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What is Schoolmint Hero?
Hero is student behavior management software for K-12 schools and districts, from Schoolmint. Hero's goal is to enable consistent redirection of negative behavior, reinforcement of positive behavior and communication between educators, students, parents, and administrators across classrooms school and district-wide.…
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What is Schoolmint Hero?
Hero is student behavior management software for K-12 schools and districts, from Schoolmint. Hero's goal is to enable consistent redirection of negative behavior, reinforcement of positive behavior and communication between educators, students, parents, and administrators across classrooms school and district-wide. Features include positive behavior tracking tools, referral and tardy management, school event management, behavior analytics data, etc.
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Hero is a versatile tool that is widely used in schools to manage various aspects of school culture and student behavior. One of its key use cases is the management of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, discipline, and accountability systems. Through the use of Hero, teachers and administrators are able to track and examine data related to student behavior, allowing them to address issues such as tardiness, attendance, uniform violations, and other behaviors that impact the overall school environment.
Teachers have reported significant improvements in student behavior since implementing Hero. In fact, they have assigned 50% fewer detentions in the third year compared to the first year, indicating a positive shift in behavior among students. Hero is also used as a school-wide incentive program to reward good behavior. Points are earned by students for exhibiting positive behaviors, which can then be exchanged for rewards and prizes. This has not only encouraged students to strive for better behavior but has also created a more positive school culture.
Furthermore, Hero is highly valued by teachers as an efficient tool for tracking basic behaviors like tardies and uniform violations. The user-friendly app makes it easy for educators to input and monitor these behaviors, freeing up valuable time that can be spent on other educational tasks. Additionally, Hero is implemented at both individual schools and entire school districts with the goal of improving behavior, addressing attendance issues, and creating a standardized system for tracking and managing student conduct.
Overall, through its comprehensive features and ease of use, Hero has proven to be an effective solution for schools looking to promote positive behaviors, reduce disciplinary issues, and foster a conducive learning environment for their students.
Valuable tool for acknowledging positive student behavior site-wide: Many users have found Hero to be a valuable tool for recognizing and acknowledging positive student behavior across their school. It ensures that all students, not just the problem kids, are acknowledged and appreciated.
Great feature for tracking tardies sitewide: Several reviewers have praised Hero's ability to track tardies sitewide and pair it with daily tardy sweeps. This feature helps prevent students from slipping through the cracks and highlights the impact and cost of being late to class.
User-friendly interface: Users appreciate Hero's user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to navigate and use. The self-explanatory design allows teachers, administrators, and parents to quickly access classroom data, track behaviors, and monitor progress.
Streamlining Point Awarding Process: Some users have expressed the need for streamlining the process of awarding points on the desktop website, as they feel it currently requires too many clicks. They suggest that the point-awarding process be made more efficient and user-friendly.
Lack of Seating Chart Option on Mobile App: Several users have suggested adding a seating chart option on the mobile app to make behavior tracking easier. This feature would allow teachers to easily track and record student behaviors in real-time.
Need for Improved Data Report Detail: Users have mentioned that while they appreciate having access to data reports, they feel that there is room for improvement in terms of the level of detail provided. They would like to see more comprehensive and customizable data reports that can provide deeper insights into student behavior and progress.
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November 19, 2019
Hero really is a lifesaver!
Hero is used to manage our school's PBIS, school culture, and discipline and accountability systems, as well as to track and examine data. We have had over an 85% reduction in tardiness and a 60% reduction in suspension, with the numbers improving every year. In the third year of implementation teachers assigned 50% fewer detentions than the first year. The results are dramatic.
- The customer service is fast and friendly, and there is always someone available to meet a need.
- The interface of the platform is very self-explanatory and user-friendly.
- Hero is always seeking feedback and making improvements based on user needs.
- There is still room for growth with the level of detail in the data reports.
- Students have regular issues in remembering passwords and accessing their accounts.
- They recently eliminated Homeroom, an online user community that rewarded us for participating. I got a lot of great ideas there, so this is unfortunate.
November 12, 2019
Classroom Management Tool - as effective as you make it!
We used Hero to reward good behavior in our Middle School on a school-wide basis. We had a set of positive behaviors that would earn points aimed at teaching safe, responsible and respectful school citizenship. Students would receive a point for each of the target behaviors exhibited in each classroom on a daily basis. There was a deadline for accumulating points before a scheduled event for which they had to earn a certain amount of points in order to attend.
- Hero provides various ways to be able to register the targeted behaviors.
- Hero provides a user-friendly online interface.
- Hero will tailor the program to meet your group's needs.
- Clear interfacing app for entering points.
- Hero had the Hero Homeroom where teachers could collaborate and receive rewards but that was discontinued. I think that a similar reward system for those who are supposed to be inputting information would be helpful, where consistency for the required input is rewarded. For example: teachers were to be recording points for all their students every period every day - if they received points for completing their input & could then choose to spend those points on rewards that would help encourage participation to make it more successful overall.
- Too hands-off in making sure that implementation is as successful as possible.
- Too techie for non-tech savvy people.
August 21, 2019
Great tracking tool for charter schools
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hero has made tracking basic behaviors like tardies and uniform violations super easy. The phone app, in particular, makes this process fast and easy.
- Tracking basic behaviors.
- Rewarding students in the moment with points.
- Phone app makes scanning student IDs very fast, which saves time for instruction.
- Sometimes the phone app freezes on an iPhone, and I have to close out of it before scanning another ID.
- I also wish there was a way to export all rosters into an Excel file under the behavior tracking tab.
August 05, 2019
Hero K12 - User Friendly!
Hero is used through our entire school for multiple purposes. It is for tardy tracking, positive points, point banking and spending at our school store, and detention tracking.
- Behavior tracking.
- Detention management.
- PBIS Community.
- There aren't many areas where I would suggest improvement. They are responsive, helpful, have a great community help forum, and the interface is pretty user friendly.
August 02, 2019
Do you need a Hero?
Hero is being used within our entire school. All of the teachers use Hero to track and positively manage and reinforce student behavior. The students and parents use Hero. Additionally, our administration utilizes Hero. Including the secretarial staff, janitorial staff, the kitchen staff, as well as the support staff. We will be beginning our third year of using Hero this upcoming academic school year.
- Tracking tardy behavior quickly across settings.
- Tracking positive behaviors.
- Intentionally rewarding positive behaviors immediately for all students.
- Quickly alerting alarming behaviors.
- Allowing for all students to be successful throughout the day across all settings.
- Allows all staff to reward all students for exhibiting positive behaviors.
- Have to pay extra to get the portable scanner, otherwise, you need to use your personal cell phone or a computer.
- Takes too much time to individually input each students point (mass input for multiple points would be faster).
- Not all teachers are actively rewarding points, so there is an imbalance.
July 30, 2019
A Worthy Investment, hands down.
Hero is used by my entire organization as a positive incentive for our students. Teachers create their own hero menu for their classrooms and can assign points to students for whatever they choose. The administration team can also assign points to students. It is an incentive to reward positive behavior and allows students to purchase stuff like school swag or entrances to a game. It is great for our students since we serve a low-income area and the students struggle to have money for entrance to gaming events or school merchandise.
- It is very organized.
- Easy to assign points.
- Great reports to track usage.
- None that I see.
- NA
- No concerns.
November 27, 2018
Why Hero works for the students and staff at CLMS!
The teachers at Crystal Lake Middle use Hero to track positive student behavior at our school. Students receive incentives and rewards for accruing Hero points over the course of a nine-week period. Our points are described as Cougar Power Points and the displayed behaviors for which we reward our students include: Peers helping peers, arriving to class on time, arriving to class early, following the unified dress code, completing homework and/or classwork, and turning in lost items. Students and parents can track their points using the Hero app, and we heavily promote that our students work to get Cougar Power Points.
- The Hero system is very easy to use and very easy to monitor.
- Reports are emailed to me weekly that track the behaviors that have been logged in by my teachers and staff which is very helpful.
- Customer service from the Hero staff has been excellent and their response to any concerns or questions is addressed within 24 hours.
- I am always looking for costs to be lower, so that would be my only request.
November 06, 2018
HERO is my Hero!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Right now, Hero should be used across the entire school campus by at least all of our classroom teachers. We're struggling this year because of a vast teacher shortage in Hawaiʻi but at our school as well, but it's still working much more smoothly than last year. :)
- Allows ALL students to earn points at the push of a button.
- Connects with infinite Campus so student schedules and info are always accurate on the Hero site.
- Allows teachers to create their own groups for after school programs or even small groups in their classrooms.
- Perhaps the redemption system could be easier. I'd like to click a student's name and type in how many points I'd like to subtract/redeem. That'd help the process along.
- Also to allow track codes to track point amounts larger than 250. We have some things that are more expensive, so it's difficult to have to take multiple steps.
- Maybe Hero could help with an inventory management system for stores?
October 30, 2018
HERO
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hero is being used at my school as a positive behavior system. The entire school is implementing Hero, from the administrators down to the office clerks. The problems that it addresses are trying to change the behaviors of students who do not act favorably, and also tackle the attendance problems in the school.
- Hero is a great way for students to earn points and be able to use the points for incentives.
- One area for improvement with Hero, is finding an easier way for students to track their own points.
October 30, 2018
Our Hero System
We use Hero at our High School to progressively promote proper behaviors more so than negative ones. We feel that the students who are always doing the right things often get overlooked and are under appreciated. Hero allows us to reward those students who get it right most or all of the time so that they get put into the forefront.
- Hero has helped to cut down on tardiness and the need to leave the room for bathroom breaks.
- Students who have been recognized in front of the school for doing what is right feel a sense of pride and continue to do even more good.
- Recognizing positive behaviors makes the students focus more on doing right. Giving out prizes is a good incentive.
- Students need to have direct online access to picking their prizes based on the points they've earned. It will give more focus on doing what's right.
- Teachers need to have the ability to create their own positive rewards in the system based on their subject area.
- Is there a way to have the system remember your username so you don't have to type it out every time you sign in?
October 22, 2018
You will regret not using HERO
Hero is used school wide at my site. Hero is being used to track tardiness throughout 1300 students on a daily basis. In addition to tracking tardies, Hero is used as a positive behavior program. Students are assigned positive points for doing tasks that are wanted and points are deducted for tasks that are not appropriate. Once students accumulate enough points, they can cash in for rewards and prizes.
- Hero gets students to class on time. We had a terrible problem with tardiness and Hero has allowed us to cut our tardies by 70% for the year.
- Hero gets students participating in class. When students know they are rewarded for participation, they really start participating.
- Hero gets students treating others with kindness. Students initially treated students with respect for points, but they continue to do so, at least in my classroom.
- The scanner function on the mobile application could be improved
- The reports function from the website could have more filters, but it gets the job done.
- The forgot password function does not work. If a teacher forgets their password, the system administrator has to go in and reset it.
October 18, 2018
HERO
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
At my middle school, we use HERO as a positive behavior tool. Students receive points for coming to class on time, showing character traits, doing what's right and being in uniform. It has increased positive behavior and reduced issues at school. Students can turn those points in and receive prizes.
- Students receive points for being on time, therefore they are never late.
- Students receive points for being in uniform, therfore we know who is a part of our campus.
- Sometimes HERO does not update students who have left the school or who have entered. So teachers have to input manually. That can be improved.
October 17, 2018
HERO
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It is used to help with attendance and reward students for great classroom behavior. A majority of our teachers are using this product on a daily basis. There are a few teachers that have not bought into the program, however the majority of teachers who use this product have noticed a huge change in their students. I love this product due to the fact that students have the ability to see their progress and are rewarded for great behavior. Not all students care about Hero points, but I would say 90 percent do. This product addresses in class behavior as well as helping out with attendance issues.
- Encourages students
- Tracks detentions
- Helps reduce tardies
- Encourages school-wide spirit
- Not all teachers use it
- Not all students care about points
- Some teachers use it ineffectively
October 16, 2018
Tardy Elimination Hero
Hero is being used site-wide at our High School. I estimate teacher participation varies from week to week between 70-99%. I estimate because I am not an admin and do not have access to site-wide data.
- tracks positive student behavior site-wide. This is good because I think a lot of students feel they are ignored as teachers focus on the "problem kids". Hero makes it easy to acknowledge the students for doing what they are supposed to do on a daily basis.
- tracks tardies sitewide. by pairing this with daily tardy sweeps it keeps kids from slipping through the cracks. Kids can't learn if they are not in class. This makes them acknowledge the impact/cost of being late to class.
- by tracking all of this sitewide, admin is able to look for patterns and encourage more teachers to use a positive reward system. Also gives teachers access to a positive reward system without the cost and effort of maintaining a false economy (points, teacher "bucks" etc) and stocking rewards
- prints a pass for tardy students so we know they have checked in. Downside, special printers and special paper required for them.
- for me, it really comes down to making it easier to award points. On the desktop website for awarding Hero points, they need to streamline the process for awarding points. Currently, it requires one click too many in my opinion.
- on the desktop website, more options for awarding points eg: 1. double points option. 2. on the class page make it possible to reselect the previous selection... like when you award a point to everyone present for being on time, make it possible to reselect that group. 3. A seating chart option would be super cool also.
- on the mobile app, add the behavior tracking by class option from the desktop website. I know that would probably be a lot of pinching and scrolling and zooming for most but still be cool to have that option. My Galaxy Note would probably be big enough to make it worthwhile.
October 16, 2018
HERO-At Park
Hero is being used school wide to improve attendance and behaviors. It has been a great incentive for students.
- It has helped us reduce tardies and absences with students
- It has helped spread kindness throughout our school
- It has helped with parent/student involvement in meetings and events.
- I wish I could give more than one point at a time
- Sometimes the app doesn't load quickly
October 16, 2018
Be a Hero
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The Hero program is used by teachers to reinforce positive student behaviors and administrators use it for both positive [behavior] and tracking tardies. It is part of our system of Positive Behavior Intervention to encourage students to improve their on-time attendance to class, in-class participation, and their kindness with other students and staff.
- One stop place to track data
- Easy to use
- School-wide participation
- Ability to track several behaviors at once
- Create a class
September 07, 2018
Hero Review!
Hero is an amazing, positive reinforcement program used amongst educators within my working environment. Those of us who use Hero strive to foster a sense of responsibility and accountability within our students through the reinforcement of appropriate behaviors. Through Hero, tardiness and general off task behavior have continued to decrease alongside an increase in student morale and confidence.
- Decreased tardiness
- Increased student efficacy
- Increased student engagement
- Tracking multiple students
- Interactive student-teacher dashboard
- Rewards for students through the Hero app
September 07, 2018
Hero Review
Hero is being used to track tardies and positive behavior. It is being used by the entire school. It addresses students being tardy to class.
- Hero is being used to encourage students to get to class on time.
- Hero tracks and organizes this behavior.
- I don't know of any improvements that could be made.
September 07, 2018
Hero has been a game changer in my classroom behavior plan.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hero is being used to support positive behavior initiatives as well as for compliance at our high school. It has addressed issues such as tardiness and school wide behavior expectations. Positive behaviors have made an increase and negative behaviors have decreased with data to support these claims. Hero makes it easy to track school-wide behavior.
- Positive Behavior Support
- Student Accountability
- Compliance
- I would like it if I could track individual teacher to student rewards.
- Improved functionality with Chromebooks.
- Improved app/apple product functions (able to give points like you can on a desktop).
August 20, 2018
Hero ROCKS
Hero is used by teachers and administrators to reinforce positive student behaviors. It is part of our system of Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies that we use to encourage students to improve their attendance, their class participation, and their kindness with other students.
- Encourages students to be on time for class.
- Encourages greater class participation.
- Promotes student kindness.
- I would love to see the option for students to see their progress toward earning certain prizes.
May 03, 2018
Hero Review
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Hero has been great at changing our school culture and providing positive feedback to our students. This has given them motivation to continue to do well for positive praise.
- Tracking
- Easy to use
- Simple website
- Glitches
- More options for bulk entering
April 23, 2018
Hero has potential!
Hero is currently being used at our Middle School. I can only assume that a lot of the teachers are using it because students' points are increasing daily. Some of the participation data is shared with us by our school's vice principal who is the person responsible for implementing the program in our building.
- Helps to reduce tardies and absences in classroom.
- Helps to engage students in activities when points are involved.
- Administrators and parents are able to access instant classroom data to check in on their child/student.
- Teachers are only able to access behaviors for students. I wish there was a feature that would allow teachers to possibly track students assignments/work.
- Teachers should be able to select how many points they would like to give a student, instead of just being able to give 1 point at time. The task of giving students multiple points can be very time consuming.
- Sometimes the system seems to freeze. I don't know if that's due to the site itself or our building's internet speed.
April 23, 2018
Hero within the school community
HERO is a program used to help assist as a classroom management tool, to promote better behaviors within the classroom and school. The whole school is using this program to help battle tardies, cuts, discipline problems on a smaller scale, all while rewarding those who go above and beyond.
- This program helps curtail negative behaviors found within the school and classroom.
- This program allows teachers and administrators to try and curtail negative behaviors found within the classroom and the school.
- HERO promotes positive reinforcement to students who are on task or going above and beyond.
- This program is user friendly and aesthetically pleasing.
April 20, 2018
Hero
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Hero to keep track of student tardies, and both positive and negative behaviors. Hero will assign students' detention based on the number of tardies and the number of times students don't bring their IDs.
- tracks student tardies
- auto assigns detention
- offers incentive opportunities
- incentives for parents to use it
April 18, 2018
Very Nice!
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Hero throughout our whole school district. We use it to track tardy students, as well as assign consequences from those tardies.
- Hero tracks each student individually.
- All teachers in the building have access to Hero
- Each action has a consequence printed right on their pass.
- Hero seems to crash or freeze up quite frequently.
- I would like to be able to have more than one list for students. We have special education students who are on a different tardy plan and we have to change each student individually as it comes up since there is only one list.