Joshua Yardley, MA

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Joshua Yardley, MAEnglish Language Fellowjosh.yardley@gmail.comMadura Young Learners Workshop, April 2013

Reward Systems

+Questions I get asked here:

How do I motivate my students? How do I encourage my students to speak

English? How should I punish my students?

+Teacher Beats Students Over Exam IssueBogor. Six students in North Bogor received bruises and cuts after they were assaulted by the teacher in a fit of rage following their failure to prepare for an examination.

The incident, involving 10th-graders from vocational school SMK PGRI 3 in Kedung Halang, is just the latest case of a teacher using violence to win the compliance of students and instill in them a sense of discipline.

-Jakarta Globe, April 3, 2013

+What do I remember from school?

PE Recess Sitting next to the window

Uniforms Report Cards My Principal, Sister Dorothy

Likes Dislikes

+Prizes from my teachers!

+My recommendation

Be proactive

Not reactive

+Reward System

+Benefits of reward systems

Build self esteem Teach independence Visualize progress towards a goal Make life enjoyable

+Steps of developing a system

Identify the problem Create a chart Select the reward Follow through Celebrate!

+Dual Function

Promote good

Behavior

Promote good

Performance

+Individual Reading Chart

+Classroom Reading Chart

+Homework ClubAll students start in the homework club. Students who don’t turn in homework get removed. At the end of the week or month, the remaining students receive a reward.

+Politeness Punch cardsStudents carry around their own punch cards. They receive punches for turning in homework or good behavior until the card is full.

+Class CashDevelop a classroom currency, possibly with bills of varying denominations. Choose rewards that are worth varying amounts. Students can spend their cash quickly on cheap prizes or save for bigger items.

+Best Behavior BowlEvery time you witness good behavior or the entire class completes an assignment on time, add a ping pong ball to the bowl. Once the bowl is full, have a whole class party.

+Behavior BINGOEvery time the entire class completes an assignment on time or you witness good behavior, choose a numbered piece of paper and cross that number off this 10x10 chart. Once you have 10 checked boxes in a row, either vertically or horizontally, the whole class gets a reward.

+Reveal the RewardChoose a prize and write one letter of the prize on a separate card. Hang the cards so the letters can’t be seen. If everyone does their homework or does well on a test, turn around one letter until the reward can be seen.

+Token System

+Token System ExplainedThe token system is effective because it DOES NOT require: you to track each child’s behavior in order to penalize or reward the entire class to ‘behave’ in order to be rewarded you to punish those who did behave due to actions of those who

didn’t the same behavioral standards for everyone students who are frequently in trouble to get all of the reinforcement any money to be spent on candy or prizes the staging of elaborate rewards a complicated class helper system (tokens assign many job privileges) class time that should be spent on academics a lot of maturity in students: even preschoolers can participate

+Set up

Find 10-20 tokens per student Give each student a PIN and write the PIN on the token Sort tokens in a container Find a separate bag to collect the rewarded tokens

+Introduce it

Brainstorm a list of good classroom behavior with students. Tell them when you see this, you will put a token in the bag. Tell them you will not award one every time, but it will be a

surprise. Tell them you will not do it if requested.

+Use it

Recognize good behavior directly. Add tokens periodically throughout the day. Pull tokens periodically out of the bag for special

privileges.

+Privileges pass out art supplies take a message to another

room work a problem on the board participate in a role play hold a book, poster, chart, or

other prop while you teach call the other students to

line up run irregular errands choose a read-aloud

complete small tasks for other teachers

monitor behavior when you are briefly out of the room

bring you something from another part of the room/school

carry things in the hall sit in a special seat read from texts to the class serve as group leader for

activities