2. ignore. it would only worsen if you pay attention to it.

3. someone threatened me? that would be a miracle.. anyway.. IF someone did, i’d probably settle this in a very unlady like way… ^_^

2. Who cares if a student gossips about you! They are kids…they will say anything about adults to upset them. Ignore it. Do not let kids with silly words affect your job performance.

3. A threat is immediate removal. You should protect the safety of the classroom and yourself. Refer the child to an administrator. Threats are unacceptable.

If a student has a big problem that is distracting them from their education I usually send them on an erron, even if its just to send a message to another teacher. Something to get then out of the room so they dont feel like everyone is watching them have a break down (which is understandable sometimes).

As far as gossiping, I usually try to talk to the students involved as a small group sometime duing the day to get to the bottom of things. But unless students come to me for help or I notice something is going on I usually try to let students work their own problems out.

I had a bit of a beef with a teacher who was basicly encouraging this behavior by having a “Girls Club” which was basicly a venting session that only made matters worse.

Yes, students sometimes need help inorder to learn how to deal with things, but we are preparing you to be adults and part of being an adult is dealing with issues like this.

I have never been treatened, and this year I am teaching 1st grade. So I honestly have never thought about what I woudl do. It would defintly depend on the situation though. In most cases i would probably send the student to the office and later, once…if, things had settled I would attempt to make right with the student. Because if a student threatens you, you have probably done something that the student feels was very hurtful (wheater you intended to or not).

1. If I see that a student is visbly upset/agitated, I would get the rest of my class started on an assignment and ask the student if I could talk to them in the hallway. If they refuse, tell them that you can tell that they’re upset and that he/she should try to work on the day’s assignments/follow along with the class the best that they can. Reassure them that you’re there to help them if he/she feels like talking. If you get the student to go out into the hall to chat, probe to see what the problem is. If they’re crying, send him/her to see a guidance counselor. If you think that he/she might try to hurt themself, send to the nurse. (Though alwsy be sure to send the student with a note or call the office that you’re sending them to for a heads up.) Or if the student has another person that he/she talks to in your school, find out who that person is and see if you can send the student to that location.

2. Perhaps you could play a get-to-know-your-teacher game. Generate a list of true or false questions based on these rumors. Have the students complete it and discuss the answers. However, be careful about disclosing too much personal information— it’s great to give kids an opportunity to get to know their teacher, but keep in mind that there’s a fine line between a teacher and a friend. A teacher should never be considered a student’s friend. A mentor, yes, but never a friend. I’ve seen way too many teachers get themeslevs into trouble when they consider themselves a friend to students.

3. If a student threatens you, immediately refer that student to a principal. No person has the right to threaten you. Also, you should speak to your school’s resource officer (if you have one) or to your local police to pursue pressing charges. Depending upon the nature of the threat, the student could be charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and/or making terroristic threats. The police would be able to tell you whether or not they can pursue this matter further.

Hope this helps.

You may need a leeeetle bit of help in the use of the English language, yourself. Leave other people to solve their problems, and spend the time to fix your own.

For example, you say, “if people does bring. . .” This needs a capital at the beginning, and the verb /does bring/ does not match the subject /people/. Or you could leave out /does/ or /do/ altogether.

Should read “If people do bring etc. . .”, or “If people bring. . .”