Make Recognition Automatic: 4 Daily Moments

Key Takeaways

The teachers who love Live School all did one thing. They tied it to the things they already do. You're not adding a new task. You're attaching recognition to routines that you already run. Four natural moments. The first one, the start of class. As students come in prepared and on time, give points. This sets a positive tone in the first 90 seconds and reminds everyone what you expect without you having to say settle down 10 times. Moment two is independent work. When the room is focused, use that same select all option to give the whole class a point for on task behavior in one move. Then add an extra point to the student who pushed through something hard. Recognizing effort, not just the right answer, is what keeps your strugglers in the game. Moment three, group work. Walk around like you already do and reward collaboration and problem solving as you see it. The points follow your feet. And moment four, transitions, calm, respectful cleanup and lining up. This is usually where things fall apart. So, it's exactly where recognition helps most. Pick just one of these to start. Once it's a habit, add the next one. Within a week, you won't be thinking about live school. You'll just be noticing your kids.