Any team building ideas for a small team of 6 people?

Question

I am a teacher with 5 paraprofessionals (teacher assistants) working in a small classroom with special needs children. We really need activities to unite us.

Answer 1

. You can try working in smaller teams of two or three during classroom activities. Set up a way to rotate people so everyone works together at some point. Perhaps once a week you could hold a little "team time out" before or after class where you can share ideas, information on what's working, what's not. Bring in some refreshments. Make sure to utilize everyone individual talents to contribute to the team as a whole, that their input is valuable. Let them know that if one person could do it, there wouldn't be six people in the classroom. Perhaps you could each get tee shirts with a team name that you all select and wear them during class or on a special day of the week.

Answer 2

The best experience I had in team building with my paraprofessionals came when I purchased the book "Parapro." It is published by Sopris West (out of Colorado). This publisher has the best and comprehensive materials for special education that I have ever seen (No, I don't work for them, but wish I did...I admire their authors and their books have been life saving). I was the teacher in a classroom setting with 6 paraprofessionals and there were many challenges, with a diverse caseload of children. Parapro is a wonderful book/guide with already made blacklines, activities, just about everything you may need for a team. It is all written there for you, and no use re-creating the wheel. There's no time when you're a teacher! Good luck!
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Answer 3

First of all DON'T DO ANYTHING RELATED TO EDUCATION!!!
Do fun activities that actually promote working together to solve a problem. for example - cut a standard pillow case so that it's one long piece. Here's the "scenario" - You are on Mars and you are standing on a heat shield. If anyone falls off, or if a pant leg, shoe string, etc. touches the floor, you are OUT. Once everyone is on the case, say, "Oh, no! The heat shield is upside down!" The object is to turn the pillowcase over WHILE YOU ARE STANDING ON IT. This can be done with 35 adults and an ordinary twin size flat sheet, so I'm pretty sure six people could do it on a pillowcase.
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Answer 4

Go out and do something that has nothing to do with what your job is. Do something that will take all of you, in some way out of your comfort zone where each of you will have to rely on someone else in the team. As a semi-professional team builder in the past I've seen a lot of succes with adventure activities like rock climbing. An indoor climbing gym could be a great way to both have fun and learn to trust/work together better as a team. I think thats the quickest and easiest way to try something in just a day or afternoon.

Answer 5

Each should write down on paper something that nobody else knows about them; such as "Lived in the Canadian wilderness for 7 days surviving on the land", "Visited Paris 5 times"., "used to be an auto racer", "hobby is stamp collecting"
Post these on the wall.
Give the team 15 minutes (or 2 mnutes per person) to meet everyone and interview thm. You are forbidden from identifying your secret, although you can be asked. (without answering)
Each person matches their guess to the secret. Grade them at the end and the best score wins something...

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Three Tents all A/C with bath & Toilet Attached.