Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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I work with a small population of students who have had trauma in their lives which ends up affecting their schooling and overall classroom behavior. I work in an inner city public school but are sent students throughout my city's school district to give them a different environment to learn in with teachers who specialize in working with students who struggle due to experienced trauma(s) they have been exposed to.
Needless to say these students struggle everyday trying their best the best choices they can. We give out "brain bucks" to reinforce good behavior, choices, work & etc. The students are then able to use their "brain bucks" to shop at our "store" and "purchase" small items within the "store". Some students choose to save their bucks to try to purchase a higher quality item, while others thoroughly enjoy spending all their money every time they are invited to shop at the store. Not only does this "store" concept help reinforce good behavior but also works with math & money teachable moments .
The products in our "store" are running low and a lot of the items left are not as favorable as the ones we initially had at the start of the school year. Now the students still look forward to shopping at the store but knowing the items left are the less favorable items has begun to cause some "I don't care" attitudes about earning brain bucks because there is nothing they are looking forward to earning "money" to make their purchases. Overall this is taking its toll on the overall behavioral issues. I would like to restock a lot of items in the store to make it exciting again! We would appreciate any and all help with making this happen for my students who need special attention.
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I work with a small population of students who have had trauma in their lives which ends up affecting their schooling and overall classroom behavior. I work in an inner city public school but are sent students throughout my city's school district to give them a different environment to learn in with teachers who specialize in working with students who struggle due to experienced trauma(s) they have been exposed to.
Needless to say these students struggle everyday trying their best the best choices they can. We give out "brain bucks" to reinforce good behavior, choices, work & etc. The students are then able to use their "brain bucks" to shop at our "store" and "purchase" small items within the "store". Some students choose to save their bucks to try to purchase a higher quality item, while others thoroughly enjoy spending all their money every time they are invited to shop at the store. Not only does this "store" concept help reinforce good behavior but also works with math & money teachable moments .
The products in our "store" are running low and a lot of the items left are not as favorable as the ones we initially had at the start of the school year. Now the students still look forward to shopping at the store but knowing the items left are the less favorable items has begun to cause some "I don't care" attitudes about earning brain bucks because there is nothing they are looking forward to earning "money" to make their purchases. Overall this is taking its toll on the overall behavioral issues. I would like to restock a lot of items in the store to make it exciting again! We would appreciate any and all help with making this happen for my students who need special attention.