CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TO

APPROACH THE BEHAVIORAL

PROBLEM
 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
 Using classroom management to control students’ behavior is
by far one of the most challenging tasks that teachers have. A lot
of the time, teachers are completely unaware of what is going on
in their students’ home lives, which oftentimes is the reason for
the students’ undesirable behavior in school.  Likewise, as
students grow up, they have to deal with a variety of social and
emotional changes that may result in the disruption of their
behavior. However, with a little forethought and some creative 
classroom management, teachers can turn their students’
unfavorable behavior around. Here are a few 
classroom management steps to help you approach behavioral
problems in your class, as well as a few teaching strategies to
help you handle those behavioral problems .
THREE STEPS TO HELP YOU DETERMINE WHAT
THE STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORAL PROBLEM IS.
 1. MAKE A LIST OF YOUR STUDENTS’
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS

 The first step to figuring out how to

approach your students’ unwanted
behavior is to make a list of all of the
undesirable behavior the students are
exhibiting. You can start by taking one
full day to just observe a single student.
Write down everything that the student
is doing that is not acceptable. For
example, “Joey is disrupting his
neighbor by poking him with a pencil,”
 2. CHOOSE THE BEHAVIOR
YOU WANT TO CORRECT

The next step is to take a close look at your

detailed notes that you took. You are looking
for any reccurring behavior patterns. Most of
the time, students who have behavioral
issues have more than one. Your goal during
this step is to choose just one behavior to
correct at a time. So look for one that sticks
out, like blurting out or bothering other
students.
 3. BRAINSTORM ALL
TRIGGERS OF THE
UNWANTED BEHAVIOR
 The last step is to think about why the
student is exhibiting this behavior. Look at
where the behavior is taking place (the
classroom, gym class, recess), what time it
occurs (morning, lunch, transition periods),
and who the student is bothering (teacher,
student, girl, boy). Once you have gathered
this information, then you can finally
develop a strategy.
HOW TO HANDLE THE BEHAVIORAL
PROBLEM

 Now that you have figured out the

behavior that you want to correct,
you can develop a strategy to
correct it. Here are a few
suggestions that will help you meet
the needs of the student, as well as
help change their undesirable
behavior to a more appropriate
 BLURTING OUT IN
CLASS
 If the child is constantly blurting out in class, then
there are a few things that you can do. First, you
need to explain and model the value of respecting
others when they are talking. Next, you can give the
student three tokens. Tell them that each time they
want to comment or ask a question, they must give
you a token. But they only get three tokens per
lesson. This will help them from blurting out when
you are teaching. Lastly, you can give the student a
sticky notepad and tell them every time they get the
urge to blurt something out in class, to write it on
their sticky note, and they can share it with you later.
 BOTHERING OTHER STUDENTS

 If the child is continually bothering other students

because they are trying to avoid doing their work,
you need to rethink your seating arrangement. Place
them in a seat where they are unable to bother
anybody or even be tempted to. In addition to that,
you can look at what the students’ interests are.
When children are bored, they tend to talk to their
classmates or become distracted. Take a closer look
at your lessons and see if you are meeting the needs
of all of your students. Sometimes, all you have to do
is make sure your lessons are a little more engaging
and of interest to the child who is misbehaving.
 BEING THE CLASS
CLOWN
 If the student is gaining the attention of their fellow
students by being the class clown, then you need to teach
them the appropriate ways to gain attention from their
peers. These types of students may benefit from a
leadership role. Try putting them in charge of their group or
giving them the opportunity to stand out in class somehow.
 The targeted behavior that you are working on with the
student will not disappear in one day -- it takes time. But if
you notice within a week or so that the undesirable
behavior that the student was exuding is less frequent,
then you know that you are on the right track. Once the
behavior has been eliminated, it is only then that you can
tackle the next behavior that was on your list.
 Thank you
God Bless us all!