Teacher Incentives for Distance Learning from PBIS Rewards

When it comes to adapting to a long-term distance learning environment, your teachers are rock stars. It’s likely they jumped into this new challenge with the same enthusiasm they bring to everything in the classroom. But while they’re busy keeping their students engaged in learning and awarding points from your modified behavior matrix, they could probably benefit from a little recognition, too.

Recognizing Your Teachers During Distance Learning

While there are some schools out there that have been providing virtual education since Day One, chances are your school is not accustomed to long-term eLearning. Your staff has had to be creative and nimble when it comes to their new classroom environment. It’s only fitting that you recognize and reward them, just like they are doing for their students. Fortunately, Teacher Rewards makes it easy for you to acknowledge their efforts, award points, and deliver incentives – all virtually!

Need some ideas to motivate your teachers during distance learning?

No problem! We’ve compiled a list of easy incentives to help you promote and encourage teacher motivation. Most of these incentives can be delivered in an online environment, so you can award them immediately. What better way to let your teachers know that you recognize the effort they’re making?

Have an idea for an incentive that teachers will love in a virtual learning environment? Share it and we’ll add it to the list!

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“Principal” decision	Teacher/Staff member can make a school wide decision, like next spirit day, field day activities, etc.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
$1 donation to favorite charity	Teacher chooses what charity they want to donate $1 to and gets a shout out on the PA. Donation is made in the teacher’s name.	Price: Inexpensive	Category: Recognition	Value:
$5 donation to favorite charity	Teacher chooses what charity they want to donate $5 to and gets a shout out on the PA. Donation is made in the teacher’s name.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Recognition	Value:
B & N gift card	Barnes & Noble (or other bookstore) gift card.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Book club choice	Choose the next book for the book club to read.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Classroom item from Amazon wishlist	Have an item purchased for your classroom from your Amazon wishlist	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:	Submitted by: Ryan Taylor (Avon Grove Charter School)
Coffee chat with admin	Coffee chat with admin team or other staff – NO school talk allowed.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Facebook post	Teacher recognized in Facebook post on school page.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Recognition	Value:
Faculty meeting pass	Get Out Free card for faculty meeting.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Favorite team jersey day	Teacher may wear favorite team jersey on day of their choice.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Flip flop day	Wear your favorite and most comfortable, flip flops to school.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Gas card	Gift card to fill up!	Price: $20 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
GOOSE Award	GOOSE = Get Out Of School Early. Allow a teacher to leave early (1-2 hours?) while covering his/her class.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
Grocery gift card	A gift card to a local grocery store of choice.	Price: $20 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Groupon gift card	Groupon gift card to indulge in their favorite deal.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:	Submitted by: Josie Streiff, Georga
Handwritten note from admin	Handwritten note of thanks and appreciation.	Price: Inexpensive	Category: Recognition	Value:
iTunes gift card	Gift card to download favorite music.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Lottery tickets	Scratch-off lottery tickets.	Price: Inexpensive	Category: Tangible	Value:
Lunch delivered	Have lunch delivered to their “virtual” office.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Online / Streaming Movie Gift Card	Gift card to your favorite online movie streaming service (Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, etc.)	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Principal will cover classroom/session	Principal will cover the class or live session (if virtual)	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:	Submitted by: Ryan Taylor (Avon Grove Charter School)
School announcements shout-out	Teacher recognized as part of schoolwide announcements.	Price: Free	Category: Recognition	Value:
School spirit wear item	Choice of school spirit wear item.	Price: $20 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
School T-Shirt	School spirit t-shirt.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Send a card to student	Send a handwritten note to a student. Postage and supplies provided by school or admin.	Price: Inexpensive	Category: Privilege	Value:	Submitted by: Ryan Tyalor (Avon Grove Charter School)
Send care package to colleague	Have a care package sent to a colleague.	Price: $20 or More	Category: Privilege	Value:	Submitted by: Ryan Taylor (Avon Grove Charter School)
Shout-Out in faculty meeting	Staff member shout-out during a faculty meeting. Whether in person or via virtual meeting platform (Zoom, Teams, Meet, etc.)	Price: Free	Category: Recognition	Value:
Social Media shout-out	A shout-out on the school’s social media channel to recognize the teacher.	Price: Free	Category: Recognition	Value:
Spa gift certificate	Gift certificate to spa for services (blow-out, manicure, pedicure, massage, etc.).	Price: $20 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Starbucks gift card	Starbucks or other coffee shop gift card.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Takeover student feedback responses	Principal will takeover your virtual student feedback responses for the week (Seesaws, FlipGrids, etc)	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:	Submitted by: Ryan Taylor (Avon Grove Charter School)
Target gift card	Gift card to Target or other big-box store.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Thank You YouTube video	Admin or staff members create an appreciation/thank you You Tube video for teacher/staff member.	Price: Free	Category: Recognition	Value:
Ticket to faculty “lottery”	Purchase tickets for a raffle with prize of admin’s choice.	Price: Free	Category: Privilege	Value:
TPT gift card	Gift card for Teacher Pay Teachers website.	Price: $5 or More	Category: Tangible	Value:
Virtual PD Session	Admin/school pays for teacher to attend an online/virtual Professional Development session.	Price: $20 or More	Category: Privilege	Value:
Virtual Trophy for a week	“Traveling” virtual trophy that the teacher can display in their email signature or in their online classroom for one week.	Price: Inexpensive	Category: Recognition	Value:

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