Do Teachers + Food = Better Relationships?
Posted by Jen Bragg on 20 Mar 2009 | Posted in: Relationships and Team Building
| Our team of editors has a birthday tradition. Whenever a birthday rolls around, we treat the birthday girl to lunch. It’s a fun way to enjoy a good meal and good company while leaving shop talk back at work. The folks on our floor meet periodically in the break room for what basically turn out to be mini food marathons. In the past we’ve served up breakfasts, lunches, even sundaes. Our most recent gathering was unofficially dubbed “dessert fest” and, as you can imagine, was filled with such treats as cheesecake, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. |  |
| Members of the editorial team head out for a birthday lunch. |
Now that I think about it, food was a big part of building relationships at the schools where I taught too. At my school in California, different groups of teachers would bring in snacks for each Thursday’s morning break.
Sometimes they were healthy-ish treats, like bagels and fruit. Other times they were seasonally themed, like baked potatoes and all the fixings for St. Patrick’s Day. At another school where I taught, lunching at a restaurant on a workday was a coveted event. Getting off campus for those meals always felt like a luxury, and many teachers were eager to join the fun!
How do the teachers at your grade level or school build relationships? Do you have any fun ideas, food related or otherwise, that you’d like to share with other teachers? Do you have suggestions for bonding activities that are free or low cost? (I’m guessing those might be calorie-free too—extra bonus!) If so, share them! I look forward to hearing from you!
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I totally agree that having a meal (or dessert) with your co-teachers is a great bonding experience. Just getting away, even if its on a Saturday, helps bring our team closer.I teach at a preschool, and opening our inner doors between our classroom at nap time is a great way for us to bond, just listening to someone eles day, can change a persons perspective on how your day is going.
Be a friend and reach out, it makes everyone smile.
We are not allowed to leave campus for lunch, so all the grade level teachers eat in one classroom together. This is a time to share and catch up with everyone.