Building Incentive Codes: Goals & Thresholds

What are Goals & Thresholds? 

Schools can set point Goals and Thresholds for students throughout the school year. Schools decide on the incentive and duration, set target points, monitor progress, and provide the incentive to qualifying students. 

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Building a Goal or Threshold Incentive

STEP 1: Determine the target points

Determine what is a reasonable amount of points for students to work towards in order to receive the incentive in the allotted amount of time. 

STEP 2: Monitor the points 

• Student Points: Students can log into their Hero student app or web account to view how they're progressing towards the goal. 
• Student Points: School users can monitor the Schoolwide Points Report to view how students are progressing towards the goal. 
• Staff Usage: Admin should monitor the School Activity Report to ensure that staff members are awarding points fairly. 

Tip! Students will only be able to reach the goal if their teachers are consistently and fairly awarding Hero points. It is helpful to monitor points on a regular basis to support staff in evenly awarding points throughout the year.

STEP 3: Provide the incentive 

Pull the Schoolwide Points Report on the final day of the cycle to determine which students have met the goal and qualify for the incentive. You can export the list to CSV and staff with your staff. 

STEP 4: (Optional) Deactivate records to reset the points after the cycle is complete for easier tracking on the next cycle.

Questions to Consider: 

• What will students earn?
• How long do they have to earn points?
• What is the target point threshold?
• Who will help manage the event or deliver incentives?
• How will you monitor student points and staff usage?
• Who is responsible for pulling the reports?
• How do students and staff know what the goals and incentives are?

Additional Ideas

Hold Competitions: Set the date range and the grade level with the most points wins the prize! Export the Schoolwide Points Report to a CSV and create a quick pivot table to generate a grade-level leaderboard!

Tardy Party: Use the Accrued Records Report to search for students with "0" tardies or "0" dress code violations for a specific date range. Invite those students to an incentive party or deliver an incentive to their homeroom class.