The danger of offerring extrinsic incentives to perform an activity that is already intrinsicly motivating is that the activity becomes less enjoyable when a participant is extrinsicly rewarded.

When a student is adverse to study or work, it may be the result of being subjected to years of public education where academic success is rewarded as if learning is not instrinsicly satisfying. For example, some teachers have used homework as a punishment for not producing enough academic content during classtime.

Show me the money!

Select one bonus incentive:

• Attendance based:
  $1000 is available to each student who attends 2 semesters of LearnSTEAM. However, deductions are made at $50 per each absence and $25 per each tardy. [Best for students who may not earn their GED in one school year.]

• Academic based:
  $1000 is available for each student to spend during 1st semester on items that benefit the LearnSTEAM program, as approved by the administration. After a semester use by LearnSTEAM, the item(s) become property of the student if that student has earned a GED in the LearnSTEAM program. [Best for students who have a job during the school day, and study for the GED at home. E.g., students have purchased computers, drones, 3D printers, musical instruments, and tools.]

• Achievement based:
  During their second semester, students who actively attend GED study sessions can be paid ($12.50/hr) for their construction of the product that is sold by LearnSTEAM toward funding next year's program. [Constructing about 2 hours per day grosses about $125 per week, or about $500 per month.]

Students who struggle with self-destructive behaviors might consider keeping an integrity journal to build awareness of good and bad habits. The details of this challenge are developed on an individual basis.

INTEGRITY CHALLENGE: Give up drugs, cussing, porn, video games, and social media.

$500 per semester is offered to students who agree to not vape, use tobacco, consume alcohol, caffine, nor use cannabis during the school year, both on and off campus. Students agree to not access porn, social media, or video games, even when school is not in session. Students monitor these behaviors with an individualized integrity journal that ledgers offenses and successes. (The ledger can count up indentified replacement positive behaviors, and/or deduct said negative behaviors.) E.g., Students who use caffine or foul language on campus might decrease their stipend by $10 per offense.

Job and College Ready:
Successfully completing the LearnSTEAM program results in a GED and job skills. Afterwards, students can join the Klamath Works crew and/or attend Klamath Community College with 90 credits of free college tuition through Oregon Promise.