Managing Disruptive Student Behaviors

The video provides strategies for teachers to manage disruptive student behaviors effectively. Michele Holliday introduces four key strategies: redirecting behavior quickly, ensuring a positive classroom environment, understanding the underlying needs of behaviors, and offering alternate replacement behaviors. Each strategy is designed to help teachers address and reduce disruptive behaviors with confidence and structure, ultimately creating a more conducive learning environment.

What is the main focus of Michele Holliday's video?

• Teaching new subjects

• Managing disruptive student behaviors

• Improving test scores

• Increasing classroom participation

What is a key reason teachers hesitate to correct behaviors?

• Too many students

• Lack of time

• Fear of confrontation

• Lack of confidence

Which of the following is NOT a suggested response to redirect behavior?

• Voices on 0, pencils in your hand

• Enough talking, get back on task

• Why are you doing that?

• It's time to get focused, get started

What impact does a positive classroom environment have on student behavior?

• It only affects academic performance

• It has no impact

• It encourages more disruptions

• It makes negative behavior difficult

What should teachers focus on to improve classroom environment?

• Reducing class size

• Adding more decorations

• Auditing classroom structure

• Increasing homework

What is the first step in understanding the need behind a disruptive behavior?

• Punishing the student

• Ignoring the behavior

• Targeting a specific behavior

• Asking the student to leave the class

What might a student gain by engaging in disruptive behavior?

• More friends

• Attention or avoidance

• More homework

• Better grades

What should teachers provide to replace disruptive behaviors?

• More free time

• Less supervision

• Alternate replacement behaviors

• Extra assignments

What is a potential solution for a student seeking power and control?

• Punishing them

• Giving them more homework

• Allowing them to make choices

• Ignoring their behavior

What is a behavior contract?

• A list of classroom rules

• A plan for academic improvement

• An agreement on behavior expectations

• A legal document