I'm an art teacher and wondering what are some ways other teachers (or anyone else with children) deal with discipline problems in class.
2006-12-14 15:01:32 · 13 answers · asked by ArtChick 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
What age? It is a big difference between E.S., M.S., and H.S. Is it the whole class or one student? All of those are important variables.
But, in general, the best advice I ever received was "don't have buttons." If you don't have buttons, kids can't push them. Stay calm, stay consistent, and stay CALM. When a child misbehaves, say "Look, I'm sorry you chose to ...., the consequence is ..." Avoid the principals office except as a last resort. I taught 8th L.A. for 6yrs (with a large urban population) and 4th grade for 2 years and only wrote 1 (or 2 at the most) referrals a year. Unless someone is in immediate danger it does more to undermine you... sort of the "wait till your father gets home" in the schoolhouse. They need to respect you, and quite frankly, most aren't afraid of the Principal, all they do is get out of class - where's the punishment in that. Also, your principal won't respect you either if you can't handle your own problems.
Work with the student's regular classroom teachers, find out the source of the problem, and sit down and work out a strategy. I know it sounds "touchy-feely" but it does work. Most kids that misbehave think they don't have a choice. Offer them one.
2006-12-15 06:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by apbanpos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow I want to be a teacher for this very reason. Kids will do what they want but simply put, so respect to the ones that give it to you and others will follow. There is some exceptions but people like me that are common sense smart but not book smart are often put in the same group as the kids that don't care. I had so many teachers tell me that as long as I did my best I would pass. Don't say this if you don't mean it. I worked so hard at keyboarding and I still failed I wasn't eating lunch I was using that time to work in that class also and I still failed. Don't be like that. On the other hand I never got below an A in shop class and I could sleep the whole time. Wood, Metal, and making things was easy to me that s the only reason I passed art I cannot draw to save my life. Stick figures are hard but give me some clay and I will make anything you can think up. Same with wood and metal. I love metal steel the most because there really is no mistakes bend it to much bend it back, weld to thick grind it down, cut off to much weld it back and try again. I am just trying to get you to see that every student has a talent it may not be art but they are good at something it is your job to teach them (art) to the best of your ability. Also try different things the more exciting your class the less problems you will have. I wish you luck
2006-12-14 15:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by Bleed the Freak 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is going to sound a little silly, but I am a substitute teacher, and I was having terrible discipline problems a couple of weeks ago.
My mother sent me some books to read. One of them was called Caesar's Way. (It's a dog management book by the Dog Whisperer.) I used the methods for becoming the top dog on the students with whom I came in contact.
Wow, what a difference!
The only change I made was, since I couldn't tap a student and I didn't want to raise my voice, I began to fill out demerit slips for ANYone who violated my rules. I told the students that if they didn't change their behavior that I would sign them and turn them in. Yesterday I made out eight of them, but only had to turn in one.
2006-12-14 15:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start grading them on classroom "participation" - if they can't participate properly give them a zero. Or simply tell them if they act like that they are getting a zero for the assignment. Or kick them out of the room if they are disrupting their fellow students who are trying to learn and then mark them absent. Too bad if they fail the class, that's their choice. In college teaching you are a little bit more free. You're not a behavor manager like a high school teacher is. Its not your job to make the students behave...they are adults now and should know how to behave. You teach and its their choice to learn or not. If they choose not to learn give them a zero.
2016-05-24 17:54:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best things to do is:
1 Make them sit in the corner.
2 Their wasting your time so waste their playtime.
3 Make them write lines of what they done.
4 Send them to the office and let the principle deal with them.
5 Don't let them do art or any other fun things.
2006-12-14 17:40:00 · answer #5 · answered by lisa l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send them to the office.Tell the principal to call the parents and tell them their little"angel" is really a stupid
lump of spam with no desire to be anything other than
a subway sandwhich shop employee.
Creative shaming,gotta love it!
My Drama teacher was unbeatable at this.A great teacher also!
2006-12-14 15:13:57 · answer #6 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Assertive Discipline by Lee Canter is an awesome book to read that will probably help you out
2006-12-14 15:23:07 · answer #7 · answered by followmyleader1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i am appalled.."send them home! they are LOSERS?" they are judged and sent away because you can't handle? who has who in control? do no tolerate misbehaving, set the boundaries and follow through. and check your behaviour too. what are you projecting? art rules! inspire them to create!! and most important: talk to them on their level, find out who they are! Good Luck!
2006-12-14 15:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by ka'iwi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Send them home for a few days
2006-12-14 15:07:35 · answer #9 · answered by George 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Send them to the office. I don't have time to deal with losers in my class; let the Principal deal with them: that's their job, not your's...
2006-12-14 15:04:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋