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My district is pretty cut and dry you can video record you just
cant publish it or otherwise post it.

On 8/07/14, Video / iPhones / cell phones?? wrote:
> What about the funny policies by districts and admins of
> having these in your classrooms? One minute, it's ok and
> the next it's not ok? Then teachers are in trouble for
> violating confidentiality and neighbors cannot assist??
>
> n 8/06/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>> I wouldnt call another teacher in, that sends the message
>> that
> youre
>> not in charge, as both you and the other teacher are
>> equals.
>>
>> You can send an entire class to the office. However it
>> would be easier to have an admin come to your room.
>>
>> In the pass when whole classes would re unresponsive, I
>> just
> take
>> out my iPhone and start video taping them. That way when
> parents
>> or admins bring up the issue you can just show them the
>> video,
> and
>> say "could you teach in that environment, more
>> importantly who would be learning?"
>>
>> On 8/06/14, 2nd chance wrote:
>>> On 8/03/14, muinteoir wrote:
>>>> Here is an excellent blog about classroom management.
I
> agree
>>>> with almodt everything this guy says.
>>>
>>> Thanks guys for the suggestions and help! It seems from
>>> my reading the main thing i need to nail down is to
>>> establish consistent rules and procedures from the very
>>> beginning. I've been trying to steal a little from here
>>> and there to create my own classroom rules and
>>> procedures. My main fear is to lose control and have the
>>> whole class ignoring me regardless of
> what
>>> I do. This happened to me a couple of times last year
>>> and I
> had
>>> no clue what to do. I could not send the whole class to
>>> the office. The only thing I could do was get help from
>>> neighboring teachers. The mere presence of the
>>> neighboring teacher got
> the
>>> students to be quiet. They clearly did not respect me.
> Needless
>>> to say, this was very embarrassing!

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