· Respect
· Recognition
· Belonging
· Autonomy
· Personal Growth
· Meaning
In this article, we will take a look at the second need, recognition.
We just completed our third and final awards assembly of the year. As my 8th graders received their awards for academic honors and attendance, I began to wonder if they were the same students who received those awards the previous year and the years before that. If that is the case, then a small fraction of my students are receiving this level of recognition. How are the larger majority of the students who remain watching from the bleachers being recognized?