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  Case: Bathroom Chaos
In our school, we have one hallway for pre-k, k, and first grade. With all of the classrooms (15) we only have one bathroom for our boys and girls. Each bathroom has four stalls, but it is so chaotic when we take bathroom breaks. I am starting to have issues with my kids misbehaving because of all the overcrowding and craziness in the bathrooms. I teach kindergarten and can't always go with every student to the restroom because I am in the classroom with the rest of my students. I need some advice on how to monitor behavior and keep my students from making poor choices when going to the restroom independently.
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
We have bathroom trouble as well, mainly because we just do not have enough bathrooms in our school. One thing we have done is to pair up. One teacher takes the boys and the other takes the girls. It is time efficient and the monitoring one at a time seems to help, especially if a male teacher can do the boys for the older students.
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: If I were in this situation, I would not use this solution. This solution gets cumbersome when students become bored waiting for the whole class to finish using the bathroom.
Rated On: October 17, 2015 2:58 am
Rated By: geSuNy
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: I think that this solution would not necessarily solve this problem.
Rated On: October 17, 2015 8:38 pm
Rated By: ezuXuD
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: This would be helpful, however, if there are two female teachers or two male teachers, one bathroom will not have a teacher inside monitoring.
Rated On: October 18, 2015 4:46 am
Rated By: Miranda Kuhn
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No
The suggested solution is relevant to the case No
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No
The suggested solution is original No
Comments: The main issue with this, is that it takes two teachers out of the classroom. This is okay for like PE, but probably not the most effective solution in the regular classroom.
Rated On: October 18, 2015 3:26 pm
Rated By: eVaVeH
 
     
     
  Rating
The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes
The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes
The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes
The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes
The suggested solution is original Yes
Comments: This solution cuts down on time, as opposed to taking the class to the restroom as a whole and it also allows the teacher to monitor student behavior
Rated On: October 18, 2015 10:15 pm
Rated By: eXyzyS