Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Class Ringleader Most times you have leaders of groups within a class or perhaps a child who is more talkative than the others and the class clown if you will. In one of my classes, however, I have a boy who seemingly controls the whole class. If he doesn't approve of the assignment then the entire class dismisses it as well. Is there a way to deal with this behavior privately within the classroom or directly with the boy without taking the situation to the administration? What would you do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) In my classroom management course, I was told to always give the consequences to the ringleader of the group first, always. Make them visible to the others so that the followers will not want to repeat the behavior because then they will end up like the ringleader.                 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: I do not think this always works because, sometimes we already have a troublemaker in mind and we assume that is his/her fault all the time. When, in some cases, this may not be it. I am not saying that it works sometimes just not all the time. I used to be that kid, and sometimes I got in trouble for not doing anything just by being there, and the teacher assuming it was me. Rated On: October 7, 2023 6:47 pm Rated By: paTedu