The Reward Positive Behavior screen allows administrators to award badges to students on behalf of a teacher. Administrators must have the Edit permission to this menu option in their profile in order to award badges to students.
In the POSITIVE_BEHAVIOR_TRANSACTIONS table in the database, the CREATED_BY_ID and UPDATED_BY_ID columns contain the administrators's user ID, reflecting the user who awarded and updated the badge, while the TEACHER_ID column contains the teacher's user ID who the administrator awarded badges for.
Focus by default uses the terms "badge" and "badges" for the items that are awarded to students for good behavior, but your district may have customized the terms used. Please note that different terms may be used on your district's Focus site.
1. In the Users menu, click Reward Positive Behavior in the Teacher Programs section of the menu.
2. In the Search Screen, enter search criteria to locate the teacher and click Search.
For example, enter the teachers's name, user ID, or EIN in the User text box.
See Conducting a User Search for additional information.
3. In the search results, click the teacher.
The Reward Positive Behavior screen is displayed.
4. Select the section you want to view from the pull-down.
5. To view all of the teacher's sections, select Show All Sections.
6. To view student alert icons, deselect Hide Alert Icons at the top of the screen.
Focus will remember this setting when you return back to this screen.
7. Select Exclude Absent to remove students who are absent on the current day from the list.
The Year option at the top-left of the screen is automatically selected, displaying the badge data from the start of the school year to date.
8. To view badge data from the beginning of the semester to date, click Semester. To view badge data from the beginning of the quarter to date, click Quarter.
9. To view a custom date range, click Date Range.
10. In the pop-up window, enter the date range by selecting the month, day, and year from each pull-down or click the calendar icons to select the dates from the calendar.
11. Click Confirm.
The Total Earned, Spent, Available Balance, Teacher Total, and individual badge columns are updated to reflect the selected time period.
The Filter feature can be used to filter the list and view only a particular subset of students.
In each badge column, the total number of badges the teacher has awarded to the student for that specific badge is displayed. The badges the teacher has created are displayed in the first badge columns. The badges/badge types created by administrators are displayed in the following columns.
The Total Earned column displays the total number of badges the student has earned, including both teacher and administrator awarded badges. The Spent column displays the total number of badges the student has spent, including both administrator and teacher spent badges. The Available Balance displays the balance that is available for the student to spend. The Teacher Total column displays the total number of badges the teacher has awarded the student.
The school or district may have set limits on the minimum and maximum amount that can be awarded for a specific badge per student. Additionally, the school or district may have set limits on number of badges can be awarded for a student before you must click Save.
1. At the top of the screen, deselect the Comment Before Save check box if you do not want to be prompted to enter a comment when adding or spending a badge.
2. Next to the student, click the green + icon in the column of the badge you want to award.
The badge count increases by 1. The red minus icon is enabled, which can be clicked if the badge was awarded by mistake.
3. Click Save.
4. If the Comment Before Save option is enabled, enter an optional comment in the pop-up window and click Confirm.
The school or district may have set limits on the minimum and maximum amount that can be awarded for a specific badge per student. Additionally, the school or district may have set limits on number of badges can be awarded for a student before you must click Save.
1. Ensure the Mass Award option at the top of the screen is enabled (displays ON).
Select Exclude Absent to remove students who are absent on the current day from the list.
2. Click the green All + icon at the top of the badge column.
The badge count increases by 1 for each student in the list. The red minus icon is enabled next to each student, which can be clicked if the badge was awarded to the student by mistake. The - All icon is also enabled, which can be clicked to remove the badge from all students in the list.
3. Click Save.
4. If the Comment Before Save option is enabled, enter an optional comment in the pop-up window and click Confirm.
Badges can be spent from the student's available balance. If your school has restricted which profiles have the ability to spend badges (set on the Positive Behaviors screen), you may not have access to this functionality.
1. Next to the student, enter the amount to spend in the Spend column.
If an amount is entered that is greater than the student's available balance, the amount will auto-correct to equal the student's available balance.
2. Click Save.
3. If the Comment Before Save option is enabled, enter an optional comment in the pop-up window and click Confirm.
Badges can be spent from each student's available balance. If your school has restricted which profiles have the ability to spend badges (set on the Positive Behaviors screen), you may not have access to this functionality.
1. Ensure the Mass Award option at the top of the screen is enabled (displays ON).
Select Exclude Absent to remove students who are absent on the current day from the list.
2. Enter the amount to spend in the All field at the top of the Spend column.
If an amount is entered that is greater than a student's available balance, the field will auto-correct to an amount equal to the lowest available balance. For example, if a student in the list has an Available Balance of 1, and you enter 2 in the All field, the amount will auto-correct to 1.
3. Click Save.
4. If the Comment Before Save option is enabled, enter an optional comment in the pop-up window and click Confirm.
The History window displays the student's badge history, including the dates awarded, badge title, value, and comments. Badges can be deleted from a student in the History.
1. Click the icon in the History column next to the student.
The History includes a row for each time badges were awarded to the student or spent. The date, badge title, value, and comment are displayed.
2. Edit the Value or Comment for a row as needed, and click Save.
3. To delete badges awarded or spent, click the red minus sign to the left of the row.
Deleting a "spend" line will add the spent badges back into the student's available balance.
4. If the Comment Before Save option is enabled, enter an optional comment in the pop-up window and click Confirm.
The row is highlighted in red to indicate it was deleted.
5. Click the X to close the pop-up window.
