This year, replace those awkward icebreakers with the management philosophy that somehow, inexplicably, got it right...

 
 

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What is it?

Treat your staff to Office-themed laughter with surprisingly meaningful connections during their start-of-year prep... all without interruptions or time-wasters.

Inspired by some of the show's most memorable moments, we've recreated Pretzel Day, Office Olympics, Conference Room Five Minutes, Café Disco, the Dundies, and more into simple activities that inject laughter and comradery into the background of your in-service days.

Most importantly, it’s SIMPLE. Everything is already written for you with copy-and-paste emails, printable signs, and step-by-step instructions.

How Much?

$49.00

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How It Works

It all begins with an email where you’ve decided this year you won’t be wasting anyone’s time with awkward icebreakers or meeting exercises. Instead, you’ve stumbled upon what might be the most brilliant administrator’s philosophy ever created: Everything I Need to Know About Start-of-Year Team Building I Learned From Michael Scott.

From there, your staff gradually discovers a series of Office-themed surprises throughout the week. Some activities take only a few minutes. Others quietly run in the background. The idea is that people don’t bond during meetings, they bond during all those little moments that make us human.

Along the way they'll experience things like:

  • Fun Run... For the Cure! (don’t worry, no actual running required)

  • Conference Room. Five Minutes.

  • Assistant Principal… actually, that should read Assistant to the Principal.

  • Office Olympics

  • Pretzel Day

  • Planking

  • Café Disco

  • And, of course, the Dundies

Whether someone is a lifelong Office fan or has never seen an episode, the activities are designed so everyone can participate and enjoy their first days back.

It's a simple way to replace awkward meeting exercises (or worse, schools who do nothing at all) with something your staff will actually remember.

How much time is required?

This the start-of-year, and you don’t want something that is going to take up your time or attention either.

Initial setup takes about 30 minutes to decide which activities you'd like to use and delegate any optional tasks. Everything is designed with simple setups and printouts, but also allows room for Office fans to take the theme and run with it.

Reviews:

“We love all your programs but this one is going to hold a special place our school. As soon as I sent the first email I realized I had greatly underestimated the level of office-fandom my staff had been secretly harboring. It has been such a hit." -Bern Freeman

“The emails were just perfect and I appreciated how they set me up to be the good guy for once, haha! But the truth is, everything in there was right. It’s these little activities/moments together that brought us together and we appreciated. I’ve let my district know and they are going to be using it this year too.” – Jay Elmyer

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Get Everything I Need to Know about Start-of-Year Team Building I Learned from Michael Scott for only $30 when you add it to your order from the Back to the Faculty page. You’ll see this offer when you click to order Back to the Faculty