Digital Staff Badge Recognition

Badge Name and Symbol	Criteria	Alignment	Awarded
All In The Family Badge	Attend a school/district sponsored family and/or community event outside of contract hours	School growth plan goal 2 and 5 of promoting a positive school environment promoting positive social interactions connecting the school to families and the outside community	Verification of attendance at event through the staff sign-in sheet at each event
Energizer Bunny Badge	Be an active member of 2 or more school and/or district committees	School growth plan; multiple school goals of promoting a positive school environment, improving standardized test scores, continuing Tier 2 strategies for at-risk students, and building the use of technology and digital citizenship school-wide	Verification of attendance to meetings of 2 or more committees
Innovative Technology Badge	Use technology in an innovative way to engage students in the classroom or simplify/streamline a school or department system or procedure	School growth plan; multiple school goals of promoting a positive school environment, improving standardized test scores, continuing Tier 2 strategies for at-risk students, and building the use of technology and digital citizenship school-wide: CSTP 1,2,3,4,5,6	Staff members will complete a badge request form through Google Forms. In the document, staff will explain through narrative and artifacts how they have demonstrated competency of the badge criteria. (ex. student work; pictures of systems/procedures in action)
Pineapple Lesson Badge	Participate in the school-wide Pineapple Lesson Initiative. Plan a lesson, sign up on board, teach lesson and allow other staff members to observe lesson	CSTP 1,2,3,4,5,6	given at end of each month, when pineapple board reset after verification that lesson was taught
Terrific Tiger Badge	Staff Member of The Month (2 part) Part 1: Staff member chosen from each department Part 2: one staff member will be chosen overall from previously chosen in each department	School growth plan; multiple school goals of promoting a positive school environment, improving standardized test scores, continuing Tier 2 strategies for at-risk students, and building the use of technology and digital citizenship school-wide: CSTP 1,2,3,4,5,6	At the end of each month Part 1: all staff members will vote for staff member of the month in each department via Google Forms; winning members will be announced at staff meeting and school-wide announcement Part 2: Winners of each department’s names will be placed in new Google Forms for all staff members to vote for staff member of the month; Winning member will be announced at staff meeting and school-wide announcement
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work Badge	Exhibiting collaboration with other staff members to address school issues, aid students in all areas (instruction, behavior, social-emotional), plan school events	School growth plan; multiple school goals of promoting a positive school environment, improving standardized test scores, continuing Tier 2 strategies for at-risk students, and building the use of technology and digital citizenship school-wide: CSTP 1,2,3,4,5,6	Administration recognition of staff members exhibiting collaboration; staff members can also nominate other staff members through Google Forms
Brain Booster Badge	Completion of outside contract hours non-district required PD	School growth plan; multiple school goals of promoting a positive school environment, improving standardized test scores, continuing Tier 2 strategies for at-risk students, and building the use of technology and digital citizenship school-wide: CSTP 1,2,3,4,5,6	Staff members will complete a badge request form through Google Forms. In the document, staff will explain through narrative and artifacts how they have demonstrated competency of the badge criteria. (ex. explanation of what you learned, how it will apply to your job; certificate of completion)

EDAD 616 focused on professional growth and learning. One of our assignments focused on Staff Recognition through digital badging. We were tasked with creating different badges that could be awarded to staff members for various criteria. Here are the ones that I created.