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Recognition for Education

Pass the employee engagement exam

Drive motivation, engagement, and retention for teachers and education staff with meaningful recognition and rewards.

 

Why Awardco?

Best-in-class features for world-class educators

 
External Recognition

Allow students, parents, and other visitors to scan a QR code and recognize the teachers they interact with. Spread more appreciation and help teachers see their impact.

 
Service Awards

Reward tenure with meaningful awards and genuine recognition, including a digital book full of compliments from colleagues.

 
Lifestyle Spending Accounts

Offer a flexible monetary benefit that gives staff the freedom of choice, without tying you down with a big investment.

 
Wellness Incentives

Drive and reward healthy behaviors with fitness challenges, mental health resources, and custom reward catalogs.

 
Automation & Reporting

Enjoy fully automated communication, reminders, reports, and more to save admins time.

 
Spot Recognition

With peer-to-peer recognition and AwardCodes®, everyone from teachers to librarians to janitors will feel valued and seen.

teacher recognition

Educators deserve A+ appreciation

44% of educators report feeling burned out. Build resilience, lower stress, and increase retention by showing genuine, timely appreciation for your education staff.

Why Recognition?

Teacher retention starts with meaningful recognition

69% of education staff are disengaged in their jobs—keep the best talent by helping them find more meaning in their work.

Retention
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56
%
less likely to switch jobs
56
%
less likely to switch jobs

Retain top education talent

Teachers and staff who feel supported and cared for are much less likely to look for a new job.

Retention
Engagement
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89
%
more engagement after recognition
89
%
more engagement after recognition

Boost engagement with better rewards

Employees are more motivated and excited with their work when they know their efforts are noticed and that their work matters.

Engagement
Satisfaction
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94
%
of appreciated staff love their workplace
94
%
of appreciated staff love their workplace

Appreciation builds connections between staff and their workplace

94% of employees who feel appreciated love their workplace. Only 18% who don’t feel appreciated still love their workplace—that’s not good enough.

Satisfaction

External Recognition

Allow anyone to recognize educators

Enable students, parents, and other outside parties to easily submit appreciative comments for the education staff they interact with, spreading recognition from the outside in.

success stories

Honor-roll-worthy rewards and recognition

Greenfield Global
Feeling seen and feeling valued… That's one thing that keeps me going every day. We all try to strive for the best and try to help one another. We have a great management system here and everybody is seen and heard.
Aisha Ariyo
Export Logistics Coordinator
Greenfield Global
It feels very good to get recognized. You put in so much hard work, and when someone acknowledges it, you feel appreciated and valued. I think that’s the key.
Aisha Ariyo
Export Logistics Coordinator
Greenfield Global
We can now give a shoutout to someone even if they’re in a different location—something we couldn’t do before. It just makes it easy when it’s all in one place.
Lorie Miller
Business Systems Analyst
Greenfield Global
The metrics spoke for themselves—over eighty percent utilization and more than eight thousand recognitions. It’s exciting to see people using the program and finding real value in it.
Paula Useche
People & Culture Manager
Greenfield Global
Employees are awarded a certain amount of points every month to give out to their peers. We encourage people to recognize not just within their team, but across the company—anyone who goes above and beyond or makes your day a little easier.
Paula Useche
People & Culture Manager
Greenfield Global
As we try to build a strong culture, we want to take a more modern approach. Partnering with Awardco helped us to put that together. So even though we are spread out, we do get to feel like we are One Greenfield.
Ashley Cato
Vice President People and Culture
Greenfield Global
All of our locations have TV screens in some area of the facility. When you look up at the screen, not only do you get to see the recognition that you may have shared with somebody or that you may have received, but you get to see it across the company. Having a program that enables that to be done and shared is very special.
Ashley Cato
Vice President People and Culture
Our investment to leverage the Center of Excellence team at Awardco was the best decision we made. Katie didn’t just advise, she partnered. She brought deep healthcare expertise and helped us translate what recognition should feel like for clinicians into something that actually works for a deskless, clinical workforce. With her leadership, we built our Awardco instance as a true virtual haven: a values-based recognition experience designed with and for our teams, easily accessible, and directly tied to our mission. The result is an always-on program that makes it easy to celebrate the moments that matter — strengthening connection, belonging, and pride across the organization.
Megan Vera Weaklend
SVP of Marketing & Customer Experience
 
 

Integrations & Security

Securely connect to your everyday tools

Seamlessly integrate recognition into existing processes and keep data secure.

Integrations

Awardco works well with all the tools you already use, so you can easily integrate recognition into your day-to-day.

Security

Enjoy enterprise-grade security, including SOC 2 Type II compliance, to keep your data safe and your peace of mind intact.

thought leadership & resources

Employee engagement resources

Educators shape the future—recognition ensures their success

Empower educators, staff, and students with meaningful recognition that fosters engagement, motivation, and long-term success.

 
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