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Kinda long post - sorry - need your opinions!

Been teaching more than 20 years at the elementary level, most in the same building. When teachers come at the end of class and ask for a report, I tell the truth. Usually something like, Most kids were super listeners today! When necessary, something like, Tom, Susie, and Hunter had trouble following directions, and I had to give them warnings. Typical, right? Well... new principal. No elementary experience - has been in the district a while as both teacher and admin but at the middle school level. While I was giving such a report the other day, principal interrupted me, pulled me aside, and said we aren't going to mention names in front of the other students. I was too stunned to question anything. After school, principal stopped into my room to "touch base." Said it was obvious I was taken by surprise, apologized that this topic hasn't been addressed with the whole staff, and wouldn't be until a staff meeting in about ...See More
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Charlotte I think I might compromise in this situation. It can be
effective to make sure kids know when their names are
going on "the list," so you can call attention to that in
your own classroom. As others have said, it's not as
though the other students don't already know who the
offenders are. Then, you can just hand the list to ...See More
Aug 28, 2015
Lis The way we handle that at our school is the teacher has a consequence system in his/her classroom. The teacher brings the class roster with them on a clipboard. The school rules are posted on the clipboard with a corresponding number (as well as in every classroom, including mine). When a child has gotten two warnings, I put a "mark" on t...See More
Aug 28, 2015
anon Thanks for all your comments, folks. I suppose I understand the philosophy, even though I think it's overly coddling the kids, and I'm now keeping the note pad, but I really wish principal had not addressed it right at that time. It would have been better to speak to me at a later time, and even better to address it with the whole staff together pr...See More
Aug 28, 2015
Vivian Yes, it would have been better to address it to the entire staff at one time so that all ideas for handling misbehavior could be shared. Often the students that act out all the time do it for the attention. By not telling the teacher so they can hear, they don't get that attention.

The most common thing that happens is they will act out m...See More
Aug 28, 2015
bec The clipboard from the classrooms is a great idea, but
hard for us to get all the teachers to cooperate with. It
would have to come from the principal.

We have little notes that the students himself must fill
out which includes their name, date, homeroom teacher, and
a list of possible offenses for them to check off
(excess...See More
Aug 29, 2015


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