I am a fully qualified graphic designer and I created this Elvis Presley themed Success Ladder when I was studying my PGCE. I am also a massive Elvis fan.
The concept is simple. After printing and laminating the posters (A3 or A4 - the quality of the image will support both) you must print out a name tag for each child in the class. Stick posters on the wall (in the correct order - see below) and subsequently stick all the children’s names to the middle poster (Ready, Set, Go!)
Each poster has a name and throughout the day you as a teacher can reward good behaviour by asking a child to move their name up, or punish bad behaviour by asking them to move their name down. The daily/weekly goal is to make it to ‘Graceland’ and to stay as far away from ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ as possible.
The list of names and order of sticking each poster to the wall are as follows (from bottom to top - with one suggestion of applying rewards to each poster);
Heartbreak Hotel - this is the bottom of the ladder, to make it here a child has misbehaved 3 times and could subsequently loose 15 minutes of golden time.
Trouble - this is the second from the bottom, to make it here a child has misbehaved twice and could subsequently loose 10 minutes of golden time.
Don’t Be Cruel - this is the third from the bottom, to make it here a child has misbehaved once and could subsequently loose 5 minutes of golden time.
Ready, Set, Go! - this is the middle poster, this is the starting point for all children, from here you can move up towards Graceland for good behaviour or down towards Heartbreak Hotel for bad behaviour.
Blue Suede Shoes - this is the third from the top, to make it here a child has showed good behaviour or great work and could be awarded 5 extra minutes golden time.
Promised Land - this is the second from the top, to make it here a child has shown good behaviour more than once and could subsequently gain 10 minutes of golden time.
Graceland - this is the top of the ladder, to make it here a child has displayed excellent behaviour and could subsequently gain 15 minutes of golden time.
The free Elvis poster shows Elvis with his guitar along with the quote “When things go wrong, don’t go with them”.