Stay cool, keep control, there's no magic solution, I think you must combine different strategies, surprised them, do unexpected things. One thing it works for me, I do when it's a rainy or windy day and kids have are out of control, yelling, running around... I start having a conversation with the blackboard, or a table, a chair. Then you wait for the click, for that student that spots what's going on and says to another one, is he talking to the blackboard ? And then, in few seconds all pupils are looking at you and listening to the conversation, then I finish with the board, saying , thanks for listening to me, nice chat, take care, and I get back with the students. Real story, it works for me !
That's a great tip Al! I do something similar sometimes where I would start chatting to the students closest to me about anything interesting. The rest of the class usually quiets down to listen in. 😄
@@etacude what can I do if they talking when I'm writing lesson to the board when ever I look them back immediately they becoming quite I can't notice who was he
Students gauge their temperament based on a teacher's mood. Students already have stress in their own lives. Staying even tempered is key. Great tips! 😊🍎
I turn off a light usually during group activities. But, I also refuse to raise my voice with students. I find that turning off a light is effective during group speaking games, because the noise level is loud and their attention is on each other. Students usually quiet down in a few seconds and then I make my announcement. I think there are 3 reasons it works. First, it works because that is an expectation that they have when they do group activities. Second, it works because I'm not doing it out of frustration or anger. It is the plan. Lastly, I don't raise my voice, I don't speak when students are speaking. My students know that to hear me they need to quiet down.
Excellent point Julie. Switching off the light is a tool but not done out of spite. You stay in control and get the students' attention. Thank you for sharing!!
I have noticed that the silence treatment works with teenagers and raising your voice works better with very young learners. I send students out in isolation with a worksheet so they cannot play or talk with their classmates but they still have to do the work. I warn them that is going to happen though.
I am also an English teacher who is strugglling with a few of the classroom with management. There are always students who has been sent there by force and not willing to participate. They are not listening whatever I do. I will use your techniques and write down the results. Thanks 😁
I literally did 4 mistakes of these hhhh except running for help.. I teach English language as a third language..following your advice I 'm not shouting any more.. When i' m in class and i see them misbehaving.. I keep telling myself 'it' s not personal''this is their bad behaviour not them'' but I still can't calm them down..help please!
But my situation.i really went to help.because its my first time of teaching and for 18-20 years age people.😢😢.they were not listening to me.i am not yelling at them even though.but i feel like yelling is the best option.almost all the teachers who are working with me have a strict attitude towards students.i feel like i have to be like that.
I've observed a lot of teachers and I've seen a variety in action. I've noticed teachers who are overly strict, uptight, or otherwise yell the most are the ones who have the worst-behaved classes. Especially when the students learn the teacher is all bark and no bite. Kids will see through that in a heartbeat.
Kids do have a 6th sense about sniffing out teacher who might be faking it. Being in control and offering a valuable learning experience is important, but it shouldn't be interpreted as being overly strict for no reason. On the other hand it's also necessary to set firm boundaries with students.
My pupils are always noisy whenever they finished copying a note on the board. And the noise always disturbed other classes, which make the management of the school to start complaining. Please What should I do about it?
Thank you so much Eric sir 🙏🙏 for making video on ''Teacher Mistakes" your advice is really helpful to all the teachers like me how resently start teaching.
Oh my goodness! I wish I had watched this video before the start of this academic year. I watched the other video too. These are fabulous ideas. Words of wisdom. The last point in this video..... I just did it...the past week! I don't know how to revert! I knew he didn't deserve to hold a position but yes..like you said... I didn't want trouble in the class. What am I to do now?
Thank you so much for sharing this Sir Eric! It relates to situations we pass through daily in class,when my class gets legit noisy, I always use the counting technique 🙃 saying the numbers from 1 to 5 ,somehow it works everytime, and I don't end up shouting, watching all your videos are such a major help Eric, really appreciate them! God bless you Amen.
Thank you so much for the kind comment, Sarah. I really made this channel just to share ideas so hopefully I can continue to improve and add more in the future. For now I hope all you classes go perfectly so you can enjoy teaching as it is meant to be. 🥰
Honestly I don't get much time to see all of them at once as teachers here have to attend physical school and do online both the same day,but your videos have been a true inspiration for me 🙏🙏💕💕everytime ,in so many ways! Teaching has become my passion too and with such amazing people like you out there,it makes it more incredible ❤ Thank you so much for your support always!
Thanks soo much Sir Eric for sharing this precious advice. It relates to situations which happened with me before because I've shortage of experience and am fresh graduate either !
You are helping us so much thank you a lot for your advice! My first day of teaching kids younger than 9 years old was such a disaster i had totally lost the control .They were fighting, shouting and one of them was denying for fun anything I was trying to say or others were standing up to go out of the class. Also, there was a girl who couldn't stand that mess that she was trying to help me to take back the control of the class by saying to me which kids were noisy and by giving me the bottle of water which belonged to another girl that was making noise with it . Instead of doing these tricks I was trying all the time to separate the kids who were fighting for fun each other and to raise my voice but the situation was a mess and I remember I was ready many times to cry and I believe that kids, when they were looking at me that day, they were thinking " such a desperate teacher who cant control her own class".
I am same as you it really hard with young learner, my Ss make fun of me and smile in the class, when I asked one Ss where is your book? she says, " at home""???? I wonder why she says it with smile as if she disrespects me, then I asked for help because this Ss not respect me I fall in their trap :( so I did not know I should not ask for help I should manage the class by my self (Thank you for this video it really help
Great video, I'm wondering how you learned the things that work? It took me a long time if trial and error and I still don't know everything after 15 years. I didn't study pedagogy.
Hi! Thank you for the question. Even though I studied education, there is so much I still don't know. I just make these videos because no one else is. So I'm happy if it helps even a tiny bit. 😊
I'm a new teacher and sometimes i lose control and i shout and i lose my power ... but i love teaching ... thanks for the good advices... any advice for new teacher?
Even you loose your power inside show your learners that you are strong and can control them.sometimes avoid their silly actions and do not pay attention to not enter in struggles with them
I've done all of them !!! I'm curious, I'm currently teaching kids that live outside of the traditional western education means so therefore are accustomed to freedom of choice and that's how they've lived their whole lives. I assume all classroom management tools are the same. But do you have any other tips?
Thanks a lot Mr .i always watching ur videos , i learned many things from u because i am teacher and it is my first year teaching .i have 5 class from different grade one of my grade they are very noisy and they are always moving from their place , some time when i am teaching suddenly i see one of my students are standing with me . Actually i don’t know what should i do 🤷♀️
Thanks mr i always watching ur video and i learned many things from u buz iam teacher and it is my first year teaching . I have 5 class from different grade but one of my grade they are very noisy and they are always moving from their place , some times when i am teaching suddenly i see one of my student is standing with me , actually i don’t know what should i do with them 🤷♀️
Very interesting video as usual .I believe that when the kids are busy and enjoy what they are doing and worried about your feelings this will help managing them .I have a question I usually use a bell 🔔 because I teach kindergarten. I Tought them when they listen to bell they have to go back to their seats .you mentioned that it's a mistake. How we can drow their attention if we don't use whistle or bell. Thanks
Hi Danieh! I will make another video soon on how to get the attention of the class. But here is another video I did with some ideas: ruclips.net/video/51FyDOZVeVU/видео.html
We use our voices so very much and I've been working to speak less. I have Pavlov style taught my students to stop and look at me with the bell sound 🛎 one tap and most stop. The other students start to notice the level has lowered in the room. If not another tap 🛎 and PROXIMITY IS KEY so I move closer to students still talking. I also may use call and response. The bell is no gimmick to me. This video insulted a couple of my very successful ways to gain and keep attention from the class. But there were good points as well.
I feel bad hearing these things, one mistakes i keep on doing was shouting on my pupils, w/c i think is not a good practice.. thank you for these po.. I'll try to impose it in my classroom insha allah!
Shout works! it has , there is a year 9, a nightmare for the whole school, bit we have cameras installed, and if they continue parent meeting is called , and they are told so. suspension works. their behaviour is improved by 50%. now, i dont need to shout anymore , there are other things such as trouble makers not sitting next to each other. and a fixed arrangement. Mind you this class was something out of a horror book, abd caused many teachers to leave.
Great advice, thank you. But sometimes there's one or two students who are forced to study English, for example, by their parents (I'm not talking about school classes, but supplementary courses) and nothing can interest them- I provide them with games, songs, crosswords, fun pair and group activities and they can still remain uninterested and distracted. What can we do to raise the effectiveness of work with such students?
How can you teach somebody who isn't there of their own free will, and just doesn't want to know? After you've tried everything, try something different. Get them to 'bring and show' their favourite object from home (as long as it's not a pet) and tell you about it. Ask their favourite song in English and go through and explain the lyrics. Find out from their parent what their favourite pastimes and interests are (the child won't always tell you) and base a lesson around that subject.
The best teacher I had was MrsLove in high school. She didnt have desks - she had couches. She was high school English. She could walk around and ask if we did our homework and ppl would literally say "I did 75%." I remember her coming up to me in the gym and asking why my grades were slipping to a B.
Yes, not a good idea to let them boss other kids around. I believe you can fix it. It might be difficult, but you have to regain control over your class.
I keep telling myself that I won't shout no matter what, but once I am in the class with 22 kids , kept in a classroom from 9 to 4:40, moving around, shouting, going about their business, not doing the activity, I lose my temper and I start shouting literally on top of my lungs. I have tried it all, I have gone through rules and procedures, we have modelled it multiple times we have talked about right choices. The 123 eyes on me hocus pocus everybody focus ears engaged mouth locked... transition songs .... All this work only for few seconds and then they go back to making noise ; not finishing up work and running in the classroom. This is my first year as a first grade teacher and I am about to resign just because I can't manage the class and I have stopped liking going to work, I even started hating it. I have lost the battle.
Imane, I'm so sorry that you're going through such a difficult time. Myself and thousands of other teachers know exactly what you are going through. With very little support and resources you've been placed in charge of difficult students. We've all been in that situation where you are trying to teach a class that is out of control. ~ There is no discipline and the students are running wild. You have tried everything but it feels like a temporary bandaid, making you dread going to school each day. The truth is that you need more experience dealing with kids and that this group is out of control. You are hoping to restart with a better group students cause these are far too gone. I understand if you want to quit. Perhaps don't quit teaching, but find a better school where discipline is better and you receive the support you need. Try not to quite teaching as a whole if that is what you made your mind up to do. However, if you want to persevere and push through I can give some advice bit know that it will be tough. Soon I will start creating a Classroom Management Course to help teachers around the world, because I see a need for it. But I'll need time to complete it. In the mean time, if you want to improve and continue, you'll need to prepare for a difficult, but character-building experience. You need a "hard-reset". A new you has to come in the class. This week you need to write an action plan. Write down the problems you have as well as procedures the kids need to follow step by step. If they don't follow the rules, what punishments will you use. Write all of these down and make a classroom management plan. You say you have one already, fine tune it to work. Make sure to write down the setup and sequencing of your class ~ What activities and games can they expect and what behavior do you want to see. Write this action plan down, then share it with colleagues and your head teacher. Ask them what they think. Then, send these rules home to the parents. When the kids come to class, go through it with them and explain it tjoroughly. The parents should sign off on it. From now on you will strictly enforce the rules. I hope this helps. There is much I want to say but it's too much to type. God bless and good luck!
@@etacude Hello Eric, thanks for trying to help. I have about 7 years of experience as a French teacher in high school , this is the first time I teach Primary and that, to kids who do not understand the language of instruction. I was silly thinking that primary would be way easier to teach and that it would require less amount of work! I appreciate the idea of engaging the parents to re explain the classroom rules again at home. It might work!! The only issue is again the language of instruction that the parents don't speak. If it does work , I will let you know ☺️
@@etacude Hi Eric! Have you already created this Classroom Management Course that you are talking about here? I'd be very interested! Thanks and all the best!!💜
great stuff! But what is your advice if you have a class of kids of various ages (5-9) in which a few have either learning differences like dyslexia and so can get very frustrated or ADHD which again can affect them in many different ways. I have tried to separate them by age at least, the school won't agree to it. So with the ADHD ones I find that the only thing that does work on their bad days when they absolutely cannot focus or be still is to get them to help me, hand out papers, pencils, wipe the board, etc....I do my best to adapt to every different need they have but it can be extremely difficult sometimes and even more difficult to use a classroom management technique that works for all of them. Any thoughts are highly appreciated! All the best from France!
I also according to this video, "give away my power" to "troublemaker" students by allowing them to do jobs. The thing that's different is it has worked much more than 1 or 2 times, and if the other kids resent me... They have yet to show it. When kids have disability, trauma or terrible parenting at home, it can cause them to act as "trouble makers" so I try to take that into consideration when giving them more choice and control over their life. I also teach STEM to each class in the school k-5 so I have the luxury of being able to allow this perhaps due to seeing each class only 50 minutes a week.
@@etacude it doesn't have to be a lot not a teacher just about 2 only when you find it just put the name of the book I search for and look for and then read thank you :)
With our kindergarten class (3-4-5 year olds) here in Italy we use "the church bell game" One donggggg, two donggggg, three dong... etc etc until you don't reach 12. Finger on mouth to simulate shhhhh and the "dong" sound simulating the bell is deep and slow
Ergonomics are a big issue for me so I'm already behind the eight ball i.e. kindy desks for teenagers PLUS hassles with getting class resources e.g. printing, as well as extremes in English language competencies, raging hormones, mid-late afternoon classes = lagging energies, students who just don't even want to be there with an "I don't need to learn English anyway" attitude, all of which is a recipe for rowdy-heads. I'm assertive, don't shout as I use a mouth speaker, and I send students outside without hesitation as I won't engage in their shenanigans since there's 25 students that are patiently waiting for their studies. I often call in the specially dedicated 'go to man' to take over unruly students in their language! Turns out those same students are perennial squawkers and disruptors in all other classes. It only takes a few bad eggs to spoil it for the rest.
Sir, today I made a mistake in copy correction. I teach maths. There was a division sum the answer should be 603 as quotient but the child has written 63 and missed 0 . It was my mistake I saw the statement for that word problem and sent a correction mark ✔️✔️ and the parent called me and scolded me for that mistake and told me that he should complain to my principal about this. I apologized sincerely for my mistake and he said it's fine. But I am feeling extremely guilty and scared about this. I am in my first year of teaching. Please sir suggest me what I can do about this...
Dear Hayley, Mistakes happen, we are human. I don't care about the parent - they must be a very sour human being if they cannot forgive a teacher who made a small mistake. You apologized sincerely ~ That is all you can do... nothing more. Worrying about it won't do any good. Let it go. If I can teach you one thing that all my experience has taught me... is that life goes on. Whether you worry or not. Free yourself from worry, focus on your job and enjoy the work you do and students under your care. Enjoy life, forgive yourself and be strong.There will always be negative parents, but only one you. ❤
@@etacude Thank you so much Sir, I suffer from a condition called overthinking disorder and sir literally I cried in relief rearing your comment. Thank you so much Sir.
It would be but unfortunately kids aren't fully developed humans like adults, we as teachers have to instruct them and use different classroom management techniques.
I have been working as a substitute teacher. At our school, we make them walk at recess or eat lunch alone, but some of them simply do not care. They will try to start fights in class with other students.
I'm substituting classes from the second grade until the ninth grade. It's difficult for me to keep the class quiet and I lose my voice at the end of the day. Staying silent and waiting until the class is quiet doesn't help because they think they're allowed to keep talking. Help! Thank you!
Sorry you're going through such a tough time, Anna. I think you need some way to get them quiet as soon as you, or they enter the class. Worst case scenario, write on the board "You are being recorded for quality purposes." Also, I made a video with tips for substitutes. I hope it has some ideas: ruclips.net/video/yIZSvthEAh8/видео.html
ive had this experience.... the TAs wont quiet the noisy kindies and they wanted me to yell at the kids. but still i didnt and have never done the yelling. hahah
Watch this video on 10 Sight Word Games for Young Learners! 😋
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😢😢 l used to shout at my students
Stay cool, keep control, there's no magic solution, I think you must combine different strategies, surprised them, do unexpected things. One thing it works for me, I do when it's a rainy or windy day and kids have are out of control, yelling, running around... I start having a conversation with the blackboard, or a table, a chair. Then you wait for the click, for that student that spots what's going on and says to another one, is he talking to the blackboard ? And then, in few seconds all pupils are looking at you and listening to the conversation, then I finish with the board, saying , thanks for listening to me, nice chat, take care, and I get back with the students. Real story, it works for me !
That's a great tip Al! I do something similar sometimes where I would start chatting to the students closest to me about anything interesting. The rest of the class usually quiets down to listen in. 😄
@@etacude That's also effective ! we need to be creative, at all times !
Oh I wanna see how one does it with my own eyes... that's interesting
@@etacude what can I do if they talking when I'm writing lesson to the board when ever I look them back immediately they becoming quite I can't notice who was he
@@etacude what of if you are an esl teacher and the kids don't even understand English
Every teacher should see this video. This is pure wisdom.
Students gauge their temperament based on a teacher's mood. Students already have stress in their own lives. Staying even tempered is key. Great tips! 😊🍎
Definitely true, learners want someone they can trust which means you can't be erratic in terms of classroom management and temperament. 😀
It's always easier said than done! Talking is cool huh!
I know what you mean. Every teacher goes through this. I hope some of this advice might work for someone but I know that it is never easy. 😓
It's easy to work not saying 🙂
You can attached with your students like our son
Most of the ideas are super helpful though. Thanks a bunch
Really helped me as a new teacher! THANKS SO MUCH!!
I turn off a light usually during group activities. But, I also refuse to raise my voice with students. I find that turning off a light is effective during group speaking games, because the noise level is loud and their attention is on each other. Students usually quiet down in a few seconds and then I make my announcement.
I think there are 3 reasons it works. First, it works because that is an expectation that they have when they do group activities. Second, it works because I'm not doing it out of frustration or anger. It is the plan. Lastly, I don't raise my voice, I don't speak when students are speaking. My students know that to hear me they need to quiet down.
Excellent point Julie. Switching off the light is a tool but not done out of spite. You stay in control and get the students' attention. Thank you for sharing!!
I have noticed that the silence treatment works with teenagers and raising your voice works better with very young learners. I send students out in isolation with a worksheet so they cannot play or talk with their classmates but they still have to do the work. I warn them that is going to happen though.
All these work when being done,, but unfortunately it takes experience to do it right.
Excellent tips; I especially like the emphasis on positivity.
Thank you for your kind comment, xL! 🙏
Iam Srilankan primary teacher . This video is very useful for us.
Welcome Panther!
I am also an English teacher who is strugglling with a few of the classroom with management. There are always students who has been sent there by force and not willing to participate. They are not listening whatever I do. I will use your techniques and write down the results. Thanks 😁
I'm sorry you're going through such a trying time. I hope some of the tips will help. Let us know how it goes! Good luck! 👍
Thank you very much, I'm a new teacher, and find a treasure here.
I literally did 4 mistakes of these hhhh except running for help.. I teach English language as a third language..following your advice I 'm not shouting any more.. When i' m in class and i see them misbehaving.. I keep telling myself 'it' s not personal''this is their bad behaviour not them'' but I still can't calm them down..help please!
But my situation.i really went to help.because its my first time of teaching and for 18-20 years age people.😢😢.they were not listening to me.i am not yelling at them even though.but i feel like yelling is the best option.almost all the teachers who are working with me have a strict attitude towards students.i feel like i have to be like that.
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Thabk you for your kind words. I really appreciate your support. Good luck with your classes, I know it will go great! 😊😃
I've observed a lot of teachers and I've seen a variety in action. I've noticed teachers who are overly strict, uptight, or otherwise yell the most are the ones who have the worst-behaved classes. Especially when the students learn the teacher is all bark and no bite. Kids will see through that in a heartbeat.
Kids do have a 6th sense about sniffing out teacher who might be faking it. Being in control and offering a valuable learning experience is important, but it shouldn't be interpreted as being overly strict for no reason. On the other hand it's also necessary to set firm boundaries with students.
My pupils are always noisy whenever they finished copying a note on the board. And the noise always disturbed other classes, which make the management of the school to start complaining. Please What should I do about it?
@@thekingscomedy2565 i had that question too. Feel like once I have their attention, I'm always fighting to keep them quiet.
Thank you so much Eric sir 🙏🙏 for making video on ''Teacher Mistakes" your advice is really helpful to all the teachers like me how resently start teaching.
I hope it helps! 🙏
Thank you for watching, Shubhangi!
Oh my goodness! I wish I had watched this video before the start of this academic year. I watched the other video too. These are fabulous ideas. Words of wisdom. The last point in this video..... I just did it...the past week! I don't know how to revert! I knew he didn't deserve to hold a position but yes..like you said... I didn't want trouble in the class. What am I to do now?
Thank you Birtha Jacob!
Think you sir for everything.
Thanks a lot for your useful information
Thank you so much for sharing this Sir Eric! It relates to situations we pass through daily in class,when my class gets legit noisy, I always use the counting technique 🙃 saying the numbers from 1 to 5 ,somehow it works everytime, and I don't end up shouting, watching all your videos are such a major help Eric, really appreciate them! God bless you Amen.
Thank you so much for the kind comment, Sarah. I really made this channel just to share ideas so hopefully I can continue to improve and add more in the future. For now I hope all you classes go perfectly so you can enjoy teaching as it is meant to be. 🥰
Honestly I don't get much time to see all of them at once as teachers here have to attend physical school and do online both the same day,but your videos have been a true inspiration for me 🙏🙏💕💕everytime ,in so many ways! Teaching has become my passion too and with such amazing people like you out there,it makes it more incredible ❤ Thank you so much for your support always!
Thanks soo much Sir Eric for sharing this precious advice.
It relates to situations which happened with me before because I've shortage of experience and am fresh graduate either !
Really happy if it helps! Thank you for watching, Norhan! 🙏
You are helping us so much thank you a lot for your advice! My first day of teaching kids younger than 9 years old was such a disaster i had totally lost the control .They were fighting, shouting and one of them was denying for fun anything I was trying to say
or others were standing up to go out of the class. Also, there was a girl who couldn't stand that mess that she was trying to help me to take back the control of the class by saying to me which kids were noisy and by giving me the bottle of water which belonged to another girl that was making noise with it . Instead of doing these tricks I was trying all the time to separate the kids who were fighting for fun each other and to raise my voice but the situation was a mess and I remember I was ready many times to cry and I believe that kids, when they were looking at me that day, they were thinking " such a desperate teacher who cant control her own class".
We can only learn from mistakes and be better next time!
I am same as you it really hard with young learner, my Ss make fun of me and smile in the class, when I asked one Ss where is your book? she says, " at home""???? I wonder why she says it with smile as if she disrespects me, then I asked for help because this Ss not respect me I fall in their trap :(
so I did not know I should not ask for help I should manage the class by my self (Thank you for this video it really help
I love this video, I am a new teacher and sometimes fee like having a war in my class 😊
Every teacher have empathy with you Rosa!
So so so effective strategies... Will certainly make use of it. Love from India...
Glad to hear that, Benny! I'll be making a big new video soon that covers everything about classroom management. 👍
Great video, I'm wondering how you learned the things that work? It took me a long time if trial and error and I still don't know everything after 15 years. I didn't study pedagogy.
Hi! Thank you for the question. Even though I studied education, there is so much I still don't know. I just make these videos because no one else is. So I'm happy if it helps even a tiny bit. 😊
Thank you for this, Sir! I will definitely implement these strategies in my class.
Thank you for watching, Arnold! 😊 I hope they work well in class. 🙏
You are really doing amazing with your tips to manage the classroom. I brought a lot in.
Thank you Abdoulaye Diakite!
Very helpful.. thankyou sir...
Thank you so much sir. I am going to change my mistakes.
Excellent Lai Lai!
I'm a new teacher
and sometimes i lose control
and i shout and i lose my power ...
but i love teaching ... thanks for the good advices...
any advice for new teacher?
Even you loose your power inside show your learners that you are strong and can control them.sometimes avoid their silly actions and do not pay attention to not enter in struggles with them
even my situation is same as urs.... its really hard to be new teacher
I am a new teacher too and it's really hard on me. I think constantly of quitting but then I try to pull myself together and be patient.
Eric. you are very right!!
Thanks Bertha!
thank u so much
i always use silent treatment
Thank you Eric 😊
My pleasure, Live life! 😊
I've done all of them !!! I'm curious, I'm currently teaching kids that live outside of the traditional western education means so therefore are accustomed to freedom of choice and that's how they've lived their whole lives. I assume all classroom management tools are the same. But do you have any other tips?
Thanks for every single tip u mentioned above, but how can we deal with that noisy student????? Who keep annoying????
Thanks... i have been shouting at my students...
Is changing their sitting position a good thing in order to control the classroom??
Sorry I missed you message. Are you coping? Check out the video list or articles on Etateach.com. Best of luck!
Great, I believe in your solutions and advice. I found them useful 🌹.
I really hope it helps! 🙏
Thank you for watching, Farhang!
very informative content, every teacher must watch this
You have such great thought, one of the best movie ever seen the "dead poet society "
Be in the classroom when the students come, and you very rarely have a problem with a noicy classroom ☺️
Excellent!
Thanks a lot Mr .i always watching ur videos , i learned many things from u because i am teacher and it is my first year teaching .i have 5 class from different grade one of my grade they are very noisy and they are always moving from their place , some time when i am teaching suddenly i see one of my students are standing with me . Actually i don’t know what should i do 🤷♀️
Welcome Razaw Muhamad!
Thank you for help me out!
You're welcome Deysi Almonte!
Thanks mr i always watching ur video and i learned many things from u buz iam teacher and it is my first year teaching . I have 5 class from different grade but one of my grade they are very noisy and they are always moving from their place , some times when i am teaching suddenly i see one of my student is standing with me , actually i don’t know what should i do with them 🤷♀️
I have done a video about noisy classes, you can find it in the playlist!
Thank you so much Eric👍🤗
I hope it's useful, Albinus! 😊
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Thanks, very useful suggestions👏🏻
Thank you for watching, Nihal! 🙏
Good luck with your classes! 😊
You deserve lots of liiiiiikes thaaaanks a lot 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I'm happy if it helps! Thank you for watching Mohammed! 😍😊
Very interesting video as usual .I believe that when the kids are busy and enjoy what they are doing and worried about your feelings this will help managing them .I have a question I usually use a bell 🔔 because I teach kindergarten. I Tought them when they listen to bell they have to go back to their seats .you mentioned that it's a mistake. How we can drow their attention if we don't use whistle or bell. Thanks
Hi Danieh! I will make another video soon on how to get the attention of the class. But here is another video I did with some ideas:
ruclips.net/video/51FyDOZVeVU/видео.html
We use our voices so very much and I've been working to speak less. I have Pavlov style taught my students to stop and look at me with the bell sound 🛎 one tap and most stop. The other students start to notice the level has lowered in the room. If not another tap 🛎 and PROXIMITY IS KEY so I move closer to students still talking. I also may use call and response. The bell is no gimmick to me. This video insulted a couple of my very successful ways to gain and keep attention from the class. But there were good points as well.
Awesome video mate ,my mistake was shouting and what u described it like it was me
I hope some of these tips help, Heni!
@@etacude they definitely do
I feel bad hearing these things, one mistakes i keep on doing was shouting on my pupils, w/c i think is not a good practice.. thank you for these po.. I'll try to impose it in my classroom insha allah!
Thank you so much ! 😘
Happy to help, Christina! 😊🙏
Thanks sir reverence from Pakistan
Shout works! it has , there is a year 9, a nightmare for the whole school, bit we have cameras installed, and if they continue parent meeting is called , and they are told so. suspension works.
their behaviour is improved by 50%.
now, i dont need to shout anymore , there are other things such as trouble makers not sitting next to each other. and a fixed arrangement.
Mind you this class was something out of a horror book, abd caused many teachers to leave.
Great advice, thank you. But sometimes there's one or two students who are forced to study English, for example, by their parents (I'm not talking about school classes, but supplementary courses) and nothing can interest them- I provide them with games, songs, crosswords, fun pair and group activities and they can still remain uninterested and distracted. What can we do to raise the effectiveness of work with such students?
How can you teach somebody who isn't there of their own free will, and just doesn't want to know?
After you've tried everything, try something different. Get them to 'bring and show' their favourite object from home (as long as it's not a pet) and tell you about it. Ask their favourite song in English and go through and explain the lyrics. Find out from their parent what their favourite pastimes and interests are (the child won't always tell you) and base a lesson around that subject.
The best teacher I had was MrsLove in high school. She didnt have desks - she had couches. She was high school English. She could walk around and ask if we did our homework and ppl would literally say "I did 75%." I remember her coming up to me in the gym and asking why my grades were slipping to a B.
Thanks for advising
If you get angry you have lost the control of your class.
100% true
Thanks a million 😊
Thank you for watching, Mimi. 😃
I hope it helps! 🙏
Hello!! Is there a book about everything you have said??
I have given power to my students. I asked one student to shut up the class, and he did, it worked as well. But now I think it was not a good idea.
Yes, not a good idea to let them boss other kids around. I believe you can fix it. It might be difficult, but you have to regain control over your class.
I guess I'd forgotten that respect is earned
Something we all have to remember when working with learners. 👍
I keep telling myself that I won't shout no matter what, but once I am in the class with 22 kids , kept in a classroom from 9 to 4:40, moving around, shouting, going about their business, not doing the activity, I lose my temper and I start shouting literally on top of my lungs. I have tried it all, I have gone through rules and procedures, we have modelled it multiple times we have talked about right choices. The 123 eyes on me hocus pocus everybody focus ears engaged mouth locked... transition songs .... All this work only for few seconds and then they go back to making noise ; not finishing up work and running in the classroom. This is my first year as a first grade teacher and I am about to resign just because I can't manage the class and I have stopped liking going to work, I even started hating it. I have lost the battle.
Imane, I'm so sorry that you're going through such a difficult time.
Myself and thousands of other teachers know exactly what you are going through.
With very little support and resources you've been placed in charge of difficult students. We've all been in that situation where you are trying to teach a class that is out of control. ~ There is no discipline and the students are running wild.
You have tried everything but it feels like a temporary bandaid, making you dread going to school each day.
The truth is that you need more experience dealing with kids and that this group is out of control. You are hoping to restart with a better group students cause these are far too gone.
I understand if you want to quit. Perhaps don't quit teaching, but find a better school where discipline is better and you receive the support you need. Try not to quite teaching as a whole if that is what you made your mind up to do.
However, if you want to persevere and push through I can give some advice bit know that it will be tough. Soon I will start creating a Classroom Management Course to help teachers around the world, because I see a need for it. But I'll need time to complete it. In the mean time, if you want to improve and continue, you'll need to prepare for a difficult, but character-building experience.
You need a "hard-reset". A new you has to come in the class. This week you need to write an action plan. Write down the problems you have as well as procedures the kids need to follow step by step. If they don't follow the rules, what punishments will you use. Write all of these down and make a classroom management plan. You say you have one already, fine tune it to work. Make sure to write down the setup and sequencing of your class ~ What activities and games can they expect and what behavior do you want to see.
Write this action plan down, then share it with colleagues and your head teacher. Ask them what they think. Then, send these rules home to the parents. When the kids come to class, go through it with them and explain it tjoroughly. The parents should sign off on it. From now on you will strictly enforce the rules.
I hope this helps. There is much I want to say but it's too much to type.
God bless and good luck!
@@etacude Hello Eric, thanks for trying to help. I have about 7 years of experience as a French teacher in high school , this is the first time I teach Primary and that, to kids who do not understand the language of instruction. I was silly thinking that primary would be way easier to teach and that it would require less amount of work! I appreciate the idea of engaging the parents to re explain the classroom rules again at home. It might work!! The only issue is again the language of instruction that the parents don't speak. If it does work , I will let you know ☺️
@@etacude Hi Eric! Have you already created this Classroom Management Course that you are talking about here? I'd be very interested! Thanks and all the best!!💜
Hi Eric! Very helpful
Thanks for the tips Etacude.
Thanks for the support Danny! 😄😄
great stuff! But what is your advice if you have a class of kids of various ages (5-9) in which a few have either learning differences like dyslexia and so can get very frustrated or ADHD which again can affect them in many different ways. I have tried to separate them by age at least, the school won't agree to it. So with the ADHD ones I find that the only thing that does work on their bad days when they absolutely cannot focus or be still is to get them to help me, hand out papers, pencils, wipe the board, etc....I do my best to adapt to every different need they have but it can be extremely difficult sometimes and even more difficult to use a classroom management technique that works for all of them. Any thoughts are highly appreciated! All the best from France!
Hi Daffodil!
I did a video on mixed-level classes. It might have some useful tips. :)
ruclips.net/video/VmZqWNqtC4E/видео.html
@@etacude thank you very much! I did not realise you had done one. All the best!
I also according to this video, "give away my power" to "troublemaker" students by allowing them to do jobs. The thing that's different is it has worked much more than 1 or 2 times, and if the other kids resent me... They have yet to show it. When kids have disability, trauma or terrible parenting at home, it can cause them to act as "trouble makers" so I try to take that into consideration when giving them more choice and control over their life. I also teach STEM to each class in the school k-5 so I have the luxury of being able to allow this perhaps due to seeing each class only 50 minutes a week.
As learning support assistant I always run to the classroom teacher to calm my students down when he refuses to listen to me
Thank you so much
You're welcome Abera Gebre!
excellent tips teacher erick.
Thanks Mario! I'm still looking at some books but want to find the best ones to recommend!
@@etacude it doesn't have to be a lot not a teacher just about 2 only when you find it just put the name of the book I search for and look for and then read thank you :)
Thanks a lot!
My pleasure! 😊
Thank you for watching! 🙏
Thank you sir
Thank you for watching, Faizun! :)
Thank you
Thank you for watching Sabousabe! 😊
Informative sir
Thank you!
Thank you for watching, Bosy! 🙏
With our kindergarten class (3-4-5 year olds) here in Italy we use "the church bell game"
One donggggg, two donggggg, three dong... etc etc until you don't reach 12.
Finger on mouth to simulate shhhhh and the "dong" sound simulating the bell is deep and slow
What a great Call-and-rsponse activity, Alice! 😄
Thank you for sharing! 🙏
the best way I make my students shut up is to stand upright without saying a word with a strong eye contact. They all fell silent at once.
Good job Usem N yid!
😊I loved this channel!!!
Thank you so much! A belated thank you for watching!
amazing advices
Thank you for watching and commenting, Sit! 😊🙏
excellent way of teaching!
Thank you so much for watching, humera! 🙏
Great thank you!
Glad you like it Mariana! 😊
Great tips!
Thank you, Hanna! 🙏
Omg, I'm doing everything wrong, it works with many classes but we have that special one.
The great thing about teaching is that we can always turn things around. 😊😃
I did some of these mistakes, so how can I fix it. This is my first year working in USA. I didn’t know the culture is different.
Amazing 🌹 👏
Thank you, Bahareh! 🥰
@@etacude my pleasure 🌷🌷🌷
Great thanks a bunch
You're welcome!
Ergonomics are a big issue for me so I'm already behind the eight ball i.e. kindy desks for teenagers PLUS hassles with getting class resources e.g. printing, as well as extremes in English language competencies, raging hormones, mid-late afternoon classes = lagging energies, students who just don't even want to be there with an "I don't need to learn English anyway" attitude, all of which is a recipe for rowdy-heads. I'm assertive, don't shout as I use a mouth speaker, and I send students outside without hesitation as I won't engage in their shenanigans since there's 25 students that are patiently waiting for their studies. I often call in the specially dedicated 'go to man' to take over unruly students in their language! Turns out those same students are perennial squawkers and disruptors in all other classes. It only takes a few bad eggs to spoil it for the rest.
Theoretically sound advice for most classroom environments very difficult with 12 .. 3 year olds though.
Yes, teaching young learners is a whole other kettle of fish. 😄
I'll have to make a whole series on that in the future.
I have 17, 3 year olds in my classroom
cool
mantap..
What time online class starts ...have a lot of questions...I'm Arabic teacher
Good information 👍
Thank you for watching, Pinaki! 🙏
Eric, there're certain pupils who won't just stop talking, how do I handle this?
What should uou do? That would be more useful.
Thanks for watching, sorry I've missed your question, maybe this could help: etateach.com/tips-on-how-to-manage-extreme-behavior.html/
@@etacude you have answered it on other threads, thanx
I shout on them do all sort of things to keep them quite so please thanks for this tips is going to be a great help to me
Sir, today I made a mistake in copy correction. I teach maths. There was a division sum the answer should be 603 as quotient but the child has written 63 and missed 0 . It was my mistake I saw the statement for that word problem and sent a correction mark ✔️✔️ and the parent called me and scolded me for that mistake and told me that he should complain to my principal about this. I apologized sincerely for my mistake and he said it's fine. But I am feeling extremely guilty and scared about this. I am in my first year of teaching.
Please sir suggest me what I can do about this...
Dear Hayley,
Mistakes happen, we are human. I don't care about the parent - they must be a very sour human being if they cannot forgive a teacher who made a small mistake.
You apologized sincerely ~ That is all you can do... nothing more.
Worrying about it won't do any good. Let it go.
If I can teach you one thing that all my experience has taught me... is that life goes on. Whether you worry or not.
Free yourself from worry, focus on your job and enjoy the work you do and students under your care.
Enjoy life, forgive yourself and be strong.There will always be negative parents, but only one you.
❤
@@etacude Thank you so much Sir, I suffer from a condition called overthinking disorder and sir literally I cried in relief rearing your comment. Thank you so much Sir.
It's effective to teach students like soldiers , look at soldiers they are very disciplined.
It would be but unfortunately kids aren't fully developed humans like adults, we as teachers have to instruct them and use different classroom management techniques.
I'm new to this channel
Hi Joanna! 😊
Welcome! 🙏
Being too calm and giving the idea that you can be bullied because you try to justify correction or actions by explaining
Good point, Tara! It can easily swing either way, the difference between being calm and unreactive, to being walked all over.
I have been working as a substitute teacher. At our school, we make them walk at recess or eat lunch alone, but some of them simply do not care. They will try to start fights in class with other students.
Hi Cheryl, be strong! But it sounds abnormal - recess is to socialize.
I'm substituting classes from the second grade until the ninth grade. It's difficult for me to keep the class quiet and I lose my voice at the end of the day. Staying silent and waiting until the class is quiet doesn't help because they think they're allowed to keep talking. Help! Thank you!
Sorry you're going through such a tough time, Anna.
I think you need some way to get them quiet as soon as you, or they enter the class.
Worst case scenario, write on the board "You are being recorded for quality purposes."
Also, I made a video with tips for substitutes. I hope it has some ideas:
ruclips.net/video/yIZSvthEAh8/видео.html
Reality Sir
Thank you for watching, Rebecca! 🥰
ive had this experience.... the TAs wont quiet the noisy kindies and they wanted me to yell at the kids. but still i didnt and have never done the yelling. hahah
Yelling should only be done in emergencies.Good on you Kat!