Teacher and Students are Unable to Celebrate Positive Outcomes

Teacher and Students are Unable to Celebrate Positive Outcomes

Students must experience a reward for their efforts and progress. If they are unable to celebrate positive outcomes because the goals were unrealistic or because the teacher moved on without celebrating, they lose engagement and do not feel like their efforts paid off. In particular, if a teacher moves on to the next goal without celebrating, students feel like their efforts were not appreciated and may not be willing to put in the same effort again.  

The problem is compounded when:

• teachers or students do not achieve or surpass any standards in a single week or achievements are not celebrated in the classroom or across the school
• a positive culture is not created across the school, making it harder to motivate the whole team to continuously improve and learn
• student gains are not identified, which means they are not sustained or replicated for improvement
• teacher and student successes are not validated or acknowledged
• continuous improvement becomes a chore and the whole school team is not positively engaged
• teachers do not display examples of student work that meet or exceed expectations, or the displayed examples do not meet or exceed expectations; this does not promote the expected standards of work in the classroom
• the teacher does not celebrate lesson progression goals, positive behaviour and hard work with students, or motivate students to achieve targets.