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Hi,

I have been a school counselor for 4 years and have never had any trouble with classroom management when it comes to guidance lessons.

However, I am in a brand new inner city charter school this year and behavior is a concern overall for our school but there are a couple classes that I can not get a handle on. The one I am struggling with most is a 6th grade class. I never yell or belittle them but they are the most rude, disrespectful group of students I have every worked with. We can never even get through an entire 30 minute guidance lesson. They yell across the room, throw things at eachother, say horrible things to me (not so much at me but so that they know I can hear it), they do whatever they want. They simply do not care. I have mixed up the types of lessons I do, offered incentives, given prizes and candy, and of course all the other "normal" classroom management strategies.

DOes anyone have any ideas of how to get this class under control. I ...See More
Leah This class sounds awful. Teaching Guidance Lessons to sixth graders is HARD. Since you have been a successful counselor for four years, I doubt that I can be helpful, but I will try. Does the teacher stay in the room. What does he/she advise you to do? Is there a discipline plan in effect?

Just some thoughts: Could you meet with one of tw...See More
Oct 6, 2010
Monica I would first get the students working together as a team and then teach them to respect each other and themselves through play and activities then begin back to regular counseling lessons. I would invest in team building activites and games books and then direct them as they work together on how to treat each other. Get them up and moving and work...See More
Oct 21, 2010
Sara What are you teaching? Are they like this with their classroom teacher?

If they are like this with their classroom teacher, then it doesn't bode well that they'll settle for anyone else. Are they like this with their other special teachers?

I'd need answers to those three questions before even trying to make suggestions.

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Oct 28, 2010
Andi On 10/28/10, Sara wrote: > What are you teaching? Are they like this with their > classroom teacher? > > If they are like this with their classroom teacher, then it > doesn't bode well that they'll settle for anyone else. Are > they like this with their other special teachers? > > I'd need answers to those three questions be...See More
Nov 1, 2010


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