Secret Student

Posted by Sarah Pauley - Taking Care of Behaviour Online course delegate on 15 February 2012 | 0 Comments

Below is the excellent contribution that Sarah Pauley, a Taking Care of Behaviour Course delegate, has agree to share with other teachers. For more contributions, please visit: http://www.pivotaleducation.com/contributions/

When faced with a difficult class last year and failing to turn behaviour round, we introduced a system called the secret student. Each day a student would be selected secretly by the teacher at the beginning of the day, none of the students would know who it was. This student had to have a good day, work hard in lessons, good behaviour, follow instructions straight away, use manners etc. and at the end of the day if the secret student had achieved this the whole class would then receive a reward. As none of the students knew if it was them all the students would try their best as the reward would benefit all of them not just the secret student. This system worked with all students wanting to try their best. If the student did not succeed their identity was not revealed thus not causing blame. However, if the student did succeed they were revealed and given praise by students.

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