Compelling Reasons to Practice Teacher Recognition in Our Schools
1. Each teacher has unique talents, skills, and abilities, which, if discovered and incorporated into the school or school system, make it better. When teacher recognition is practiced, these talents, skills and abilities will become more visible.
2. Well-planned and sincerely implemented teacher recognition can have a profoundly positive effect on a school or school systems.
3. Recognition is one of the most powerful motivational factors in a person’s life.
4. Appropriate teacher recognition encourages and perpetuates an attitude of striving for excellence.
5. By publicly celebrating teacher recognition and student accomplishments, we create awareness and approval of the quality of our schools in the larger community.
6. Critical incident interviews with teachers document time and again that they spontaneously recall teacher recognition events as among the most satisfying of their work experiences. This result is consistent over a 50+ year period with all levels of teachers.
7. When teachers are well-matched to the requirements and responsibilities of their work, given the tools to do their jobs, given clear goals to accomplish, and are recognized for their accomplishments, they will tend to perform better on the job.
8. Work is an important indicator of how people evaluate the quality of their entire lives. When teacher recognition takes place to acknowledge accomplishments at work or at school, teachers feel better about their lives.
9. Teacher recognition provides high levels of satisfaction for the presenter, the recipient, and their peers, and enhances the quality of life for students and the community.
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