Handling Student Confrontations
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Handling Student Confrontations
My first year of teaching, I promised myself that I would not yell at students...NO MATTER WHAT ! As a new sixth grade teacher,this was a tall order, but I succeeded in keeping my promise. One thing that helped me was to remain calm if a student yelled at me or tried to undermine my authority. I would simply listen to the student rant and rave. Once the student was done, I would inform him/her that such actions would never take authority away from me because I would always have it for myself. I would never act as if the student's actions bothered me. I would never raise my voice. Instead,I would direct the student to
the appropriate place for disciplinary response. The next time I saw the student,I would not harbor any negative feelings toward him/her,but made it clear that even though my respect was not as great for him/her,I would still be willing to teach him/her. As a result,the rest of the class respected me even more and caused few if any more problems.
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