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"hen involve# $ith mana!in! a !roup o% people re!ar#less o% a!e you come across challen!es& 'ou have to assert yoursel% as the lea#er an# let them (no$ that you are in char!e) *ut that you are not a #ictator& +iven the ever-chan!in! emotions an# moo#s o% in#ivi#uals) the tas( o% mana!in! sai# !roup varies each encounter& team,s *i!!est classroom mana!ement challen!e $oul# have to *e $hen a %e$ in#ivi#uals -ust #o not listen to $hat you tell them to #o at all& .ot only #o they tell you (no$) *ut they encoura!e other chil#ren to act out& /ne o% my team,s *i!!est successes $oul# have to *e the one time $e sat all the (i#s #o$n an# tol# them ho$ they $ere mis*ehavin! an# ho$ they coul# improve& 0hey imme#iately reali1e# that they $ere $ron! an# that i% they $ante# to participate in %un activities they $oul# have to listen to the Jumpstart %rien#s& A !oo# $ay to imme#iately !ain control o% the classroom %rom the *e!innin! is to esta*lish expectations& 2y #oin! that) you let them (no$ $hat you $oul# li(e %rom them an# in return $hat they $ill receive %or their cooperation& I3 you %in# that one or multiple rules or routines are not $or(in!) simply chan!e them or !et ri# o% them& An# i% there is a rather lar!e *rea( o% time $here you are not in the classroom you nee# to reesta*lish expectations an# re%resh all classroom mana!ement strate!ies& An# al$ays remem*er the six steps to the pro*lem-solvin! approach to con%lict& y