Monday, November 7, 2016
Classroom Cash
The entire school uses classroom cash to reward students who are "caught being good." I like the idea of trying to reinforce positive behaviors. It isn't always possible, but I try to avoid punishing bad behavior, if I can. Students seem to respond well to the classroom cash program. We will announce who is getting the cash and for what behavior before giving it out. This method has a ripple effect and other students behavior usually improves right away. The cash does not have a dollar value. Instead it is put into a weekly drawing for prizes.
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I like the idea of classroom cash. We do something like this at the daycare that I work at. Every time we see a children showing good behavior, or helping out a friend or something we give them a star. When they get 10 stars they get to pick a prize out of the prize box. It really promotes good behavior in our room and the children love it. I think it would be a great idea to incorporate into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI like that the whole school does this program! I have only been in one school that has a unified "spartan" reward program while I did observation hours at my last university. The idea was to enforce community among students in respecting the school by keeping it clean, respecting and helping others before they needed to ask, and doing the right thing even when they think others weren't looking.
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