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November 11, 2019 · 4 Comments

STUDENT AWARD CERTIFICATES

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So what is the best way to award your students for all the hard work they’ve put in during the week, term, semester or year? Well, for me – personally, I’ve found that the most economical, flexible and effective way to reward my students is by presenting awards or certificates of appreciation to each and every one. A simple way to award – some may argue – but one that is of significant value to both recipient and giver.

student awards and rewards

Of course, students have to earn these awards. Needless to say that this teaches them the invaluable lesson that nothing in life comes for free – it has to be earned.

So if students work hard and prepare for their spelling tests – then there is a ‘Super Speller‘ award. 



end of year awards

Or if they’ve come to school every single day – there’s the ‘Perfect Attendance‘ award.

student awards

And if a student has been a good buddy to somebody – there’s the ‘Best Buddy‘ award.

award certificates

My favorite/favourite is the ‘Shining Star for Homework Award‘ . Why so? Because for one thing, by submitting their homework every. single. time. students show their dedication to you and the subject you teach. It is a clear indicator of how conscientious they are – besides all that hard work after a busy school day just needs to be commended. 

end of year awards

When it comes to yearly recognition, Diploma Awards bring joy to everyone. This source of happiness could primarily stem from the fact that the year has come to an end and a glorious break awaits – but I like to think that all students are simply joyous because they are going to be awarded publically in class or perhaps even during a special awarding ceremony.

Whatever reason – I’m just happy to give every student an award and all (or so I like to think) are equally happy to receive it. After all, it’s the extrinsic motivation that induces intrinsic motivation which in turn is subjective and results in a long-term much-desired outcome.

graduation awards

And yes, I prefer not to give a ‘Clown of the Class‘ award or even ‘Most Improved‘ award – just because these titles seem to have a negative connotation to them. Mind you, I mean no offence to clowns, but I personally feel their place is in the circus and not in the classroom where ‘intense’  teaching and learning is taking place. 

My contention with the ‘Most Improved‘ award lies with the subtle underlying message it conveys – namely that the student was not up to the mark before and is still not quite there – but is ‘improving’ – that might be so, but then think about it – no child wants to be made to feel that way, now do they?

behavior management

Keep in mind also that when giving award certificates – that they cater to diversity – by that I mean, the images represent students of different ethnicity. Watching your student’s eyes light up to see something that represents them is indeed an immeasurable moment.

presenting award certificates

These creatively designed award certificates might be just an inexpensive piece of paper at the end of the day, but to students, it would mean a lot – to be recognized/recognised for their efforts, not just by their teachers and classmates, but the wider school community as well – now isn’t that characteristic of an holistic school environment.

You probably know all about the importance of awarding students and already have a huge collection of award certificates – but hey – why not add one more to your stash, best of all it’s free. 

So click HERE or on the image link to earn your freebie – it’s unconditional – no need to leave feedback unless sincerely compelled.

 

free certificates

 

Wish you and your students an academic year to cherish!

 

This post first appeared on teach2tell.com

 

 

 

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About Teach2Tell

Laurane Rae is the founder of the educational website, Teach2Tell. Her teaching tenure has given her the opportunity to teach students at the elementary level (K-5), middle school (6-8) and high school level (9-11).

She designs curriculum in subject areas pertaining to math, literacy, literature, science, history and social studies. Her strong passion lies in improving students' writing skills, hence she has spent and continues to spend countless hours designing interactive lessons on this often considered difficult-to-teach subject.

She is a strong advocate of taking on the role of a facilitator and directing teaching and learning to be more student-focused. Moreover, her teaching mantra dictates, that less teacher talk and more action gets the pace of a lesson going.

In addition to fulfilling her professional duties as literacy coach/literacy co-ordinator, Laurane has also delivered professional development sessions to teachers and been a mentor to new teachers

To unwind after a busy school week, Laurane plays the piano and enjoys going on long hikes and biking trails with family and friends. She is also a pet parent to a very active Dobie called Mercy (her 4:30 am running partner) and cuddly bundles of joy (cats), Bouncy and Missy Boy.

Visit her TpT Store to see all her teaching resources.

You will also find useful teaching ideas at her Blog.

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Comments

  1. Stephanie Maldonado says

    June 6, 2020 at 12:18 pm

    My daughters class did not do awards so we are creating the Super speller award to her instead and having it sent to her

    Reply
    • Teach To Tell says

      August 17, 2021 at 7:51 am

      Thank you for downloading this collection Stephanie – hope you were able to use some awards this year too 🙂

      Reply
  2. Shamara D Harris says

    August 13, 2021 at 5:50 am

    I have a summer camp and this came in handy at the end of the summer! Due to COVID, most of our campers did not have awards, so therefore we did it at summer camp!

    Reply
    • Teach To Tell says

      August 17, 2021 at 7:49 am

      So glad this was put to good use! Thank you for sharing, Shamara 🙂

      Reply

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