A lucky break, some lunch detentions and a message home seem to be gaining me ground in my worst-behaved class.
The most disruptive student has been removed — no doubt a bad outcome for the student but a good one for other children trying to learn — as a result of poor behavior in another class.
Two students have lunch detention, two more have come within a whisker of it and I’ve sent one negative and one positive message home. Meanwhile, I continue to modify the lesson for that class every day, building in more adjustments to what I teach to ensure all the students have the opportunity to be successful if they try.
I wouldn’t say the outcome is certain, but it feels a little more like the initiative shifted back into my court. Now I just have to keep the press on.
Naturally, I have had a new student added to the class who brings a new set of challenges.
And so it goes.
