- this student teacher probably was indirect with parents before, leaving direct

communication for the child to repeat to the parent. This makes way for
misunderstandings, because its possible that Sam has not established that positive
relationship with the parent or student first.
- The principal will probably question the relationship the student teacher had with the
student in the first place, and whether or not they were positively reinforcing behavior
first with the student before they began sending aggressive notes home. Rather than
talking to the student, and perhaps asking why this was occuring, sam focused on what
the student was doing wrong. I think the principal will probably go over communication
skills, conflict management, etc.
- johnny will probably be less engaged in the future and perhaps unresponsive to Sam’s
teaching because this incident has taken away layers of trust between the two of them.
- Johnny might forget his instrument at home because of outside stressors, things going
on at home or time issues.
- Sams cooperating teacher could have been more involved before this situation
escalated.

-some of the issues that encouraged students to behave poorly and be disruptive included that
the behavior was never addressed. If I were Becky, I would have started the class the way they
are used to, addressed the behavior, and done a reset where I could engage everyone before
moving on.

- The situation escalated so quickly because Becky let her emotions get the best of her.
She acted on her anger, and got physical with a student.
- I think that it could have gone either way. I think the situation could have been handled
without security, but may have posed a bigger disruption. An alternate situation I can
think of would be the sub taking over the class for a little bit while becky talks to the
student in private. This would help her to de-escalate the situation and to communicate
with the student rather than them leaving her room angry.
- Becky should try to remain calm and think of how she can apologize to the parents,
make amends, and also create an ally with them by forming a relationship through this
meeting. She should also be in close contact with her administrator, making sure they
know the details of what happened, as well as her side of the story. Hopefully this
administrator will also provide valuable assistance as to how she should approach this
meeting.

- In my opinion, teachers can control disruption and distraction, and general

attitudes, however aggressive behavior or unruly language warrants admin
contact.
- I think parents should be contacted if behavior is recurring, and you have made
several attempts to work with the student already.
- When beginning a parent discussion, it is important that you have already built a
network of trust and praise to those parents, so they know that you are invested
in their children. When beginning those conversations, it is important to ask if this
 behavior occurs at home, and, how the parent recommends you handle this
behavior. Seeking advice from the parents as someone who wants to help the
student is crucial. It is important to be neutral, and state what they do well, and
why you are concerned.
- We had a sixth grader who was like this, and my CT happened to be aware that
this students’ parent had already been in for behavior meetings outside of
orchestra. My CT happened to run into an assistant principal and told him what
was going on, and the student ended up getting lunch detention from him. The
next class period, we sat the entire class down to restate classroom
expectations, as well as begin a behavior rewards system that seemed to work
well.