Once there, I continued my routine of walking around desks during the math lesson and helping students to focus on Mr. Meier and provide one-to-one instruction for children having difficulties. Interestingly, for the first time since beginning my experience at Roberto Clemente, I witnessed a teacher giving out a STRONG ticket to a student who was working hard and volunteering to answer questions aloud. Roberto Clemente’s acronym of characteristics for students to emulate reminds me of the SPARK students introduced in The Prize. SPARK is an acronym for Seek knowledge, Pursue justice, Act as a team, Reach for excellence, Keeping Going (Russakoff, 2016). Correspondingly, STRONG stands for Successful, Team player, Respectful, Optimistic, Nice to others, Great. Both acronyms help students at their respective schools develop a sense of unanimity and create a unified school identity. At Roberto Clemente, students were eager to earn tickets and animated about the reward
Once there, I continued my routine of walking around desks during the math lesson and helping students to focus on Mr. Meier and provide one-to-one instruction for children having difficulties. Interestingly, for the first time since beginning my experience at Roberto Clemente, I witnessed a teacher giving out a STRONG ticket to a student who was working hard and volunteering to answer questions aloud. Roberto Clemente’s acronym of characteristics for students to emulate reminds me of the SPARK students introduced in The Prize. SPARK is an acronym for Seek knowledge, Pursue justice, Act as a team, Reach for excellence, Keeping Going (Russakoff, 2016). Correspondingly, STRONG stands for Successful, Team player, Respectful, Optimistic, Nice to others, Great. Both acronyms help students at their respective schools develop a sense of unanimity and create a unified school identity. At Roberto Clemente, students were eager to earn tickets and animated about the reward