If you are a teacher how you discipline an unruly students?They say call the parent or throw a chair which?

Question

Classroom situation

Answer 1

call a parent

Answer 2

The best way to handle a student with a behavior problem is an in-class intervention. The easiest to explain and do is called a Behavior Contract.

First, pick a time that you can meet with both the student and the parent (or have a meeting with the student and just call the parent later if you can't get them in). Then you sit down and interview everyone on what they think the problem is, what they want the solution to be and what the steps are from problem to solution.

The point of this meeting is to get input from all parties, especially the student. Once the student has had a chance to voice his/her concerns you should be able to come to an agreement with said student on how to improve the behavior.

The contract should lay out reinforcements (free time, a sticker, homework pass) for clearly defined good behavior and punishment (removal of a reinforcement or perhaps some time alone) for clearly defined bad behavior.

This is a very basic description. You can search for other behavior intervention online if you are truly interested. The point of all this is, though, that it isn't the parents fault or the child's fault. It's a problem EVERYONE has to deal with and work together toward a solution.

The ignorance of this entire post (including answers) truly disturbs me. I hope the big RTI push is successful in the years to come.

Answer 3

I happen to work in a school where the administrators are no help, so sending them to the office will do NOTHING. Instead, I make the punishment fit the crime. My classroom is the lab, and the reason I'm very strict on the no gum rule is because it always ends up inside my lab benches so I have to clean it out. I started having the people who are caught with gum come in after school or during break to remove every piece of trash and every lump of gum out of the lab benches. (I give them gloves to wear). It took about two weeks of that before I stopped seeing gum in my classroom.
I also had a problem with one of my classes throwing paper balls at each other every time I turned my back. I didn't know specifically who was doing it, so I waited until the bell rang and then told them no one was leaving until every scrap of paper was off the floor - even the ones they didn't put there. That worked well, also. The key is to be imaginative. Don't come across as a monster, but make it clear that they are responsible for their actions.
Calling the parents works sometimes as well. In fact, some parents will do everything they can to make sure it never happens again. But some will dodge your calls and ignore your emails. So try calling the parents, but don't depend too heavily on it.
Good luck!

Answer 4

Dealing With Unruly Students

Answer 5

Do you have an easy to understand "discipline policy" posted in your classroom that ALL your students understand.

An unruly student needs to be politely reminded to behave. If he refuses then he needs to be removed from the classroom and escorted by a staff assistant to the counselor with a referral.

Unwaveringly following the discipline policy and consistently removing the disruptive students is the only way to get the message across that being disruptive in your classroom, will get the student removed and sent to face the music elsewhere.

Of course you have to follow through each incident with the incremental process of calling parent, arranging parent conference, arranging parent to sit next to student in your classroom, suspension from your class (you are allowed by law to suspend a student from your class, one day at a time. etc etc...If all this fails then have a friendly chat with the Counselor or VP and have the kid transferred to another teacher.

Have the disruptive student sit closest to the front of the class. Draw a line in the sand and stick to your rules.

It will wear on you and no wonder teaching is a highly stressful job, so take it easy and do not take any of this behavior personally.

Answer 6

I teach high school chemistry and physics. I expect all my student to behave as adults. Considering that here at the school I teach, chemistry and physics and NOT a requirement to graduate. The students that are in my classes should want to be in the class.

But that will never be the case. As for those unruly students, I just do not put up with them. If I become irate toward a student I pick up their books and book bag, walk to the door, throw their stuff into the hall, make the student walk to my grade book, put a "zero" beside their name for the daily grade, and make them leave the classroom.

if they are willing to make a fool out of me, what goes around comes around. So I guess you could say that I use the embarrassment technique.

Good Day, Good Luck, and Vote Huckabee in 2008!!!

Answer 7

Awkward situation. Unfortunatly, there is not a great deal that we can do, to settle unruly pupils. From personal experience, I tend to keep the classroom door open, so a) if things do happen, people can hear outside and b) if a pupil really pisses me off, I slam the door so hard, the glass breaks, and everyone in the room shuts up. Normally dont get a peep out of them for the rest of the lesson!


Only downpoint is.. maintenance bill goes through the roof! LOL

Answer 8

We do something call risk assessment management(RAM) in short- assess the situation. If other students are at risk of being hurt , get them and yourself out of the room, enlist help from other teachers, professionals and if necessary the police. Parents will have to be informed and action dealing with the situation will have to take place immediately. Sometimes you may need to analyse why the behaviour happened in the 1st place eg what are the triggers and call for a cool down- face- off with the students and tell them that you are giving them 15-30 minutes to calm down and promise them that you will listen to what they need to say, then work it out from there.

Answer 9

dont throw a chair that would just get u in trouble or fired. what you can do is send the kid to the office. and if that doesnt work then call the parents. maybe get the parent to agree to sit in on a class and see how their student acts. if the kid acts up then the parent will see that and probably do something to stop it
but whatever you do do NOT throw a chair.

Answer 10

Do not throw a chair at them. Each and every time they disrupt enforce a consequence, such as sending them to the administration. Contact their parents so you can have a parent- teacher conference to discuss the matter

Answer 11

Try talking to the student first. I was a teacher for two years in the inner city. Most kids want approval.