Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Playground duty At your school, teachers must rotate once every other week with playground duty, which involves being out on the playground during lunch time and helping to monitor the activities of students on the playground. One day on your shift right before the bell is to ring to signal the end of lunch recess, a student from your class comes up to and tells you that Jon ( another student from your class) is standing over in the corner and has been throwing rocks, at both the building and in the general direction of other students. As you walk over to where Jon is you, you see that he now has a big rock his hand. You first ask Jon to put down the rock and he refuses to comply – stating "you can't make me." What is next? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) First I would ask Jon why he does not want to put the rock down. This will allow me to understand what he is thinking and try and reason with him. The next step I would take is to make sure that all the kids are out reach from the rock so no one gets injured. If I can not get Jon to put the rock down I would have to ask for a higher authority, or another teacher to help.                 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: I agree with this solution but I think you need to make sure other students are not in harm's way first then ask Jon why he doesn't want to put the rock down. Also, I'd advise him of the consequences - detention, etc. Rated On: March 5, 2017 4:36 pm Rated By: ysyver                 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: I like that first question. "Why wont you put it down?" it gives some illusion of power to the kid, so they don't think you are trying to tell them what to do. Rated On: October 16, 2020 4:43 am Rated By: yzeDuh