Comments on: Use Meaningful Incentives http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/ simply effective tips and strategies Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jennifer http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Jennifer Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:47:11 +0000 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=286#comment-449 My son is enrolled in homeschool. As a mother/learning coach I have found that many teachers don't teach with love. This article is proof that teachers who actually love their jobs really do exist. Unfortunately, my son has never known what that is like. I just wanted to say thank you. Keep it up. My son is enrolled in homeschool. As a mother/learning coach I have found that many teachers don’t teach with love. This article is proof that teachers who actually love their jobs really do exist. Unfortunately, my son has never known what that is like. I just wanted to say thank you. Keep it up.

]]> By: Michael Linsin http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Michael Linsin Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:03:44 +0000 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=286#comment-360 Hi Alison, Thank you for asking. Of course you can use it. No problem. Michael Hi Alison,

Thank you for asking. Of course you can use it. No problem.

Michael

]]> By: Alison Henken http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Alison Henken Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:08:01 +0000 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=286#comment-359 Michael, I'd like to use your story to encourage staff and tutors in my after school programs to start using hand-written praise regularly. I've encouraged them to do so in the past, but it hasn't caught on. I think your story may be the ticket to helping them understand the deep impact this can have. Is it okay with you if I use it? Thanks! Alison Henken For Love of Children Michael,

I’d like to use your story to encourage staff and tutors in my after school programs to start using hand-written praise regularly. I’ve encouraged them to do so in the past, but it hasn’t caught on. I think your story may be the ticket to helping them understand the deep impact this can have.

Is it okay with you if I use it?

Thanks!
Alison Henken
For Love of Children

]]> By: Michael Linsin http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Michael Linsin Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:39:43 +0000 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=286#comment-9 Hi Karen, You're so right. Thoughtful notes from the teacher can mean so much to students, as well as their families. Michael Hi Karen,

You’re so right. Thoughtful notes from the teacher can mean so much to students, as well as their families.

Michael

]]> By: Karen http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2009/07/03/an-effective-classroom-management-plan-needs-meaningful-incentives/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Karen Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:59:36 +0000 http://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/?p=286#comment-7 Michael, Last year I had a boy in my third grade class that was incredibly smart and he had a special, one of kind thirst for learning. He soaked information up like a sponge soaks up water. Everyday he would enthusiastically share tidbits of information with me that he had discovered while reading or watching a documentary on the National Geographic channel. Unfortunately, it was twenty, thirty times a day and he often interrupted me because he just couldn't wait a minute longer to share what he had just learned. I loved his enthusiasm but sometimes I felt like I was impatient with him. So, one day I decided to write him a note because I wanted him to know how much I appreciated his love of learning and sharing with me what he had learned since I often couldn't do it in the moment. It only took a minute to write that note but it had a lasting impression. His mom came to me at the end of the year and said that he had shown her the letter when he first got it, and how much it meant to her son...and that he was going to save it forever. When I'm having a bad day and stressed out over poor behavior, I find writing these kinds of notes helps me focus on the positive attributes in my students. I feel better after writing them, appreciate my students more, and I know the student certainly love getting them. Karen Michael,
Last year I had a boy in my third grade class that was incredibly smart and he had a special, one of kind thirst for learning. He soaked information up like a sponge soaks up water. Everyday he would enthusiastically share tidbits of information with me that he had discovered while reading or watching a documentary on the National Geographic channel. Unfortunately, it was twenty, thirty times a day and he often interrupted me because he just couldn’t wait a minute longer to share what he had just learned. I loved his enthusiasm but sometimes I felt like I was impatient with him.

So, one day I decided to write him a note because I wanted him to know how much I appreciated his love of learning and sharing with me what he had learned since I often couldn’t do it in the moment. It only took a minute to write that note but it had a lasting impression. His mom came to me at the end of the year and said that he had shown her the letter when he first got it, and how much it meant to her son…and that he was going to save it forever.

When I’m having a bad day and stressed out over poor behavior, I find writing these kinds of notes helps me focus on the positive attributes in my students. I feel better after writing them, appreciate my students more, and I know the student certainly love getting them.

Karen

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