Is there anything worse than seeing “30 minutes of team building” at the top of a staff meeting agenda?
We get it. And so does your principal, but here’s the problem: Teachers want more time to spend in their room preparing, but that can lead to isolation. Principals need some way to foster an upbeat and positive environment, as that is their job after all, knowing it will affect all areas of teaching and learning during the year.
The solution: Gift them The Great Escape . Instead of carving out meeting time for forced interaction, this simple program allows your school to “escape” the meetings while allowing teachers to participate in only the activities that interest them. Everyone will find it’s the easiest, most authentic, and most laughter-filled way to bring people together. Guaranteed.
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*This special promotion supports our Molly’s Joy Fund, which provides staff appreciation resources to underfunded schools during the 2025–2026 school year. 100% of proceeds go directly to this cause.
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We make it easy and have laid it all out in a simple copy/paste format your principal will appreciate.
It starts with a humorous email admitting the truth: Yes, team bonding is important... but no one wants to waste time in meetings doing awkward icebreakers that don’t work.
So here’s the better idea: For every time someone completes one of the funny, low-key social challenges on our list with at least one other colleague, your principal agrees to cut one minute off the next team-building meeting. The result? Real connection, real laughter, and proof for the higher-ups that bonding actually happened... without forcing it.
You get to edit it, but the social activities on the list are a mixture of humorous one-offs and actual items that simply promote connection: Get a coffee, go to a movie in a movie theater, enjoy a tasty beverage with an umbrella in it, play an Uno game, etc… Not everyone has to do everything on the list, only what your interested in. But the goal is to get through the whole list as a school, which can lead to some funny moments towards the end (“Hey, we need at least 2 people to go take a picture with a cow to complete this list and completely wipe out the team building meeting!”)
Before you know it, people are getting ice cream together, taking walks, playing a game of spades, or just sharing a laugh together. Honestly, these days many of us have lost this skill, but this activity gives everyone an excuse to invite each other to socialize in what they like.
It’s a way of saying, “We are going to have a school environment where we interact and respect each other, but we’re going to do it like adults. No need for silly icebreakers, blindfolds, or time-wasters.”
“These are so valuable to my school. The Great Escape was an amazing 3 months of fun that just kept going. THANK YOU!!!" -Duane Ehmen
“OMG they dove into this like I never imagined (they must really hate team building, haha). We had so much fun and laughter and I can’t say enough about it. I’ve recommended it to the other schools in my district as well.” – Melia Halter
“YALLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are well underway with The Great Escape--- Have to say that was the BESTTTTTT EVER!!! My teachers are having so much fun!! Can't wait to do the next one! I made a video to share with my teachers so they can enjoy all the cheer that was spread!” – Kristi Keppi