Re: Disrespectful Students
Posted by jennifer on 5/06/08
Just wondering what the CHAMP website is. Thanks!
Jennifer
On 5/02/08, d.mac wrote:
> 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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