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Civility
School
Emergencies

Responsible
Scholarship

Classroom
Management
Issues and
Possible
Solutions

Personalities

Group Work

Right Effort,
Right Attitude

Rituals

Class Rules

Student talks out all the time without being

called on
Clearly address the issue and explain
Be careful with the hand on the shoulder
routine.
disrupting the lesson

Name-calling
Pull the students aside during or after
class
have a discussion as to why the students
were name-calling

CIVIL

Violence
Threatens the safety of the
students or the teacher
Talk to the student and try to
get him or her to calm down

Students who interrupt

each other
Remind the students to
respect others
Have a short discussion

Students who verbally attack others

(teacher or students)
Respect students that they will respect
you as well.
If student hurt you, you should discuss
about their behaviour with them
Dont shame the student
Set up a behavior contract

Student doesnt turn in homework

Stress the importance of doing
homework.
Have a discussion with the student

Students who dont pass on important letters

to their parents or guardians.
Call the parents directly
Try to work out a solution together

Habitual tardiness/absence
Talk to the source
Address the student and parent
Have a discussion
Students who prefer to do work
at home rather than participate
in class
Check up with the student
Encourage their participation
before and after class

Responsibl
e
Scholarship

Students who dont follow

directions
Prompt students multipletimes in various ways
Explain to kids that they will
benefit if they carefully read
the instructions.

Not paying attention and not being on

task
Walk to their area of the room, and
teach the class from there
Verbally or non-verbally refocus the
students attention
Class discussion

Try jigsaw
strategies

Group Work
Talk to the
student

(One group member

doesnt participate
or hold their weight
for the group work)

Meet up
student one
by one

Randomly
assign a
spokesperson
during group
work

RIGHT EFFORT, RIGHT ATTITUDE

1.sits in the back of the

classroom and doodles and
doesnt participate at all

1.Move their seat closer to the front.

2.Call on them to answer questions

2.student just responds

with sarcastic remarks or
unrelated remarks

Try to validate the person,

instead of getting angry or
patronizing them.

3.Students falling asleep in class

1.Wake up the student and ask him or her to

take a quick walk around the school.
2.Find out the reason behind the sleeping

4.Make faces across the room at other

students

Give the look to the student to let him or her

know that you saw and that it shouldnt be
happening in class

5.tudents who criticize teaching, curriculum, or

classmates in front of class

1.Hear what they have to say. But prompt them to

give positive feedback as well. Let them know that
you value their opinions and that they need to help
you and the class to make it better.
2.For teaching/curriculum criticism, always be
prepared to explain why you are teaching the
subject and how it will help them in their future,
besides just for doing well in school the next year

CLASS RULES
1.Eating food or drinking soda in
class

Take it away.

2.Answers cell phone or uses text

messaging in class

1.Same as the food issue, cell

phones must be turned off in class
2. Threaten to take it away. Take
away points. Call them on their
phone.

4.You can see their belly

3.Chewing Gum in class

button/cleavage/boxers/gang
tattoos.

1.Have them spit it out

2. . Follow up with a discussion
with the kid about how leaving
gum on someone elses
property is a form of
vandalizing and takes a lot of
time for someone to clean up.

1.Tell them not to and

why
2. This depends on
school policy.

RITUALS
How to start class and get students attention

1.Begin class with a warm-up to allow students to warm-up to the

class.

PERSONALITIES
Encourage the student to help others, and that they will be a better
1.Students who always student if they also learn to listen to others. Let students know that
demand teachers
you need to move on.
attention and takes
away time from
teaching or helping
other students

2.Classroom
interruptions (students
who interrupt teaching)

Lock your door from outsiders if you like. For students in class,
stress the importance of time and the detriment of interruptions.

Classroom interruption
(teachers who poke in
their heads to speak to a
student)

Lock you door.

Dont panic.
Play on the interruption to help your lecture in some way

Dont talk so much, try to integrate activities that require

cooperative learning or hands-on materials. Take class
High energy students who
breaks
cant stay in their chair

Students who dont do

anything.

Talk to the kid one-on-one. Ask whats going on.

Encourage and motivate.

SCHOOL EMERGENCIES
1.Become familiar with schools policies
and procedures.
2. Talk to your kids about these procedures
and practice them before they happen.