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[quote=Anonymous]This is not normal behavior and the sooner you treat it as such the better off you--and everyone else including the kid--are.  Self-advocate in formal ways even if it's not the culture within your school.  Email your school leader describing the situation, say you find the child's physical aggression towards you unacceptable and ask what they are going to do about it.  If they come by to talk to you about it and you agree with their suggestions, write them an email that says, "Thanks for coming by and letting me know that x, y and z are going to be done to address my concerns.  Let me know if I am missing anything in the plan."  Basically create a paper trail for every conversation.  This lets them know you are not their doormat.  If x, y and z don't happen or don't work, write a reminder asking for the timeline or alternate plan.  The school leader may be a jerk who puts everything on the teachers or they may be a good person who has learned to put in a stalling process on which problems truly need their involvement.  Either way, you don't want them to think you'll just somehow manage it on your own or deal with it etc.  The sooner you do this, the less you'll be put upon year after year.  If you model it for your peers it will change the culture.   If this then makes the job untenable at the school leader level, they will push the issues further up.  Teachers have more power than ever to make change because every single one is needed.  This isn't selfish--this is what will make schools more functional for learning.[/quote]

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