Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: No classroom management I am currently in an internship in a second grade class. The teacher does not have any classroom management plans set in place. There are five students that disrupt the class daily. One student throws his chair, desk, and taunts the teacher along with other students. The other four students taunt each other about being "tough guys" and nearly get into fist fights daily. The teacher's reaction to all of these events is to ignore them. She acts as if she doesn't hear or see what is going on. The teacher ignores the situations until they get to the point that chairs are flying and the students are yelling. When things get to this point, she calls administrators. The calls to administrators are almost a daily occurrence too. When I am in the room I try to correct minor behaviors before they escalate, but I do not have the support from their teacher, so what can I do differently? The situations are making every day I go to the school miserable and I know the other students are miserable too. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Unfortunately, as the intern in the classroom, it is a tough position that you are in. However, if you have the support from your college and supervisor, you may be able to circumvent the CT's reactions by trying to nip this issues in the behind, just as they start to begin (at least on the days that you are there). Since you have already identified the few that are making the class difficult, I would start with the ring leader and if possible, make the consequences significant when they act out. However, I understand that your hands are often ties when it is not your class. Due to that, maybe you can talk to your CT and say that based on something you learned in one of your courses - you discovered that it is better to deal with such behaviors, instead of ignoring them till it is time to call administration. Yet, know that if you are frustrated with how things are going, administration is too and while it is not a great situation, it is still a learning situation for you on how not to manage your own classroom in the future. Hang in there!