Staff Development Strategies

Strategy	Category
1-2-3-4 Fingers Use when you need to quickly assess the skills or knowledge levels of your audience members.	Assessment
13 Principals Wrap Up Activity Use to tie together components of the workshop and help participants reflect on their learning.	Closings and Wrap Up Writing and/or Reflection
3-2-1 Use at the end of a teaching segment or end of a workshop to get participants to review notes/learning and identify what they plan to implement.	Closings and Wrap Up Writing and/or Reflection
5 Whys
A-to-Z Use with 12 or more participants. This is a great wrap-up activity for a full-day workshop or may be used to break a multi-day workshop into segments. The strategy requires reflection and helps	Closings and Wrap Up Processing Writing and/or Reflection
All Aboard Activity Source: International Association of Teamwork Facilitators Objective: The entire group must fit inside the circle on t	Brainstorming and Discussion Closings and Wrap Up Collaboration Energizers and State Changers Games Group Management Humor and Celebration Movement
All My Neighbors Get to know you activity to show similarities between each other.	Energizers and State Changers Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
All My Neighbors A fun, moving-around activity that breaks the ice, loosens people up, gets people alert and engaged. Good for a group just beginning to get to know one another.	Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
All Write Rally Robin Use to process learning, reflect and share ideas with a written list and notes.	Brainstorming and Discussion Collaboration Processing Writing and/or Reflection
Animal Sounds Participants are blindfolded and assigned an animal. The challenge is to use animal noises in order to meet up with other an	Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
Baby Pictures Participants match baby pictures with names.	Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
Background Knowledge Probe Use when you need to quickly assess the skills or knowledge levels of your audience members. This strategy is especially effective in a workshop that lasts several days or is delivered in multiple	Assessment Writing and/or Reflection
Baggage Claim People will find things out about each other before putting faces to names.	Group Management Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
Balloon Finger Balance How long can you balance a balloon on your fingertip?	Collaboration Energizers and State Changers Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)
Balloon Frantic See how many balloons the group can keep in the air wihout being penalized.	Collaboration Energizers and State Changers Movement Openers and G2KUA (Get to know you activities)

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