Weekly Teaching and Learning Email - Use of ClassDojo for Tutors and Primary Teachers

Dear Colleagues,

Just a quick reminder; ClassDojo is to be used for POSITIVE BEHAVIOURS ONLY.  Please reward the students that are showing up on time and are handing in homework so the other students then make the choice to be on time and to submit their homework.  I understand that this may paint a false picture of students as they appear to not make mistakes, however, our school policy is to focus on the POSITIVES.

On to how ClassDojo can be used by Tutors and Year Group teachers.

• You can quickly compare student points totals by clicking on your Tutor Group under the relevant Year Group>Groups section.  This could then be tied into a student of the week award.  These points will be reset every week so students will have a new start every week.

• You could also quickly count up the number of points your tutor group has and prepare a weekly chart to review their performance and check for increases and decreases.

• One of the most useful elements relates to the “View Reports” section which can be found on the right hand side in any Year Group or Groups section (see screenshot right).

• This then gives you access to all the students in the Year Group.  You can click on your tutees and see which behaviours they have been rewarded for.  This means you can decide on individual focuses for students based on areas they have yet to receive points in.  This could also prove useful for report writing for tutors.

Once again thank you for all your help and support in launching ClassDojo and helping the students to recognise the positives associated with these behaviours.  If you have any suggestions for improvements or ideas please share them on the CPD Blog http://cpdattraillschool.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/classdojo-feedback-and-development.html#comment-form or send me an email.

Have a great weekend.

Neil