“I’m never going to use this, so I’m not doing it.” Some form of this comment is spoken in my high school classroom at least once a year, and for me as a teacher, dealing with this kind of difficult behavior is, well, difficult.
Building relationships in your classroom is a must. Not only your relationships with students, but their relationships with each other. If your students respect and care for each other, they will step in to help a peer before it gets to a point where you need to get involved.
But let’s say you’ve done all the things that educators are told to do. What do you do when you’re faced with a challenging behavior that is not necessarily a referral, but still disruptive? Here’s a list of dos and don’ts for teachers who find themselves dealing with these situations.