We talked a little about reverence and business- like getting a sub and letting us know, etc. Then we asked 3 teachers to speak for a few minutes each about how they make their classes special.  It was great because I think the teachers liked hearing from other people in the "trenches".  We also made a video of the kids saying what they loved about their teachers.  We went around to each class on Sunday and asked the teacher to step out for a few minutes while we talked to the kids.  We then added back-ground music.  I think the teachers were really touched by it.  We had a chocolate fountain (1st counselor owns one from Costco) for the refreshment and then gave each teacher a Symphony bar with a new wrapper that we made.  It said Symphony and then said "net weight: lighter because of you!".  I like the idea of doing it during Sharing Time..  Maybe we'll try that next time.  We didn't have the greatest turn-out.  Everyone who was asked to do something came, plus a few others.
 

ADDITIONAL comments from Barb in Idaho on this theme:

We sent out invitations in the mail and then on Sunday, gave them a reminder (with a piece of candy attached to it).  And then we called everyone one day before the meeting. We started with the Teacher Improvement Coordinator talking about doubling your efforts in preparation (double mint gum), and then had about 5 teachers talk about what they do to make their class special (special dark chocolate), and then I took the rest of the time with business - we talked about everything from the way the Primary room was set up to quarterly activity days, to the scouting program kicking up the Faith In God program a notch. We had several pieces of "candy" made out of poster board taped around the room with ideas on how to sweeten your callings (i.e. daily scripture study, come to Primary 10 minutes early, etc.). We did hand out prizes to the first female and male teacher there, and then during the evening, we would draw a name out of a bowl and let the person choose something from a basket of prizes (things that would help them in class - i.e. their own crayons, magnets for the chalkboard, scissors, etc.) And then at the end we gave them a packet of information with object lessons, class presentations ideas, games to use in lessons, visual aids, etc.; an updated sub list; and then a small sack of the candy that we used to describe several things during the evening (that was also their refreshments). It was WONDERFUL! No one wanted to leave! The 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric was really happy with the meeting. We only missed four people out of the entire Primary - Activity Days, and Scouting included!

Our Teacher Improvement Coordinator taught on Doubling Your Efforts in Preparation, so in the sack went a pack of double mint gum. Then we had several teachers talk about what they did to make their class special, so in the sack went a Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate Candy Bar (I really don't like these candy bars, but the name worked well with what we were talking about :)). Then we talked about two goals that we as a Presidency wanted to work on in the next six months - one was Be Reverent - Bar None!, so into the sack went a Bar None candy bar. And our second goal was to make the children more familiar with their scriptures - reading, marking, finding references, so we made the set of scriptures that you make from two Hershey's nuggets (I'm sure you all have seen them - if not let me know and I'll describe them in detail) and they went into the sack. Then I typed up a little description of the candy - "SWEETEN YOUR CALLING!" at the top and then 1. "Double" your efforts in preparation. 2. Make your class "Special". 3. Be Reverent - "Bar None". 4 Teach the Children with "Scriptures".

Then I tied the paper to the top with some cute ribbon and just had them sitting on a table in the hall outside the room, and the teachers all picked one up as they left. It was great, because we had NO cleanup from refreshments! :)