Bake a gift (cookies, bread, etc.) for your team.

Create and post an “Employee Honor Roll”.

Decorate the person’s desk with balloons.

E-mail your bus driver’s supervisor about what a great job they do – be sure to cc the employee.

Find ways to highlight and reward department-specific performance.

Give a copy of the latest best-selling educational/business book or a subscription to a trade magazine.

Have a potluck event (breakfast, lunch, or dessert).

Inscribe a favorite book as a gift.

Juice cart (with coffee and bagels) taken to each teacher’s classroom.

“Kudos” chocolate bars, “LifeSavers” mints, “Payday” candy bars – get creative with your favorite snacks.

Load up on toppings and have an ice cream sundae party.

Make and deliver a fruit basket.

Nominate the employee for an FCPS formal award program (Support Employee of the Year, Teacher of the Year, or Spillane Leadership Award).

Open a coffee bar for the morning coffee―borrow a cappuccino maker and serve to the staff. Don’t forget biscotti!

Plan and conduct a secret pal exchange that week (teachers can give to support staff and vice versa).

Quick notes of recognition and thanks taped to the office or classroom door.

Randomly tape gift certificates to the bottom of chairs at a staff meeting.

Serve up a pancake breakfast.

Take your cafeteria staff out to lunch.

Use a suggestion program for future event planning.

Vary tasks that you can swap with an employee for a day – his/her choice.

Wash employees’ cars in the parking lot during the lunch hour.

Yahoo! Have some fun!

Xerox copies of complimentary e-mails or letters, and post on a bulletin board for all to see.

Zoom in on a “Behind the Scenes” award, specifically for those whose actions are not usually in the limelight.