The School Reward System Ideas Your School Needs Right Now

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By 
Jordan Pruitt
 | 
September 8, 2022

They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

Your PBIS Team has been established. Your expectations are set and you have a solid lesson plan to deliver your expectations to your kiddos. Even though your structures are set, your team is constantly overwhelmed with month-to-month work.

They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

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They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

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They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

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They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

About the Presenter

Jordan resides in Lexington, Kentucky. He has experience in Public Education as an Administrator, Science Teacher, and as a Coach. He has extensive experience with School Discipline, PBIS, SEL, Restorative Practices, MTSS, and Trauma-Informed Care.

Your PBIS Team has been established. Your expectations are set and you have a solid lesson plan to deliver your expectations to your kiddos. Even though your structures are set, your team is constantly overwhelmed with month-to-month work.

They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

All Reward Ideas for Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Holidays Around the World
Grades K-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Kickback Vibes
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Trunk or Treat
Grades K-8
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Picnic Lunch
Grades K-12
Class/House
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
School Spirit Day
Grades K-12
School
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Loudspeaker Shoutout
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Student Messenger
Grades 3-8
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Snack Pack
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Social Media Reporter
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Video Game Rewards
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Emcee the Announcements
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Stuffed Animal in Class
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Partner Work
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Design the Bulletin Board
Grades K-12
Class/House
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
TikTok with the Teacher
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Line Leader
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free

All Reward Ideas for Elementary School Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Loudspeaker Shoutout
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Movie Posters
Grades 3-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Pen Pouch
Grades K-8
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Lunch Reservations
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Sweatshirt
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Ice Cream Sundae Party
Grades K-12
Class/House
Event
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Meet the Teacher
Grades K-8
School
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Stickers
Grades K-5
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Game of Thrones
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Snack Pack
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Design the Bulletin Board
Grades K-12
Class/House
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Theme Party
Grades K-8
Class/House
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Tech Time
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Partner Work
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Holidays Around the World
Grades K-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Read Across America
Grades K-8
School
Event
Free

All Event Ideas for Schools

💰
🎨
House Induction
💰
🎨
The A-List
💰
🎨
Meme Party
💰
🎨
Bonfire
💰
🎨
Final Fridays
💰
🎨
Camp Read Away
💰
🎨
Music Fest
💰
🎨
Amazing Race
💰
🎨
Silent Disco

All Free Reward Ideas for Schools

🎉
👑
🎁
Talk Time
🎉
👑
🎁
Dance Party
🎉
👑
🎁
Hat Pass
🎉
👑
🎁
Art Contest
🎉
👑
🎁
Parking Spots
🎉
👑
🎁
Lunch Fast Pass
🎉
👑
🎁
Free Dress
🎉
👑
🎁
Game of Thrones
🎉
👑
🎁
School Assembly
🎉
👑
🎁
Blood Drive
🎉
👑
🎁
Meet the Teacher
🎉
👑
🎁
Teacher Serenade

All Reward Ideas for High School Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Be a Comedian.
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Decades Party
Grades 6-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Gift Cards
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
♟️Chess With the Principal
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Board Game Party
Grades 3-12
Class/House
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Snack Pack
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
The Love Soiree
Grades 6-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Movie Night
Grades 9-12
Student
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Positive Note or Call Home
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Career Day
Grades 3-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Classroom DJ
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Kickback Vibes
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Host a Virtual Party. 🎶
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Operate Equipment.
Grades 9-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Game-Based Simulation Learning
Grades 9-12
Class/House
Event
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Extra Computer Games
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free

All Reward Ideas for Middle School Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Lunch Reservations
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Video Game Rewards
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Books
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Host a Virtual Party. 🎶
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Old School Cookout
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Water Bottle Stickers
Grades 6-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Glow Party
Grades 6-12
School
Event
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Passing Period Music
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Uber by a Principal
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Dress Up or Down Day
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Teacher Serenade
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Class Pet
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Loudspeaker Shoutout
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Firebird of the Month
Grades K-12
Student
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Ice Cream Sundae Party
Grades K-12
Class/House
Event
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Create the Seating Chart
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free

All Student Reward & Incentive Ideas

💰
🎨
The Big Ticket
Grades 9-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Seating Choice
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Sweatshirt
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Deluxe
💰
🎨
Game of Thrones
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
TikTok with the Teacher
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Talk Time
Grades 6-8
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Teacher for the Day
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Pen Pouch
Grades K-8
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
💰
🎨
Stuffed Animal in Class
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Snack Pack
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
💰
🎨
Gift Cards
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Deluxe
💰
🎨
Drop Lowest Quiz
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Assist the Custodian.
Grades 6-8
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
School Supplies & Merch
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Deluxe
💰
🎨
Free Dress
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
💰
🎨
Lunch Reservations
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY

All Virtual Reward Ideas for Schools

🎉
👑
🎁
Extra Computer Games
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Classroom DJ
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Stickers
Grades K-5
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Positive Note or Call Home
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Digital Escape Rooms
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Privilege
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Morning Meeting Leader
Grades 3-8
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Host a Virtual Party. 🎶
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Brain Break
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Virtual Talent Show. 🎤
Grades 3-12
Class/House
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Podcast
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Teacher Q&A
Grades K-12
Class/House
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Virtual Field Trip
Grades K-12
Class/House
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Donate $1
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Certificate of Achievement
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Social Media Reporter
Grades 3-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Show & Tell
Grades K-8
Student
Privilege
Free
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Jordan Pruitt
 

Your PBIS Team has been established. Your expectations are set and you have a solid lesson plan to deliver your expectations to your kiddos. Even though your structures are set, your team is constantly overwhelmed with month-to-month work.

They are knee-deep in logistical issues. Always stuck in the brainstorming phase. They meet regularly but don’t have time to discuss discipline data with enough meaning to enact lasting change. 

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. 

You need your team to have the time to be your solution center. So where is the time going and how do we get it back? 

If that scenario is true of your team, it likely means they are flexing all of their creative muscles on rewards. Well isn’t that the point of PBIS tiers

Yes, and no. 

Yes, we want to reward students for meeting expectations. Yes, we want those rewards to be meaningful, so yes you need to put some thought and manpower into them. 

But no, they should not be consuming all of your team's time. If you are always recreating the wheel, it’s tough to improve the engine. 

You need to do what all great organizations do; systemize it

You need a reward system. 

What is a Reward System and Why You Need One

A system is a set of principles or structures according to which something is done. We travel in this country via our transportation system. The connected roads and highways that piece our lands together. Without it, we would be constantly searching for new paths to the same old places.

Being an explorer or trailblazer certainly has some appeal to it. But in our transportation analogy, if everyone was a trailblazer we would never actually settle down and build anything. 

No beautiful towns. No great cities. No lovely vacation spots. Just the constant “new place”. 

This same trap is easy to fall into when planning rewards for your school. You run a successful reward in September, then your team brainstorms a new one for October. You create a great semester-long reward, then next semester you plan a new one. 

This constant innovation requires a lot of work. You need some basic principles to build upon so you can make small tweaks and not always be building the plane as you fly it.

By investing some time early on with your team you can decide upon some guidelines under which all future rewards can fall into. Not only is this a time-saver, but in a school, with any degree of attrition, it can be a program saver

You don’t want to lose your PBIS program because a teacher moved away to a new district. You want to continue what was built. You can now adequately budget and fundraise for your program because you know the costs. 

Also once you establish a system, your team will have more time to review discipline data and thus more time to brainstorm solutions to your school's trouble spots. That is in my opinion the greatest advantage of implementing PBIS in your school. 

You have built in a data-driven approach to discipline review and behavior management. But none of that is possible if all of your meetings are spent discussing who is scheduling the ice cream truck. 

Keep reading for some basic foundational concepts you should include in your system.

How To Optimize Your System

1. A School Reward App

You need to leverage technology to organize your system. Try LiveSchool for a great behavior management app that can keep track of all the things you need for rewarding your kids. 

Adopt a platform that enables your vision for school-wide values, staff and student relationships, and family engagement.

2. Define Your Data

We are data rich but often data-analysis poor in education. Define what matters to your school and track those things. Don’t get lost rebooting what matters every month or year.

3. Rewards Calendar

Look at your school year calendar. Block off approved times for individual, class, team, and school-wide rewards. 

This needs to happen early, preferably on a summer workday so you don’t overbook times throughout the year.

4. Logistical No-go’s

Every school has a list of non-negotiables. Define yours. If you never mess with your lunch block, don’t waste time trying to plan things for that time that will just go unapproved. 

5. Keeper of the Lists

Designate someone on your team to keep the “good idea list”. This is gold because some of the best stuff is off-topic or out of place. 

But if you don’t have a way to capture it you can derail entire meetings and put off things that need to be done.

Somebody has a good idea but it's off the agenda? Put it on the list for discussion next time.

6. Organizational Chart

Define your roles. In every reward, somebody needs to collect data, create messaging, design logistics for staff, and secure resources. Define who does those things.

7. Approved Vendors and Partners

This one may already be done by your district. If not you can compile it over time, but it will eventually save you time as you don’t want to be a teacher, PBIS coach, and also cold-call local businesses.

8. Storage and Inventory

Designate a place in your building to store leftover supplies from previous rewards so you don’t waste time searching or ordering more than you need.

9. Staples 

Plan a few bread-n-butter rewards your team can execute every year. Plan them well and keep your plans. These are your staples.

10. Train Your Replacement

This is huge. Every member of your team has a role. Have each member teach a colleague how they do what they do.

If you have one team member in charge of data collection, make certain he teaches someone else how to do that. 

If a valuable team member leaves or retires, your system needs to carry on.

Tough Times Don’t Last But Tough Systems Do

School rewards are great for incentives and improving morale. They are also great for student motivation. 

But like anything else, if you don’t systemize it you will be constantly creating it. Create your system and then you can choose rewards for elementary, middle, or high.

All Reward Ideas for Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Get-to-Know-You Bingo
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Trunk or Treat
Grades K-8
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
The A-List
Grades 6-12
School
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Lunch with an Admin
Grades K-8
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Technology
Grades 6-12
Student
Tangible
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
School Assembly
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Special Screening
Grades K-12
School
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Teacher for the Day
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Stuffed Animal in Class
Grades K-5
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Seating Choice
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Food-Themed Party
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Event
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Holiday Delivery
Grades K-12
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Silly School Leader
Grades 6-12
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Student Messenger
Grades 3-8
Student
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Stickers
Grades K-5
Student
Tangible
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Meme Party
Grades 6-12
School
Event
Free

All Reward Ideas for Elementary School Students

🎉
👑
🎁
Lunch Reservations
Grades K-12
Student
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Silly Science Experiments
Grades K-5
Class/House
Privilege
Low Cost/DIY
🎉
👑
🎁
Extra Recess
Grades K-5
Class/House
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Sports Tickets
Grades 3-12
Student
Tangible
Deluxe
🎉
👑
🎁
Play Games
Grades 6-12
Class/House
Privilege
Free
🎉
👑
🎁
Virtual Talent Show. 🎤
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Grades 3-12
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Grades K-12
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Grades K-12
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