TAFE PROJECT IDEAS
“TRAFLES”
A. Teaching/training
1. Big brother/big sister 2. Help teachers decorate their classroom, make copies, cut out projects, etc. before school starts 3. After school ends help clean up classroom to get ready for summer 4. Sponsor or host a breakout session 5. Teach a class 6. Tutor students 7. Work as aide or greeter for substitute teachers 8. Work as a teacher aide 9. Help with bulletin boards 10. Visit elementary school and work in classroom 11. Make testing week posters to motivate students 12. Grade papers 13. Sponsor CPR class
B. Recreation
1. Movie days 2. Ice cream socials with all other CTSOs on campus 3. Holiday parties 4. Field days at feeder elementary schools 5. Welcome party - adopt a new chapter and have a welcome party 6. Attend camps 7. Special Olympics 8. Wacky Olympics 9. TAFE Tug 10. Scavenger Hunt 11. Lock in 12. Kidnap breakfast - initiating new members in chapter 13. Cell Phone Picture Scavenger Hunt 14. Clue Party 15. Toga Party 16. TAFE Day at Amusement Park 17. Mud Fest 18. Picnic 19. Hay Ride
C. Teacher/Faculty Appreciation
1. Sponsor Teachers’ Night 2. Remember teachers during holidays 3. Teacher car wash 4. “Warm fuzzies” in boxes 5. Have a valet for a day (TAFE member is a valet for a teacher) 6. Sponsor/Teacher Talent Show 7. Honor retiring teachers 8. Send “Welcome Back to School” Cards 9. Help new teachers 10. Help on work days 11. Provide goodies for teachers’ lounge 12. Serve a full meal at lunch with delivery to room 13. Help substitute teachers 14. Sponsor teacher appreciation week 15. Select Teacher of the Year/Month 16. Recognition in daily announcements 17. Breakfast, luncheon, or end of year banquet 18. Secret pals 19. Thank you notes 20. Gifts—balloons, apples, carnations, pencils, pads of paper 21. Honor teachers on their birthdays
D. Fund Raising
1. Kiss A Pig 2. 7 & 8th Grade Dance 3. Sponsor Dance 4. Car Wash 5. Car Bash 6. Mr. Macho Contest 7. Spaghetti Supper 8. Recycling 9. Garage Sale / Craft Sale 10. Coke Stand 11. Sponsor School Store 12. Prom Fashion Show / Talent Show 13. Dog Walk 14. Lip Sync Contest 15. Raffle 16. Spirit Chain 17. Concession Stand at games or school events 18. Carnival 19. Restaurant sponsored nights 20. Banquet 21. Marque Dedication - birthdays 22. Take Pictures at Dance 23. Pie in the Face
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24. Baby Sit - parents night out 25. Spirit Items 26. School Supplies 27. School T-shirts 28. School Mugs 29. Candy 30. Silk Flowers 31. Mums for Homecoming 32. Balloons Containing Gift 33. Grams: Val-O-Grams, Bunny Gram, Spook-O-Gram, Summer Gram, Balloon-O-Gram or Grams for any holiday 34. Christmas trees 35. Big Pickle 36. Fruit cups 37. Cards 38. Popcorn 39. Cookie dough 40. Bumper stickers 41. Slushies 42. Buttons - Can make if you have your own button maker 43. Gift wrap
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E. Leadership
1. Create breakout session 2. Enter competitions 3. Do a professional development session for teachers 4. Recruit for TAFE 5. Attend leadership workshops 6. Run for State Office 7. Invite guest speakers 8. Start “Supportive Friend” program 9. Help start a TAFE Chapter in another school 10. Hold banquet to honor outstanding members 11. Hold Parliamentary Procedure Workshop 12. Host region convention 13. Host a TAFEPALOOZA (bootcamp) 14. Create a local leadership training for student officers 15. Host a book study on leadership
F. Educational Awareness
1. Participate in college night 2. Research and create a newsletter about hot topics in education 3. Submit articles to the school newspaper 4. Career day 5. Sponsor a scholarship for a senior 6. Organize “bring your parents to school day” or open house 7. Invite speakers 8. Research and provide scholarship information 9. Serve as student teachers 10. Sponsor a Book Fair 11. Visit College Campuses 12. Visit School Board Meetings 13. Have Speakers from Educational Organizations 14. Use an exchange student as a speaker 15. Tutor adults in a literacy program 16. Sponsor Education Fair 17. Attend breakout sessions 18. Anti-bully week 19. Red ribbon week 20. Visit classes of interest 21. Booth at Mall about your school 22. Interview school personnel 23. Visit a Montessori school 24. Camp read-a-lot (literacy night) 25. Host Autism awareness month 26. Kindergarten round up
G. Service
1. Park Clean Up 2. Adopt-a-Something: park, highway, kid, senior citizen, area of campus, hallway 3. Walk-a-thon 4. Coat drives 5. Can food drives 6. Volunteer at Hospital 7. Auction for Charity 8. Blood Drive 9. Toys for tots 10. Crime Watch 11. Safety Watch on Halloween 12. Easter Egg Hunt 13. Caroling 14. Senior Citizen Dance 15. Habitat for Humanity 16. Cut Grass for Senior Citizen 17. Cleanup Campus 18. Paint Trash Cans 19. Volunteer at Day Care Center 20. Collect for Needy: books, clothes, food 21. Baby-Sit at Back to School Night 22. Work at Special Olympics 23. Shop/House Clean/Read for Elderly 24. Visit Children’s Hospital 25. Food Baskets 26. Build a bear - give away at children's hospital 27. Wash fire trucks 28. Meals to public servants 29. Donations to homeless shelters 30. Volunteer at homeless shelter 31. Volunteer at animal shelter 32. Angel tree/adopt a family 33. Shoebox Christmas 34. Donate water to firefighters when there are grass fires 35. Collecting supplies for disaster relief 36. Penny drives
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