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  • Wolf1
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    Was this student abusive?

    I had a frightening experience today in my Y11 lesson and I'm not sure what to do...

    A male student was standing chatting to a girl in the class, starter activity had been set and I asked him to sit down in his place across the room. He came right up to me, in my personal space and said "No!" I repeated the request and he shouted at me "What?! You haven't even started yet!" and I pointed to the board and said "that's the starter, you need to be doing it" He answered back again, something about me always having a go at him, but sat down. I felt so shaken up I emailed my HoD and Faculty Lead for help. The latter came and took the boy out and I got on with the lesson. The whole thing frightened me and my instinct was to flee and cry - I did neither.

    It is difficult to convey tone but that and his body language were incredibly intimidating. I've followed the discipline procedure (we have an online 'concerns' system and it is recorded there) but I've been jittery all afternoon and still am. I feel like I can't face that student or in fact that class.

    Am I being ridiculously dramatic? Or should I pursue it with the relevant senior staff? 

    Should add I have nearly 18 years experience of secondary school teaching, most of it in this school.
     

    I had a frightening experience today in my Y11 lesson and I'm not sure what to do...

    A male student was standing chatting to a girl in the class, starter activity had been set and I asked him to sit down in his place across the room. He came right up to me, in my personal space and said "No!" I repeated the request and he shouted at me "What?! You haven't even started yet!" and I pointed to the board and said "that's the starter, you need to be doing it" He answered back again, something about me always having a go at him, but sat down. I felt so shaken up I emailed my HoD and Faculty Lead for help. The latter came and took the boy out and I got on with the lesson. The whole thing frightened me and my instinct was to flee and cry - I did neither.

    It is difficult to convey tone but that and his body language were incredibly intimidating. I've followed the discipline procedure (we have an online 'concerns' system and it is recorded there) but I've been jittery all afternoon and still am. I feel like I can't face that student or in fact that class.

    Am I being ridiculously dramatic? Or should I pursue it with the relevant senior staff? 

    Should add I have nearly 18 years experience of secondary school teaching, most of it in this school.
     

    8 years agoin Teaching & Leaming-Shanghai
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  • Popović8506
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    Terrible
    7 years ago
  • Portch
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    1. The main thought that permeates whilst reading some thing like this is:
      "You just don't get it do you?":mad:
      Yes working smarter is smarter.:rolleyes:
      But you have to be allowed to do this.o_O
      Take one very common time management tool, "The Four Ds"
      Do now, Delay, Delegate, Dump.
      If the management are dictating that everything is done and done now it becomes irrelevant.
      The key thing is that management needs to do time audits for everything that they require of teachers and the total needs to be within 40 hours per week. There then needs to be an acceptance that anything outside that time doesn't get done.
    8 years ago
  • Portch
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    I can believe it happened. You have had a major shock. Should things not be dealt with to your satisfaction, consult your Union.

    Your other students no doubt were spectators to this? This type of behaviour could increase if students think that there are no consequences.
    8 years ago
  • Navratil
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    Good point - Unions should combine to demand this for all those who work in schools.
    8 years ago
  • Rosa
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    My Faculty Lead is usually very supportive so I will tell him just how bad I'm feeling. I think the shock of what happened and adrenaline got me through the afternoon but since I got home I've just felt awful. Just can't believe it happened!!
    8 years ago
  • Portch
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    I don't think it matters if you're being 'ridiculously dramatic' or not - if he was aggressive and made you feel intimidated, then your school need to do something about it. Your safety and peace of mind should not be forgotten.

    At my last school students who were removed from lessons were meant to apologise to the teacher before they were allowed back in the classroom for the following lesson (didn't often happen tho! Behaviour team were rubbish). You could ask that something like this happen. Or have a 'restorative' conversation, and tell the student how his behaviour made you feel.

    I don't think it matters if you're being 'ridiculously dramatic' or not - if he was aggressive and made you feel intimidated, then your school need to do something about it. Your safety and peace of mind should not be forgotten.

    At my last school students who were removed from lessons were meant to apologise to the teacher before they were allowed back in the classroom for the following lesson (didn't often happen tho! Behaviour team were rubbish). You could ask that something like this happen. Or have a 'restorative' conversation, and tell the student how his behaviour made you feel.

    8 years ago

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