Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Saying Thanks

One of the themes of this year's monthly administrator breakfasts has been how to show appreciation to staff and students. At today's breakfast meeting they shared the following ideas:

* Start a staff meeting by having each staff member write three notes to students.
* Log these notes to students through the school office to make sure every student is recognized throughout the school year.
* Administrators can block out a half hour every week just to write personal thank you notes to staff members.
* Give an unexpected bonus.
* These notes should be specific and be sure to include the person's name.
* One school has a special place designated on the hallway wall where there are blank little shaped notes, making it easy to write a quick word of appreciation or thanks and post it on the wall for everyone to see.

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