The purpose of this study was to assess the rewards and teachers’ performance in privaternschools. Data were collected from two private secondary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Thernresearcher used the entire two high schools academic full time staffs as respondents and thernsecond respondent groups are the two selected high schools students. To determine the secondrnrespondents group sample size, Yamane’s a simplified formula for proportion is applied. Therncollected data analyzed by means of descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentage, andrnmean. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to establish the relationship betweenrnmotivational practices and teachers’ performance in these private secondary schools. The studyrnrevealed that the teachers’ are motivated highly by Non-Transactional rewards rather thanrnTransactional rewards in both Schools. In conclusion, the results of the study indicated that there isrnpositive relationship between Non-Transactional rewards motivational practices and teachers’rnperformance in Deborah private secondary schools and Future Talent Academy in Addis Ababa,rnEthiopia. Limitations and future directions had also been discussed.rnKeywordsrnIntrinsic Rewards, Extrinsic Rewards and Teachers’ performance