NWR: question for HS teachers...or any teacher for that matter

ddnsp618 Posted: Oct 29, 2008 09:53 PM

NWR: question for HS teachers...or any teacher for that matter

I was wondering how you handle behavioral issues, like talking, not paying attention, calling out....i just started with 11th graders and they were a nightmare today...i was wondering if anyone had any tricks or tips...TIA

mdawg Posted: Oct 29, 2008 09:56 PM

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my system probably wont work with 11th graders, but i teach third grade.

when they talk out of turn or misbehave, they lose tickets. I'm pretty sure 11th graders couldnt give less of a **** about tickets, but its a behavior modification tool that i'd be lost without as an elementary teacher.

galgirl Posted: Oct 29, 2008 09:57 PM

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I teach 7/8 now but I taught 9th previously..I try to use peer pressure a lot. If I just stop my lesson and look at them, the classmates usually get them to stop. It gets annoying to them when I just stop and wait. Or I'll shamlessly reward them with free time and candy haha.

ddnsp618 Posted: Oct 29, 2008 09:57 PM

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Posted by mdawg

my system probably wont work with 11th graders, but i teach third grade.

when they talk out of turn or misbehave, they lose tickets. I'm pretty sure 11th graders couldnt give less of a **** about tickets, but its a behavior modification tool that i'd be lost without as an elementary teacher.

someone mentioned tix in a high school, but they had sp ed...i dont think it would work with the little b i t c h who was like ::points at me:: who's that?

galgirl Posted: Oct 29, 2008 09:58 PM

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Also I try to grab them one by one and tell them how I am disappointed in their behavior

JoesFutureWife Posted: Oct 29, 2008 10:00 PM

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I teach secondary English and i started out the year really tough. Not taking any crap. I laid out a groundwork for them saying this is what i expect of you and if you do not meet my expectations, here are the consequences. I am lightening up a bit but my 3rd period class tends to be chatty (75 % boys to 25% girls and everyone has his or her friend in the class. If they are chatty i simply tell them they are being rude and they stop. I also make sure my lessons will take us from bell to bell and even beyond. HTH if there is anything else i can help you with, fm me!

Mich2585 Posted: Oct 29, 2008 10:02 PM

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im a first year teacher and i am told that i look like im 14 years old soooo i understand how you feel haha i teach 9th and 10th graders and they just wont SHUT UP! soooo if they are really crazy i call home, i talk to some of their coaches, once i kept my 9th period class after class for 5 minutes and made them sit in silence, i have given school detentions, and last friday i actually stayed (because i had work to do) and gave my own detention with a few kids that are ALWAYS talking (this is after i had already spoken to their parents) anddd i told them that if they were not quite for the full 40 minutes of detention we would stay an extra minute for every minute they talked in detention ... and they were quite!!! andddd this one girl that was my biggest problem is now very very quite (i also moved her seat to the very back of the room away from everyone and every thing haha) buttt hey you do what you have to do! but i think its a work in progress... my 9th graders are still nuts but i just sit there and wait until they are quite ... there is no use screaming soo i just wait until they see that im getting pissed off and then they quite down ... sooo i dont know if that helped! i hope sooo

Mrs B to Be Posted: Oct 29, 2008 10:03 PM

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i play the obnoxious 'thats ok we'll all wait for sally and sandy to stop talking'

or 'i have nowhere to go, we can stay after the bell to finish the lesson'

or I write HW on the board, and the longer they talk the more questions I add that they have to do......they stop pretty quickly

their testing you....be an uber-bit ch and they'll settle down

MrsL2010 Posted: Oct 29, 2008 10:21 PM

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Posted by mdawg

my system probably wont work with 11th graders, but i teach third grade.

when they talk out of turn or misbehave, they lose tickets. I'm pretty sure 11th graders couldnt give less of a **** about tickets, but its a behavior modification tool that i'd be lost without as an elementary teacher.

i teach 2nd grade and i use that too. i don't know what i would do without the tickets

xosweetiexo Posted: Oct 29, 2008 10:58 PM

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Posted by Mrs B to Be

i play the obnoxious 'thats ok we'll all wait for sally and sandy to stop talking'

or 'i have nowhere to go, we can stay after the bell to finish the lesson'

or I write HW on the board, and the longer they talk the more questions I add that they have to do......they stop pretty quickly

their testing you....be an uber-bit ch and they'll settle down

LOL!!! I also do the same thing!! Sometimes I think I'm too nasty, but you have to be- b/c they know I mean what I say when I say it. You have to be consistent!!! Can you do lunch detentions?? I know it'll stink- but once they know you arent playing around and you are sticking to your guns... they'll stop testing you prob. around the 2nd time they have detention lol.... it works!

beram63 Posted: Oct 30, 2008 05:04 AM

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never underestimate the power of a phone call home. it's good practice anyway. if behavior is to the point where you can call it chronic, then i'd write them up. i generally (and did when i taught HS) hold my own detention during lunch or before school. i make the kid go get their lunch and then come sit in my classroom while i teach other classes. i give punitive assignments when classes as a whole don't fall in line. if i have something fun planned and they show me they can't handle it, i tell them what we were going to do, and then i give them the most boring assignment ever created; not that this would be good if you did it over and over, but a nice streak of this is usually effective in getting the kids to police each other.

lastly, i'm a big believer that HS more than any other level hinges on rapport. they have to WANT to behave for you, so find small ways to make connections with kids on an individual basis--particularly 'ringleaders'--and that should help.