Several years ago, I was looking for something a little different to do for our teachers/staff during Staff Appreciation week. We did not have a huge budget at all and at this point in the year, teachers really don’t have a lot of time to stop and sit and visit. The closer to the end of the school year, the crazier it gets for everybody. I wanted to create something fun. I had just bought some really cute mustache stamps and I knew that’s the theme I wanted to go with. I just had to find something fun.
School Staff “Christmas Drop-In”
School Staff “Christmas Drop-In”
The week coming up to Christmas is a stressful week for both students and teachers. Students are excited about upcoming vacation, Christmas and then stressed beyond words due to a week of finals. Teachers are just trying to make it across that finish line. Six or seven classes means finals for a couple hundred students. A couple hundred students means a couple hundred tests to grade and get into the grade book before break. Not to mention last minute conferences with frantic students and parents about missing papers, grades, etc. There really is no extra time for anything else.
Last year, I wanted to somehow treat the staff to some sort of Christmas party but I knew that it would be crazy to expect them to “be able to” or “want to” spend any extra time at school at any point. I came up with the plan that I’d invite them to a Christmas Drop In. I wanted them to know they were invited to come in and visit or just drop in for a treat and leave if needed. [Read more…]