There are various school wide recognition-punishment and leadership programme (non-instructional) targeted at students to encourage them to do goods, acquire and practise good values.
1. A dossier or file is created for each pupil for each class to capture bio-data, family info, interests / hobby, aspirations, concerns and peer-relationship, parent letters, MC etc. A structured time can be put in place to allow for teacher-student conferencing (individual or small group).
2. Merit and demerit system
A file is used to capture good deeds and misbehaviours. All students will start off with a base point of say 50 at the beginning of year. Teachers can log in to add merit points (the points can vary from 1 to 3 to denote the level of significance) when they see a student is doing good or demerit the points if the student misbehaves. A point-based system can then rank the students and the school can give the appropriate affirmative rewards or metes out the punishment accordingly.
What is needed:
A list of offences and a list of good deeds categorize according to maybe the school values.
A database (Excel file) with student names listed according to class
A team to monitor the progress and encourage teacher to logon
3. Value badges
When a student accumulates enough good deeds say 7 good actions, he/she gets to earn a badge.
The design of the badge : Each value (eg Honesty, Kindness, Resilience, Responsibility, ... etc) can be placed under the school badge with different colour to denote and distinguish them. School has to decide on a complete set (maybe 7 core values).
What is needed:
To design the badge with the school logo
A system to keep track of each student good deeds.
4. Minor Offence System
This is similar to item 2. A system is used to capture all minor offences committed by the students. The Excel file will categorise the type of offences (disruptive behaviour, not doing homework, late for class etc). Teacher needs to log down the date and time of the offence, any follow-up actions with the students, and whether parents informed etc.
What is needed
A Excel file and someone good at Excel to resolve technical issue.
Full list of students has to be capture in the file.
5. "You have been caught doing a good deed"
A slip of paper printed with perforated section. The paper has simple design which capture the name, class, date, and the values observed. A section is reserved for the teacher to write the good deed. in more details. Once a student is çaught' doing a good, the teacher can fill up the sip and pass one section to the student to affirm his/her good act. The other section is submitted to the committee for collation. A reward can be given on a termly basis.
What is needed:
Nicely designed printed slip (like a movie ticket size)
Can be done at cohort level with a teacher appointed to collate all the slips. Rewards can be given at the end of each term.
6. Model student of the month (SOTM)
A system set up to identify a role model and award can be given during assembly. Teacher has to nominate the student and a simple write up is necessary.
What is needed
Teacher has to nominate the deserving students. Active participation by staff is crucial for the success of the programme.