#3 Individual Student Celebrations and Acknowledgements
Building positive, thriving school and classroom communities with a culture of growth happens when effort and achievement are recognized and celebrated at the school, classroom, and individual student levels. Recognizing individual students for their effort and achievements creates a sense of belonging and increases their individual intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy – believing that they can achieve, thereby promoting their ability to set attainable goals and own their progress. To learn more about this practice, click this link to the one-page tool.