Teachers Day 2018- 5 Tips For Teachers To Deal With Disruptive Class

We would like to share these important techniques with others, such as new teachers, veteran teachers, or anyone who deals with disruptive teens. Exercising good management strategies can be the difference between having a great year or a miserable year with your students or teens.

* Have a sense of humor

In the classroom, you have to have a sense of humor. If you do not, the kids will not like you and you will not like the kids because there will be a disconnect. Using a sense of humor with high schoolers is the best way to disarm a bad situation. You also have to be careful with your sense of humor. If you carry it too far and students do not understand their limits, you could have a potential rowdy class who thinks you are a clown who can be a push over. Dispel this notion by constantly giving the kids guidelines. Once they have the guidelines for classroom behavior, they will “get” your sense of humor.

* Never raise your voice

A disruptive class is just waiting for you to raise your voice or yell at them. They love it. It gives them a chance to raise their voice and argue back. They love retelling stories about the teachers who "lost it." They love knowing they were the ones who caused it. Be careful that you don't show up in their Twitter feeds. Do not give them the pleasure. Calm, cool, and collected is the key.

* The silent stare

When my classes are talking too much or out of their seats, I stand in front of the class and simple stare at the class. One of the students gets the hint. Then I hear, “Shhh, shhh, shhh!” all over the room. I act like I did not even recognize the loudness in the room, and I start or resume.

* Learn their names

I have to admit, learning their names is the hardest part for me. I start looking at rosters over the summer.

If you have a troublemaker in class, you want to be able to call that student by name on the first day of school. Unfortunately, the ones who want to cause problems are the ones easiest to remember.

* Send the first disrupter to the hall and the second to the office

In the beginning of the year, you must set the tone. If they are going to make trouble in my class, I give the first warning, “The first one goes to the hall and the second one goes to the office.” There are usually at least two pushing the buttons - many times together. You must follow through with the threat so they know you mean business. When you show them in the beginning of the year that your objective is to teach them and not babysit them, they get the message quick.