1. A student speaks to a classmate while you are trying to give instructions to the class.
1.1. Send student to principal.
1.1.1. Try again. Immediately sending a disruptive student to the principal can cause the student to shut down and works against your building rapport with them.
1.2. Enact your classroom management policy and let student know they have a warning.
1.2.1. Great choice! This gives the student the opportunity to correct their behavior on your terms.
1.2.1.1. You go back to explaining the project, but the student again speaks to a classmate, disrupting the class.
1.2.1.1.1. Send student to principal.
1.2.1.1.2. Enact your classroom management policy give them a second warning and casually move their seat.
2. A student who is regularly disruptive yells something across the room while you are trying to give instructions to the class.
2.1. Send student to principal.
2.1.1. Try again. Even if the student is regularly disruptive, there is still a chance to build rapport here. Sending the student to the principal immediately can cause the student to shut down and/or lash out more.
2.2. Ask disruptive student to step in the hall and redirect the class.
2.2.1. Great choice! Your classroom management policy should include provisions for regularly disruptive students. Removing a regularly disruptive student from the classroom also eliminates any peer pressure for them to act out and allows you to get the rest of the class quickly back on track.
2.2.1.1. Your class is working so you step in the hall with the disruptive student. What next?
2.2.1.1.1. Reprimand student for their misbehavior.
2.2.1.1.2. Take a softer approach and inquire what happened to make them act out.
2.3. Handle the situation inside of the classroom.
2.3.1. Try again. Handling the issue in the classroom with the other students watching can make them lash out either from embarrassment or peer pressure to act out.
3. A student has a violent outburst, screams obscenities or becomes belligerent.
3.1. Send the student to the principal.
3.1.1. Great choice! In an extreme situation, the only goal is to keep the rest of your class safe. Depending on the severity of the situation, you may need to call the principal to come get the student or enact your building policies for such an incident.
3.2. Enact your classroom management policy and try to handle the situation yourself.
3.2.1. Try again. In extreme situations there might be more at play than you realize. Your only goal in an extreme situation is to keep the rest of your class safe. This student needs to be removed from the room.
3.3. Ask disruptive student to step in the hall and redirect the class.
3.3.1. Maybe. Depending on the severity of the situation, this might work. Ultimately, however, the principal needs to be involved.