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by Chris

May 19, 2012

What kind of strategies do teachers need for classroom discipline? I need your opinion. I'm trying to learn new strategies. If your a parent or teacher please respond.

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lostsuteacher Well,

I think the teacher should make sure the students understand the rules and consequences and maybe even allow students to take a sense of ownership over the rules and consequences. I also think the consequences should not be too harsh at the beginning. For instance, a student who is talking out of turn should be given a warning and n...See More

May 28, 2012

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Laura I am a recently retired teacher with 35 years of teaching behind me. During those 35 years I never had any problems in the area of classroom management....I just didn't. Teaching a classroom full of kids just came naturally to me. Since my husband passed away I decided to substitute at the local elementary school. I can't believe the horrible behav...See More

May 28, 2012

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lostsubteacher Laura,

I've never been an actual teacher, but I'm sort of in your boat. I've been subbing ever since I finished my program and got a teaching license. It seems like the kids are trained to disrespect the sub. It's really discouraging. I work pretty hard to get respect where I sub, but I still don't do as well as the regular teachers. I th...See MoreLaura,

I've never been an actual teacher, but I'm sort of in your boat. I've been subbing ever since I finished my program and got a teaching license. It seems like the kids are trained to disrespect the sub. It's really discouraging. I work pretty hard to get respect where I sub, but I still don't do as well as the regular teachers. I think they feel like whatever they do with a sub doesn't count. The work won't be graded; the behavior won't really be punished, and the teacher won't take the sub's complaints seriously. Perhaps it's all a game to the kids. This should not be, though. I didn't go to college for all of those years to be walked on.

On 5/28/12, Laura wrote: > I am a recently retired teacher with 35 years of teaching > behind me. During those 35 years I never had any problems in > the area of classroom management....I just didn't. Teaching a > classroom full of kids just came naturally to me. Since my > husband passed away I decided to substitute at the local > elementary school. I can't believe the horrible behavior of > the students!! They are disrespectful, rude, lack basic > manners, do not listen (in fact, they blatantly ignore me when > I speak), get out of their seats on a whim, cannot keep their > hands off each other, yell rather than speak in a normal > voice, etc, etc, etc. I could go on but you get the picture. > I only retired last June, so it's not like I've been living > under a rock. As I said, I never had any problems managing a > classroom of 25 students. Now I'm at my wit's end. I have > tried just about everything possible including punishments, > loss of privileges, visits to the principal, etc as well as > reward systems like giving points for good behavior. The > bottom line is.....they just don't care!!! They are simply > apathetic. They don't care about punishments and they don't > care about rewards. I thought I would like the work to help > keep busy as well as the extra money but I don't know what to > do. I really hate to let these little brats get me down after > so many years in the field! Can anyone help? > > > > On 5/19/12, Chris wrote: >> What kind of strategies do teachers need for classroom >> discipline? I need your opinion. I'm trying to learn new >> strategies. If your a parent or teacher please respond.

May 30, 2012

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