Providing+Recognition

Providing Recognition
 * Read and Reflect:**

Students love to receive rewards. Today’s students don’t grasp why their education is important. I strive to instill in my students why learning now is the best investment they can make in themselves. I tell them that school is their job and grades their pay. The more and better they learn now (measured by grades) the bigger and better their paying jobs as adults will be. (Motivational Poster I created reflects this).

Questions page 108 of the // Handbook //


 * 1.** **What does providing recognition means to you?**

Recognition means giving students positive feedback and encouragement during instruction. It helps motivate them to learn and complete an assigned task. I recently gave my students a motivational survey to see what things motivates them. Examples are praise, power, prestige and social motivations. We are not all motivated by the same things or by the same things equally. I record my results for each student and refer to them often so I can offer them the recognition they prefer.


 * 2.** **How do I reward recognition for my students in the classroom?**

I consistently give students verbal praise and recognition during my instructional time. I reward all students with candy one to two times per week for participation, turning in all their work, working hard and staying on task. If I am absent and they are well-behaved for the substitute teacher I reward them with candy when I return. I email parents regularly with positive reports about their child’s accomplishments. I have used certificates for good attendance and stamps on well-prepared assignments.


 * 3.** **What makes providing recognition effective or ineffective?**

Recognition should be given promptly when earned and must be sincere. The learning environment must be a place where students feel welcome and safe. Students need a place where they are recognized for their attempts and success. If they always fail or are put down they will withdraw from the instruction. Not all students like to compete and teachers must find ways to recognize these students’ attempts and their accomplishments to include them in the learning process.


 * 4.** **What questions do I have about providing recognition in my classroom?**

Finding age-appropriate rewards and certificates for the secondary level is a challenge. I am interested in what other educators use or do to recognize their students.

Students could use bighugelabs.com to create a motivational poster to illustrate how they would like to be recognized for their hard work. This would help them show you what motivates them. Ask students to have a contest, create the rules, develop categories, and then make a poster showing the awards for their contest.
 * Apply and Reflect:**


 * I used the site picnik.com to add diploma and graduation cap to my picture of money . I then uploaded picture in the motivational poster in bighuglabs.com**




 * This movie poster could be used to post students names that have no missing assignments, perfect attendance or who scored the highest on an assignment/test. Names are made up. Could take class picture of students in place of pirate.**