The purpose of the blog is to give opportunities to share Team Competitions and other innovative ways to increase staff morale. Below is the first competition that is described the book
Team Competitions .
1. Scavenger Hunt
Suggested Time: 12-15
minutes
Suggested Points: 5
points per item
Our scavenger hunt has a different
twist. We create a list of 15 to 20
items or characteristics that our staff must find among our students. Items our competitors had to find in the past
include: a receipt from The Waffle House, set of twins, a drivers license with
a certain birthday or a John Deere hat.
A list from a recent scavenger hunt is included below.
The objective
is to find each item on the list from a student and then have the student and
the item report to a judge to get credit. We have a 15 minute period of time
when students arrive at school before they report to first hour. As students are preparing for the day or
getting off the bus, staff members are looking for things on their list
throughout the school.
We have one volunteer judge keep a
list for each team and once an item was reported to the judge, the students are
told by the judge that another team cannot use their item to get credit again.
Judges mark off each item as it is reported to them. It may help to have the
judge write the name of the student with the item to keep other teams from
using the item again.
Our scavenger hunt is created for a
school but can easily be adapted for other organizations. When creating your list include some items
that multiple students may have, some items that only a few students may have,
and then a couple of items that only one or two students may have. Items that are common to only one or two
students may take some additional time and planning. For our school, we would
look on the student database and find a student with a certain birthday;
competitors have to find the student with that birthday and report to a judge
to get credit. Your organization will
have your own unique items.
The following page has examples of
items we have included in past Scavenger Hunts.
Staff Scavenger Hunt
Find the following among our students:
1. A Kentucky
quarter
2. Student with
13 letters in his or her last name
3. IPod with
Hank Williams Jr. on the playlist
4. A Livestrong
bracelet
5. Any clothing
item with “rival team” on it.
6. A two dollar bill
7. A shirt with
Georgetown Middle on it
8. A shirt with Scott County Middle on it.
9. A
D.A.R.E. shirt
10. A football
jersey that can be evenly divided by #9.
11. An IPod with
an episode of The Office.
12. Set of
fraternal or identical twins (both have to be present).
13. A skateboard
14. Anything from
Starbucks
15. 2007 State
Basketball Championship Ring
