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Re: Disrespectful Students
Posted by d.mac on 5/02/08
You should read Harry Wong's The First Day of School. It is an
excellent resource for new teachers and will help you become
successful. For now, just keep the phase " we can discuss this after class" as
your mantra until the end of the year. I will ask it almost as a
question the first time. If a kid starts to argue still then tell
them they MUST stay after class to discuss it. If it continues a
3rd time they are disrupting instruction and must leave. My kids
see "we will discuss this after class" as me doing something about
the problem. They have no idea what I will do and are usually
very quite because they are a little nervous for what is coming.
It give us both time to cool down and return to the thinking stage
not the emotional state you are both in. Don't try to work on too
much right now, but getting the arguing under control will help
and the kids will respect you more for it because they will see
you can rise above their tactics to get at you. On 4/23/08, Martina wrote:
>
> Ok, so I've tried a bunch of your ideas and some of them
> worked, some didnt. I think that my students are used to what
> I've been doing, and since I am a first year teacher it is
> going to be difficult for them to change so late in the year.
> I took a quick peek at the CHAMP site and it really is great.
> I'm hoping to spend a lot of time on that site this summer to
> adjust for next year.
>
> Is there anything else I should be doing this summer to
> prepare for my second year?
>
> On 4/16/08, d.mac wrote:
>> Try looking up the CHAMP website for classroom management.
> It
>> explains how to explain exactly what you want form the kids
>> and may help when it comes to something that use to be an
>> argument. I also tell me kids if I give you a reminder
> please
>> take it and lets move on. If you have something to say back
>> it better only be to apologize or I don't want to hear it.
> If
>> I get a "discussion" after this I simply let the student know
>> "I will be happy to discuss it after class" and I smile;
> that
>> way we are both calm by then and if by chance they need to
>> still vent I can listen then and reinforce my ideas of what I
>> expect to see from them and how their actions are interpreted
>> by me. Remember body language says a lot. A smile can go a
>> long way to diffuse a situation.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/09/08, Martina wrote:
>>> So I'm a first year teacher, and I do think that I ahve
>>> come a long way since September with respect with classroom
>>> management. I've always been told not to start arguments
>>> with students, and if students get defensive, just try to
>>> ward them off by saying, "end of discussion" or "we can
>>> discuss that after class". These techniques don't seem to
>>> be working.
>>>
>>> For one thing, when I tell a student to pay attention, they
>>> try to convince me that they are. If I ignore them and go
>>> abot my teaching, my other students will laugh thinking
>>> that haha, you've got the teacher. It's not in my nature to
>>> let people get the wrong idea about me, so it's really hard
>>> for me to just nip it in the bud.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how to eliminate this problem? If you have any
>>> classroom management ideas please let me know.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Disrespectful Students, 4/09/08, by Martina.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/09/08, by Darren B..
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/10/08, by Steve .
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/10/08, by Darren B..
- Re: A phrase I've heard and used, might work for you, 4/10/08, by marjoryt.
- Re: A phrase I've heard and used, might work for you, 4/11/08, by Leah.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/16/08, by d.mac.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/23/08, by Martina.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/23/08, by Martina.
- Re: Disrespectful Students [TOME], 4/23/08, by Tom.
- Re: Disrespectful Students [TOME], 4/23/08, by Martina.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 4/23/08, by Waski_the_Squirrel.
- Re: Disrespectful Students - What Wasaki says..., 4/24/08, by ~connie.
- Re: Disrespectful Students , 4/24/08, by lynda.
- Re: Disrespectful Students , 4/29/08, by DarrenB.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 5/02/08, by d.mac.
- Re: Disrespectful Students, 5/06/08, by jennifer.
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