The useful part

Browse activities built for the actual school day.

For staff meetings, professional learning, school teams, classroom community building, and quick brain breaks—from elementary through high school.

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14 activitiesEvery activity is free during this first chapter.
01Free

Beginning of year · New teacher orientation

Common Ground, No Cheating

Uncover three things the group shares, with the obvious answers taken off the table.

812 min3+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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02Free

PLC or department · Leadership or admin

Evidence or Instinct?

Find the beliefs beneath a school plan and decide which ones need evidence first.

1525 min3–50 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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03Free

Professional learning · Staff meeting

Quiet Constellation

Map where the room has energy, questions, and useful experience—without a noisy report-out.

1015 min4–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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04Free

Staff meeting · End-of-year reflection

The Small-Thing Thank You

Recognize one small action that made a classroom, meeting, or school day easier.

712 min3–100 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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05Free

Leadership or admin · Coaching cohort

The Learning Résumé

Write the professional résumé nobody sees: the attempt, miss, revision, and lesson that changed your practice.

1825 min3–24 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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06Free

Leadership or admin · Student-support team

Assumption Audit

Examine one professional assumption, where it came from, and what evidence could test it.

2230 min4–24 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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07Free

Coaching cohort · PLC or department

Consultancy Speed Round

Bring a real dilemma. Receive only clarifying and probing questions—no drive-by advice.

1830 min3–24 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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08Free

Team retreat · Midyear reset

Crossroads Map

Sketch one professional fork in the road and the path you chose—or are still choosing.

1825 min4–40 peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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09Free

Leadership or admin · Team retreat

Values Auction

Spend a limited budget on the values your team will actually protect when everything cannot be first.

4055 min6–40 peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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10Free

New leadership team · Beginning of year

Working With Me, Minus the Memoir

Share a few practical work preferences your teammates can actually use—without writing a personality manifesto.

2535 min3–24 peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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11Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

First Job, Before Education

Share one specific detail from an early paid or volunteer responsibility.

45 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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12Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

Two Minutes of Overlap

Find one unexpected thing everyone at the table genuinely has in common.

33 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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13Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

9:15 on a Tuesday

Describe one ordinary Tuesday-morning snapshot so other roles can picture your real work.

45 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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14Free

Conference or workshop · Professional learning

Three Rooms

Describe three workspaces from your education career with one word for each.

45 min4+ peoplePlayfulness 1/4
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