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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's my advice. If you are assaulted by a student, file a police report no matter how much your admin pressures or threatens you. Also, know that sitting in your car before or after work, crying, because it is just so hard is typical. Don't feel ashamed or wonder if something is wrong with you. All of us have done it, frequently. Sometimes it gets better, sometimes you learn to stop caring, but the crying does decrease over the years. [/quote] +1. Try to find a trusted colleague or two as soon as you can. They will be your lifeline. Also, don't hesitate to submit discipline referrals. Administrators who are not good at their jobs will try to gaslight you into not submitting referrals but your first concern besides safety is to cover your own a**. A student who makes threats, puts hands on anyone or tries to, or destroys school property needs to be written up. [/quote] I agree that you definitely want to write kids up if they are causing or threatening harm to others or school property. But if they are just rude or disruptive, try to handle it yourself first, otherwise you will get a reputation as someone who can't manage their class. Call home and assign detention. Always, always document. That way when you eventually write the kid up for their continued misbehavior, you have a record of what you have already tried, because admin is going to ask for that. Every year I get at least one kid whose behavior is so awful that they are incapable of being in a regular classroom, but it usually takes a full year of documentation before the school can move them into a different program. The more strategies you try and then document in detail, the faster that process goes. [/quote] I do know by observation how to deploy my “teacher voice” (that is what both of my mentors referred to it as) when students are not following along with the usual program. What has worked for you when students are outright rude and disrespectful of others? Is there something you do that sets a standard of how to comport themselves in the classroom? What do you say in the moment to make a strong impression that you will not tolerate any verbal abuse in the room that has proven effective in practice?[/quote]
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