Classroom Management Part 2

I want my classroom to be a great environment, and ideally there wouldn't be any students in my class that misbehave. However, we all know that that is not the case in today's world. Way back in the old days teachers had the right to discipline their students however they please. Unfortunately now teachers get in trouble for almost anything, so I will need to have ways to deal with a student who misbehaves in my class.

If a student in my class misbehaves I will need to do a few things. First I do not want to embarrass that student in front of the whole class, so I figure I can either slip him a note asking him to stay after class, or talk to him about staying after class during a period of down time.

I also want to get to know my students little better than the average teacher does. So if I do have a student who is in my classroom after school I want to figure out what is going on in their personal life that might be causing them to goof off in class.

I should probably also have some sort of verbal warning for my students just in case they goof off in class, and continue to do so even after a warning. I know at my high school you could just call the office and send problem students to their dean, but I do not always want to resort to that policy if I have a misbehaving student in my class. Maybe I could have a certain word that my students would know mean business right away if I said it to them.

I'm sure there are more ways that I can deal with a student who might misbehave in my classroom, but for now I want to focus on only a few until I get the swing of having my own class down. I don't want to embarrass my students in front of their peers, but I do want to get to know them more. By doing so I will be more aware if there is something causing that specific student to act up in my class. I want to be able to reach out to my students and hopefully create an environment that doesn't give them a reason to goof off in class. If I am able to do so, then hopefully I won't have too many problems in my classroom.