What If It Happens in My Classroom? by Sida-Nicholls Kate;

Author:Sida-Nicholls, Kate; [Kate Sida-Nicholls]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1024635
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

3 Carry on with your teaching and wait for the student to return – you may not wish to leave this for longer than ten minutes before you inform another member of staff. However, if the student returns and attracts attention to themselves, which they inevitably will, you can say something along the lines of ‘Thank you [name of student] for returning to my lesson. I am pleased that you have managed to fit us in with your other pressing appointments. By my calculation, you have wasted fifteen minutes of my lesson so you will therefore make that time up at the end of my lesson/detention etc.’ Break eye contact with the student and indicate that they should return to a new seat in the classroom.

You may have decided to move student A’s books etc. to a new place in the classroom during their ten-minute absence in order to minimise disruption upon their return. Carry on working with other students and then after about five minutes go and talk to student A while the rest of the class is at work. Take this opportunity to tell student A that their behaviour has been inappropriate and that you will have to refer it to another member of staff. Keep your tone calm and measured and try not to engage with their excuses. Keep your responses short and factual. Explain that you had sent the student out of the classroom because they had done ‘x’ and during this time the student had disappeared without asking permission. This is breaking the school rules and therefore action needs to be taken.

However, keep your tone positive and explain that the sanctions are likely to be less if the student cooperates for the rest of your lesson. Try and include them in the lesson by explaining the work etc. and using praise sparingly if you think it is appropriate. If the student does not respond positively and continues to be disruptive, tell them to leave the classroom and escort them to another room immediately. Again, try to avoid seeing the student at the end of the lesson without a senior member of staff who can help you resolve the situation and impose some sanctions on this student’s behaviour.

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