Welcome to Season 3, episode 9 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers.

I'm your host Angela Watson, and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educators, and get you energized for the

you energized for the week ahead.

Today I'm going to share some thoughts on rewarding students in a

responsible way using the now that principle.

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and to share your thoughts on the show in the comments.

So in last week's episode, I have thoughts on the show in the comments.

So in last week's episode, I explained why reward is not a bad word, and I argued my case

for why they can be an integral part of your classroom.

I tell about how a district administrator criticized me during a surprise walkthrough

and why I think that teachers of all people

should know how detrimental it is to morale to be expected to work hard in a place

where they're not recognized or appreciated for their efforts. We do not want to create that same culture

in our classrooms. So if you have a problem with rewards or

you just want to know why I think rewarding students is appropriate, check out that

episode first. That was the why. And in this episode I'm going to share the how. I found that the most

effective way to use rewards with students is by creating a culture of

appreciation in the classroom and using unexpected now that rewards.

All of the ideas that I talk about today are going to help you build that culture of appreciation. And as part of that, some teachers like to use a whole class reward system.

Now, a reward system is different from a behavior management system.

Flipping your card and moving your clip, these are behavior management systems.

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