Do you believe a teacher has the right to refuse teaching a student due to behavior?

Question

Curious to see how people view behavior problems in the classroom.

Answer 1

When a student is disruptive in class; it effects the rest of the students as well. They cannot learn. The teacher is responsible for the entire class. Therefore, I would say that the teacher has the right to refuse to teach a student.

Answer 2

As a general rule no - but there can be behavoirs that a student might do - threatening to harm the teacher or other students in the classroom for example - that I would feel the teacher would have the right to refuse teaching a student. I teach in a high school and I have see students that are just very dangerous. So of the students I have had in the past have become killers and no matter of write ups and warns from teachers sometimes is enough to stop a kid who is on that kind of path of destruction.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

A teacher should have the right to refuse teaching a student due to behavior when that behavior infringes upon the rights of the other students in the classroom. We're not babysitters- we're educators. If the behavior is that bad, the student should be placed in the BEH/BED (whatever acronym your district has for "bad kids") program and served in a different setting.

Answer 4

I would first look for the underlying reasons behind the behavior. There may be a learning disability or attentional deficit. I would hope that a teacher would explore all avenues before refusing to teach a child. If the child is eligible for special services, there is always the possibility of working with a behaviorist to resolve the problem behavior or employing an aide who can help the teacher manage the needs of the child. Behaviors are not random, they have an underlying cause. Of course, not all problems are within the power of the school to resolve.

Answer 5

Yes, if the behavior distracts the teacher from being able to teach I think the student should be dismissed and sent to detention or to the principal but the student should be warned twice until making this decision.
Eventually if the behavior keeps being the same, being written up for so many times will cause expulsion or being sent into an alternative learning center, there has to be a type of punishment, its a shame how students can get now away with cursing and yelling at their teachers.

Answer 6

Yes you have the right to refuse.
A teacher is responsible for the entire classroom, if one students is causing the others not to have a reasonable learning environment the students causing the problem should be removed.
However it depends on what the behavior is... are they violent? are they attention seeking? is there a threat to the rest of the classroom?.....

Answer 7

In most cases, bad behavior in the classroom is connected to kids wanting to get attention, or not wanting to be in class. I don't think they'll have a problem with having to refuse learning. The kids are trying to disrupt the class so no one can learn. I've never heard of a behavior problem connected to kids trying to learn. I do think the kids should be put in a different class because obviously they aren't interested in the learning thats going on.

Answer 8

a teacher has every right to refuse to teach un ruly kids the same as I have the right to refuse to treat abusive patients in hospital. If students want an education then the first lesson they should learn is that they do not have the right to abuse teachers or disrupt other students.

Answer 9

Depends on the behavior. It is not fair to other students to allow a disruptive student to make a mockery of the classroom.

Answer 10

yes...if a student refuses to obey or respect the teacher or disrupts the class and prevents others from learning then they have given up their right to be in the class...