Provide personal and public recognition of qualities you want to encourage in students by passing out these small awards to students “on the spot.”
School Type: Elementary school, middle school, high school
Activity Goal: Recognize students
Prep Time: Shipping
People Required: Staffulty participation
Timing: Give out anytime, and recognize all recipients during Renaissance Rallies
Materials: On the Spot Awards on the Renaissance Store
Cost: $10/75 Discs
Submitted by: Jostens Renaissance Education
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Purchase a set of Jostens Renaissance On-the-Spot Awards.
- Speak with rally planners to ensure a time slot and microphone for recognizing students.
- Distribute discs to staff members and instruct them to “catch students doing something right” by praising them, giving them a disc, and then ask students to bring the disc to the rally.
- At the rally, ask everyone who received one to come to the stage.
- Have students come across the stage one by one and say their name so everyone can CHEER!
ADDITIONAL IDEAS & OPPORTUNITIES:
- Remind Staffulty to recognize a variety of students, so it isn’t just the same students who are always being recognized for academic or athletic success – this is a great way to recognize character or anything you want to see more of on your campus! This can be as simple as a student throwing away their trash!
- Students could “redeem” these for a reward or privilege.
- If you want to make these more individualized, write notes of recognition on the back of the award disc.
- Take pictures of students with their cards and have them tell a little of their story. Then share them on the school’s social media account, as a way of building community.
Photo Description: Examples of the five awards found in each pack of On the Spot Awards Recognition Discs. Titles are: Helping Hand Award, Go-Getter Award, High Five Award, A+ Attitude Award, Simple Acts of Kindness.
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