Improving School Culture by Using Technology to Focus on Good Behavior
The Challenge
While it is natural to focus more on students with academic or behavior problems, Boynton Beach Community High School decided to take a different approach and prioritize recognition of the students who are doing things right. “What we haven’t done enough of is to recognize those 1,500 students who are doing what they should be doing…(and) we’ve been trying to change that narrative,” explained Guarn Sims, Principal of Boynton Beach Community High School. Part of that change involved instituting a program that would allow teachers to acknowledge and reward students for good behavior.
