You need to change that reputation of being “slack” and “nice.” You can be fair and compassionate, but also no-nonsense. I taught for two years in a suburban school, before moving on to an urban school. When my $3 rubber chicken, Fritz, ended up stabbed and on the school roof, I realized things needed to change.

1. Master the art of being unflappable. Make your demeanor, posture, voice, and actions slow, deliberate, and with confidence.

2. Set up procedures for everything. Be consistent. Practice procedures with your students often.

3. Develop natural consequences for misbehavior.

4. Don’t go and cry to the director.

Here are some good books:

Discipline with Dignity

The First Days of School

Tools for Teaching

Hey, it gets easier with time. Hang in there.

I was a first year teacher last year and when I walked into the classroom in the end of September, the classroom was OUT OF CONTROL!!! I work in the NYC public schools and they are all “at risk” students. My school offered no support for teachers. It was basically sink or swim. I was a sweet teacher at 1st and you can’t with the population I was dealing with. I realized that I needed to put my foot down and show them who was boss. In order to get them to stop talking/acting up, you need to make a game out of it. For example: I set up a table point tally system game. At the end of the week, the table with the most points got a prize out of the prize box. That def. started to eliminate the disruption, and by the end of the year the students who gave me the hardest time were really trying hard to behave. I also forgot to mention, that when I came in September, one of the students stole….yes I said stole a bag of goodies I had in my closet. You need to nip it in the bud ASAP and remember to be firm and consistent! Def. noooooo crying!!! You can handle the situation yourself- if nothing seems to be working, go to the guidance counselor 1st or other resources in your school. Good luck and I’m sure you will do well!! 🙂

There should be a discipline system in the school. If something happens that you can’t deal with on your own, it is always best to go through the system.

The more you let these pupils get away with, the more they will push the boundaries.

I think the type of pupils you are dealing with probably need clear boundaries more than most, so if you let it go you really aren’t doing them any favours.

The problem is that you’re trying to be too nice. Kids can sense when they don’t really have to be respectful of someone. The kid who destroyed something of yours needs to know that it was unacceptable. Speak to him after class and tell him you’re disappointed in his behavior and that you expect him to do better. It’s likely he did it just to look cool or tough in front of his buddies and will act differently one on one. If you speak to your director it’s OK to cry, I always cry… just say something like “I’m sorry, it’s just that I’m very passionate and so I cry easily” and whatever you do, don’t turn it into a whine-fest. You still need to act like a grown up who can handle her class. Make the kids earn your trust again and just tell them all that you have faith that they can do a great job if they try. Yelling at them will make them tune out. Make them feel like they want to impress you.

Good luck!!!

Good luck, you sound like a really nice teacher. My 1st grade teacher was really nice too and i remembered her until i was about 13. You’ll be okay i think geraldine said it pretty right, Its just your patience. Just do what you think is best in the situation. try being his friend and make a deal with him to behave and praise him in front of everyone if he does something good. You’ll turn it around.

Try to frighten him by telling him that hes prone to expulsion. I mean destroying a teacher’s property should be enough for him to get expelled anyway but just scare him a lil bit. See if he’ll changed. If he doesnt then you know what to do. Be a teacher and teach him what he deserves

Try not to cry.

If you cannot prevent crying write the program director a note

with all of the details.

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talk to your student alone. don’t ask him what he had done to your property but what his problem is. sometimes you need a little bit of digging into you’re students personal life so he would trust and respect you.

your patience is enough and i think your 7 students are just a challenge for you to develop your patience