectations for today?
What are you hoping to learn?
What cooperative games and activities have you done in the past?
TAKE WHAT WORKS
TRASH WHAT DOESN’T
Start with why?
Why Phys Ed?
Why Team Building Activities?
What’s the Purpose
“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in
the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my
daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life
miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of
inspiration. I can humiliate or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be
escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”
― Haim G. Ginott
BUILD
RELATIONSHIPS
ICEBREAKER
Ubuntu Cards
Ubuntu Means
“I Am, Because We Are”
http://high5adventure.org/ubuntucards/
Why I Love Team Building
Get to see kids emerge as leaders
Get to be creative in your “Game Design”
Get to watch creative thinking take place
Helps form a positive Class Culture - So Important!
Get to help kids develop EXTREMELY useful skills
The “right” amount of Challenge
THE PROCESS
INTRO PLAY DEBRIEF
Introducing an Activity
What’s the purpose? Be able to sell it
Discuss objectives, why it’s important
Be Creative! Provoke their thinking!
Check for Understanding - clarify goals and objectives
“Are you Helping or Hurting?”
PROVOKE THINKING
During the Activity
What’s Your Role?
During the Activity
Encourage and Support
Observe and Note
Give a “Time Check” occasionally if appropriate
Allow self discovery, don’t offer solutions unless necessary
“Guide on the Side” VS “Sage on the Stage”
After The Activity
“The Debrief”
Give Any Refinements
Ask open ended questions
Be comfortable with silence
Read body language
Try to give positive feedback - even for a “wrong” answer
What will we learn?
How can team PHYSED
work together?
Feedback and Brainstorming with those at your school
Local meetings
Conferences
Online PD (Twitter, Blogs, Websites, Facebook Groups, Forums)
Our Best Resource is...
Eachother!
We are a team, brainstorm together, share ideas
Tools - Google Docs, Email, Voxer, Text…
Take advantage of each other’s unique experience and knowledge
Remember - We Are Family!
LET’S GET
STARTED
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Teambuilding Activities in Phys Ed

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    Team Building ACTIVITIES inPHYSED ThePEspecialist.com
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    INTRODUCTIONS What is yourbiggest struggle with your teaching experience? Name, School and Years Teaching Curriculum? What do you like to teach? 2 Truths and a Lie
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    Expectations What are yourexpectations for today? What are you hoping to learn? What cooperative games and activities have you done in the past?
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    TAKE WHAT WORKS TRASHWHAT DOESN’T
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    Start with why? WhyPhys Ed? Why Team Building Activities? What’s the Purpose
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    “I’ve come toa frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.” ― Haim G. Ginott
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    ICEBREAKER Ubuntu Cards Ubuntu Means “IAm, Because We Are” http://high5adventure.org/ubuntucards/
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    Why I LoveTeam Building Get to see kids emerge as leaders Get to be creative in your “Game Design” Get to watch creative thinking take place Helps form a positive Class Culture - So Important! Get to help kids develop EXTREMELY useful skills
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    Introducing an Activity What’sthe purpose? Be able to sell it Discuss objectives, why it’s important Be Creative! Provoke their thinking! Check for Understanding - clarify goals and objectives “Are you Helping or Hurting?”
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    During the Activity Encourageand Support Observe and Note Give a “Time Check” occasionally if appropriate Allow self discovery, don’t offer solutions unless necessary “Guide on the Side” VS “Sage on the Stage”
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    After The Activity “TheDebrief” Give Any Refinements Ask open ended questions Be comfortable with silence Read body language Try to give positive feedback - even for a “wrong” answer
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    How can teamPHYSED work together? Feedback and Brainstorming with those at your school Local meetings Conferences Online PD (Twitter, Blogs, Websites, Facebook Groups, Forums)
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    Our Best Resourceis... Eachother! We are a team, brainstorm together, share ideas Tools - Google Docs, Email, Voxer, Text… Take advantage of each other’s unique experience and knowledge Remember - We Are Family!
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