I introduced my Super Improver Team board today and I think it went over pretty well. I did not hand out the goal cards today, I don't think they need them yet.
Here was the board from the first day of school until yesterday:
And today they walked in to this:
I explained that the SI Team is like a video game where the object is to "level up". The way you level up is by improving things like your behavior or academics. It can be anything that needs improving! As I observe students doing things better than they were, I will praise them and mark a line on my chart. Each time I mark a line I am making a star. When they have a complete start I put an actual star sticker on their card, 10 stars and its time to level up. I showed them that I had already printed their names on every single color so that they knew I expected them to level up.
It felt really good to be on the lookout to catch students following the rules who normally didn't and a lot of students got 2-3 lines today towards their stars. It helped with redirecting unwanted behavior too, there were a few students who I simply asked if they wanted to earn some lines and they instantly changed their behavior. I am hoping I can get a few of them on the yellow level by tomorrow to get them excited. The hardest part about this for me is the students who are really great anyway! Its hard to not want to just give them stars for being "good." I think I will conference with those students to see if there are any goals they would like to strive for that we can monitor on the SI Team.
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