When I started teaching at Cecil Floyd in 1995,
things looked a lot different in my classroom -
and in our school.
Here is the first item on a short list that comes to mind.
things looked a lot different in my classroom -
and in our school.
Here is the first item on a short list that comes to mind.
Rewards
During my first year at Cecil Floyd, a local television channel sponsored a classroom video competition. Every week, a $100 prize winner would be selected, and eventually, a $1,000 prize was offered to the overall best video. Lo and behold, this guy who just showed up submitted the winning video (of the iconic Hoggatt Cave), and earned the big prize. I wanted to include my class in the reward, so I did something that wasn't heard of as a prize in Joplin at the time. I hired a limousine and took my class to McDonald's in style.
Now, at least pre-COVID, the limo ride to get pizza is a standard prize for fundraiser sales, but my class was the first to pull up to a stop light and ask the car next to us for some Grey Poupon. Talk about a trend setter!
During my first year at Cecil Floyd, a local television channel sponsored a classroom video competition. Every week, a $100 prize winner would be selected, and eventually, a $1,000 prize was offered to the overall best video. Lo and behold, this guy who just showed up submitted the winning video (of the iconic Hoggatt Cave), and earned the big prize. I wanted to include my class in the reward, so I did something that wasn't heard of as a prize in Joplin at the time. I hired a limousine and took my class to McDonald's in style.
Now, at least pre-COVID, the limo ride to get pizza is a standard prize for fundraiser sales, but my class was the first to pull up to a stop light and ask the car next to us for some Grey Poupon. Talk about a trend setter!
