{"id":6287,"date":"2011-11-09T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/?p=6287"},"modified":"2022-08-18T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T17:54:31","slug":"importance-of-student-recognition-reward-and-motivate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/importance-of-student-recognition-reward-and-motivate\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Student Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/importance-of-student-recognition-1.png\" alt=\"importance of student recognition\" class=\"wp-image-17476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/importance-of-student-recognition-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/importance-of-student-recognition-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a teacher, you know that positive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/recognition\">student recognition<\/a> is a great incentive and motivator of continued student progress and good behavior. Here is why it&#8217;s so important to recognize students, and some fun ways to honor their accomplishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why is Student Recognition Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When students are given nothing but negative feedback, they may feel beaten down and may lack any desire to put forth effort in the classroom. They know their efforts will only be met with criticism, so why bother trying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Together-we-make-a-Difference-Pin\/-157075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/000061522m-small.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When students are given positive feedback and are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/recognition\">rewarded<\/a> for a job well done, it&#8217;s only natural for them to continue to work hard and do their very best. Even the slightest positive student recognition does wonders for a child&#8217;s morale and enthusiasm about school work and their outlook on school, in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some very easy ways to give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/recognition\">student recognition awards<\/a> that are inexpensive (or free) and take very little effort on the teacher or parent&#8217;s part. Even the smallest student recognition gesture will mean a lot to the recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ideas for Student Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Education Certificates\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Kids-Education\/Certificates\" target=\"_blank\">Certificates<\/a>\u00a0and <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Certificate Plaques\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Certificate-Holders\" target=\"_blank\">plaques<\/a><\/li><li>Special with his\/her teacher of choice and his\/her parents<\/li><li>Positive notes\/phone calls home to the parents (a phone call works especially well because phone calls to the home are almost always associated with bad behavior or poor grades)<\/li><li>Line leader<\/li><li>Lead the Pledge of Alliance over the intercom<\/li><li>Inexpensive <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Motivational Gifts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Motivational-Gifts\" target=\"_blank\">personalized<\/a>\u00a0pens, paper, notebooks, etc.<\/li><li>Announcement of achievement in <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Newsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/Newsletters\" target=\"_blank\">school newspaper or newsletter<\/a> home to parents<\/li><li>Class party<\/li><li>Class-wide recess extension<\/li><li>Office errand person<\/li><li>Achievement board in the classroom or hallway with weekly or monthly student recognition<\/li><li>Popsicle Day<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/recognition\/trophies-and-engraved-gifts\">Trophies<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/recognition\/trophies-and-engraved-gifts\/trophies\/smiley-face-crystal-award\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/media\/kl3047-smiley-face-crystal-award-000.gif\" alt=\"smiley face trophy for students\" class=\"wp-image-19315\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more <a class=\"wp-oembed\" title=\"Blog post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/student-recognition-ideas-that-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">student recognition ideas<\/a>, please check out PaperDirect, your online source for certificates, plaques and other awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a teacher, you know that positive student recognition is a great incentive and motivator of continued student progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[351,354,209,403,317],"class_list":["post-6287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-recognition","tag-recognition-awards","tag-school-awards","tag-student","tag-student-awards","tag-student-recognition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19317,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6287\/revisions\/19317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paperdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}