50 Ways to be a Better Relief Teacher by Bob Brandis - HTML preview

Making Learning Rewarding.

I know the old argument about intrinsic worth of education and kids should not work just for rewards – Blah! Blah! Blah!

But honestly, would you work if you didn’t get paid? Kids love rewards – (and so do I!)

I use a business card approach as just one of my strategies. I used to make up my own which proved a laborious task. Now I get them made for next to nothing through Vistaprint.

Billy’s

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You can get 250 very cheaply and you can design your own. Leave a space for a child’s name and hand a few out very early in the day so kids know what you are offering.

Imagine handing this to a child and tel ing them to take that home to their Mum or Dad. What a buzz that would create around the classroom.

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