Recognising and Rewarding Positive and Productive working initiative in St Mungo’s has taken the shape of “Meeting the Standards”

Recognising and Rewarding Positive and Productive working initiative in St Mungo’s has taken the shape of “Meeting the Standards”

In the school currently it was agreed that the merit and demerit system was not working. Pupils felt that they were not getting recognised for the good work they do and other pupils were not seeing any consequence or supportive change in their behaviours.

As part of a twighlight session I went along to review the new system. In short, the new system means that all pupils at the start of every period have a “meeting the standards merit” and it is up to them to keep that. If a pupil is not meeting those standards they do not get that merit. Merits and non merits are collated and staff are able to see an overview of the pupils that are engaged, achieving and responsible for their working behaviours.

I felt that some of our young people were not getting their merits because they do not have the social skills, emotional literacy or skills in self regulation to access this merit. I felt that as a teacher, the emotional wellbeing and engagement of learners is 100% my responsibility when in my class. I wanted to provide specific music action points that young people to exercise to ensure that they met the standard.

I have made a poster for each of the standards and highlighted the different ways in which they can meet those standards.

I have rolled this out in Music and Drama, and shared this good practise around the school to support staff and pupils to maintain consistency with this new system.

It is important that I continue to model the use of this to ensure that each young person is treated equally and fairly.