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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that teachers, students, and parents would all be better off if discipline policies were changed to protect those in school buildings from the most disruptive students (who are a minority). Those truly disruptive, abusive, and unruly students take up too much time and emotional weight. Teachers should not have to suffer abuse at the hands of students, just as students should not lose out on their education due to serious disruptions by other students. Children need structure. By allowing this minority of students to have so much power, teachers are exhausted, and children learn that rules are optional. Parents, too, wind up in defense mode. Getting zeros for late or missing work seems excessive when other students can burst in and out of classrooms, throw items at teachers, and attack other kids at recess. Seriously. If you want discipline, then find a way to address the kids for whom conventional discipline strategies don't work. [/quote]

What do you propose?

It's hard to imagine a path to implementing it, but I do think elementary rooms should have two teachers.[/quote]

Teacher here proposing a few things:
1) There needs to be a way to "fast track" kids like this into a special education self contained classroom within a few weeks, not within a few years.  If, with interventions, the child can learn to self regulate, then said kid returns to gen ed, with a full time, 1:1 aide.  If they are successful with that support, then fade the TA out.  
2) Every single K-1st grade room needs a certified teacher and either a full time TA or a co-teacher.  OR, limit K-1 rooms to no more than 10 kids.  
3) Pass legislation that requires insurance companies to provide for the educational needs of kids who need to be outplaced.  This is primarily a health issue and then second, an education issue.  Insurance companies DO YOUR JOB.  And the government needs to build, staff, train and supply schools to deal with kids like this.  [/quote]

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