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mlru ...@wisc.edu (Meredith Ruben)
I am a new teacher and have had trouble building a safe community in my cl***room. I have tried teaching my students about people's differences and that we should treat everybody with respect, but a group of students keep ganging up on one student in particular. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to help my cl*** this year and how I can make changes to improve the social skills of my cl*** next year?
toto scarec...@wicked.witch
What grade are you teaching? General guidelines can help, but there may be some things that are relatively specific to the age and stage of development the children are in.
Some possibly helpful websites here: http://www.geocities.com/janice13/community.html http://www.newcityschool.org/innovations/innovations/community.html http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/resources/tactics/cl***mngmnt/ http://www.cesa12.k12.wi.us/teach/models/nancy/nancy.html Good luck.
One thing that is especially helpful is to build routines into your cl***room that make sense to the children and help you to manage your time so that there is more time for the actual instruction and less involvement in *management tasks.* I highly recommend Harry Wongs The First Days of School which can help you to get the cl***room going from the beginning of the school year.
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"M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t-April 13, 2004" M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t 04-13...@limbercartel.com
Why wait until next year? Take the little sociopaths aside and tell them that if you catch them uttering even one nasty word (or worse) to their (and so far your) victim, that you will have their parents in school every day until they see the error of their ways.
Rowley kmrow...@tenet.edu
"M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t-April 13, 2004" wrote: Lol! - Like the parents would come to school for something like this - and even if they did, they would probably just accuse the teacher of picking on their kid.
Martin
why bother why_bot...@nospam.net
M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t-April 13, 2004 wrote: I'd even think about taking the worst of the bullies (there's usually a ringleader) aside individually and basically saying "I see you picking on Johnny - I know your friends do too - but I'm going to hold YOU personally responsible for anything that happens to him." I would think your school would also have a written policy about bullying and it would be worth reviewing it with the cl***, maybe even have the kids individually write their thoughts on it afterward.
mlru ...@wisc.edu (Meredith Ruben)
Thanks for all the responses! I will try talking to the group and their parents and have them reflect on their actions. Hopefully something will get through to them! Thanks again!
Meredith
"M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t-April 13, 2004" M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t 04-13...@limbercartel.com
If the parents do not show up, a letter home explaining the need for them to be there or a suspension is in order until their little sociopaths understand appropriate behavior seem sabout right. In this area, I take no prisoners.
"M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t-April 13, 2004" M.a.r.k P.r.o.b.e.r.t 04-13...@limbercartel.com
Do not count on schools having a written policy. Even the school near me which has been in the news since September did not have a clearly written one.
However, singling out the ring leader is a not a good idea. The misery they are inflicting will be moved out of the school.
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