Out of Control Class - How TEACHERS should deal with OUT OF CONTROL classes

Hi, I made another video that might work better with younger learners. I hope it helps! https://youtu.be/51FyDOZVeVU

"Grab the class by the throat... figuratively" Thanks for the clarification. I have been tempted to do that literally once or twice.

I am so miserable and I have seriously thought about quitting my job. It's awful. I truly hope I can get a grip on things.

“Save the children from themselves.” So true. They need structure and discipline, but they don’t know that. As adults, we know and must work to give it

I only have one class that was out of control. I showed up in camo with a whistle and drill sergeant hat for two days. I went over the written rules one by one in a stern voice. I love wearing dresses, but stopped wearing them. I went to jeans and plaid, with boots. Things are turning around quickly and I am so happy.

Thank you for this video. My issue is always that I'm too tolerant of disrespect. I constantly question myself about whether to dish out a consequence. This is my first year teaching Jr. High. Students can be mean, but you're right. I'm the adult and this is my classroom. I'm going to watch this video 30 more times.

Last year I had a big issue with classroom management, it was my first year teaching. But thanks to your precious advice I have organized everything, I Know exactly how I am going to proceed throughout this school year! I am going back to school next Tuesday Thank you Eric!

Thank you for laying it out so clearly. It’s the thing that is missing most in teacher education, and for a pushover, like me, it is essential to not quit this profession.

In my experience the best way to settle class down was removing one or two students. Then the magic happens. I think the reason of their misbehaviour is family problems and lack of time spent with parents.

Very accurate ! I just finished my first year and I had the same issues in some of my classes, but without knowing it, I applied some of these techniques, and they really work! It's tough, some of the kids will hate you but at the end, they became well-behaved and more respectful in class. They knew what to do and not do. They need rules as much as you do.

❤❤❤❤ I'd never heard a teacher talking like that. Thanks! Greetings from Colombia

One suggestion I haven't seen yet is to separate the talker(s) from their friends. Swap them with another child well away from their usual desk, or just send them to an empty desk if there is one available.. They hate it but you'll end up with a quieter class when the other kids see that you'll follow through.

Just took a mid year position in a fairly inner city school. I attempted to have my students line up and enter the class and go out again when they were too load. Multiple students sat in their seats and refused to go out and those that did banged on the other teachers windows in the hall, proceeded to chant "f ,,Mr.Ryder", and others ran away from the classroom/ flipped a couple desks on the way out. I had to call campus supervises to take multiple students to in school suspension. Yeah, rough road ahead of me....

I agree with what you said 100%. Also this same method and attitude needs to be used when dealing with parents. The parents today allow their children to get away with too much. This is why I would never teach in a public school. It has to start in the home in order for their children to respect the teacher. Your methods do work but the parents of these difficult children have to be handled in the same way. No more teacher intimidation is to be tolerated from parents. Most of my students parents have their act together, but there are a few who really should have never had children and quite frankly are you useless in a productive society.

I teach preschool and lately my classroom is out of control and I am stressed, and losing patience. I hate this feeling. I feel like I don't want to teach anymore. I love my students and when I think about it, I can't see myself doing anything else. I am at a loss and feel like a failure😢

I am a special education teacher. I have worked a with every grade from pre-k to the first year of college. I currently work as a SETSS provider in elementary school. There are two ways to be an effective teacher. The students need to believe that you care about their life and that they can trust you. I also use guided meditation and yoga breathing with them. I taught in a gang school where every student had a gun or a knife. I wrote a book to use with meditation. “Meditation For People Who Can’t Meditate.”

This is excellent advice, one of your best videos I think! I'll recommend this to my teachers. Great job!

Thanks for this Eric! It has given me a good framework to follow to help me regain the confidence and control I felt I originally showed. I need to better guide my classroom, which has gone haywire after a couple of weeks of teaching them. It's time to move them in a positive direction and relieve some of the stress and self-doubt that has started to surface inside me. Very much appreciated!

I don't understand why some students act out and students behave. Shouldn't we have the misbehaving students drop out of school and unable to find well-paid careers they end up being too poor to marry and have kids, thus dropping out of the gene pool? Leaving a society of smart well-behaved people.

I told to those kids do misbehaving in my class to get out and then their parents called and complained about it and said this was child abuse. I'm working in Korea and unfortunately, they do whatever they want.