Positive Behavior Incentive: We've got spirit!

School:: Sea Gate Elementary
Subject:: Character Education
Teacher:: Katherine Carney
Students Impacted:: 725
Grade:: K-5
Date:: August 4, 2022

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

Suncoast Credit Union - $338.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 710

As a result of this grant being fulfilled, I was able to order over 900 Spirit Sticks to support our school-wide positive behavior incentive. Student have absolutely loved earning these and adding them to their collections (Student of the Month, hard worker, kind friend, etc). With this grant, I am able to provide teachers, support staff, and leadership with plenty of Spirit Sticks to reward students for positive behavior. Last year, we introduced them to our school and students would earn them through a ticket system and random drawing on the school news. Now, in addition to that, students are able to earn them more often and new Spirit Sticks could be ordered to keep their interest. Thank you for helping us keep the positive behavior spirit!

Original Grant Overview

Goal

As the Sea Gate Elementary School Counselor and PBIS Coach, my goal is to promote and recognize individual, classroom, and school-wide positive behavior which will maximize student academic success.The data to support this goal will be a decrease in the number of office discipline referrals, an increase in positive referrals, and an increase in student attendance. My goal is to purchase Spirit Sticks from SpiritMonkey.com as well as Schoollife.com to enhance our school wide positive behavior incentives.

What will be done with my students

Through our SGE PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) Program, individual students are rewarded for following our SGE Expectations: Be Safe, Be Responsible, and Be Respectful. Last year we invested in "Spirit Sticks" from SpiritMonkey.com to spice up our individual incentives! Oh, what a hit they were!! Spirit Sticks are used to encourage, promote, and celebrate positive behavior. Everyone (teachers and students included) has a cable ring attached to our lanyards. Every Spirit Stick that students collect, is placed on their ring so that their collection is together, visible, and worn with pride. From kindness to Students of the Month to reading to encouraging words and positive affirmations...there is a Spirit Stick for everything! Examples of phrases on Spirit Sticks include: "Teamwork," "Awesome Listener," "Very Polite," "Focused Student," "Hard Worker," and "Kind Friend" to name a few. We are so excited to continue this incentive, but need a little assistance with getting our teachers (school wide) to have more sticks on their lanyards to reward and recognize students more frequently. Currently, students can earn Spirit Sticks by earning a "Super Seahorse" card when they are caught following our expectations or going above and beyond. Those cards are placed in grade level bins for our "Super Seahorse Friday" drawings. Students get a Spirit Stick if their name is called live on the school news. We would love to stock up our teachers, administration, lunch assistants, leadership team, and support staff with Spirit Sticks to reward our students because amazing behavior, acts of kindness, and outstanding academic achievements can happen at anytime right before our eyes. When students demonstrate a behavior that a staff member feels is exemplary, a Spirit Stick rewarded to that student.

Benefits to my students

We have already seen some of the many benefits of our PBIS program. Students will continue to want to come to school each day, have a sense of community and belonging, and feel proud of themselves as they follow our SGE expectations and beyond. Our incentive program is easy to implement and use and most importantly provides immediate feedback to our students. Students will feel validated, important, and valued. This sends the message to students that they are seen and their choices and efforts are acknowledged. Students can feel proud of themselves when they look at their collection of Spirit Sticks and have an increase in feelings of self-confidences. Spirit Sticks with positive affirmations remind students that they are loved, important, and belong here at Sea Gate Elementary. Spirit Sticks can also encourage students to continue those desired behaviors and choices and influence other students' behaviors positively. Students are motivated to continue to make great choices not only to earn another Spirit Stick, but also because they know it's the right thing to do.
Thank you for your consideration.

Budget Narrative

I am requesting $360 to cover the cost of 900 Spirit Sticks (for $338). The extra money $22 would go towards shipping.
1. First item= variety pack $30 for 100 Spirit Sticks. 3 packs= $90.
2. Second Item= Superhero Variety Pack $60 for 100. 1 pack=$60
3.Third item= Citizenship Spirit Sticks .10 for 1. 100 Spirit Sticks= $10
4. Primary Variety Pack=$30 for 100. 2 packs= $60
5. Kindness Spirit Sticks (different brand/same concept) .36 for 100. 200 Spirit Sticks for $72
6. "This is how we roll" Spirit Sticks .36 for 100. 100 Spirit Sticks for $36.
Total= $338
Plus $22 for estimated shipping expenses for a total of $350.

Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Katherine Carney

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Spirit Stick Variety Pack:	$90.00
2	Superhero Encouragement:	$60.00
3	Citizenship 100 pack=$10:	$20.00
4	Primary Variety Pack:	$60.00
5	Kindness (from another website-off brand)	$72.00
6	This is how we roll	$36.00
	Total:	$338.00

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