Improving your listening skills can help you become a better professional. It can make it easier to understand what a colleague or supervisor expects of you or determine what service will add value for a client.

5 Effective Tips for Working with Stubborn Students

1. Tap into their interests and include student choice.
2. Lower the originality hurdle.
3. Pull out your experimental and no-fail lessons.
4. Use technology as a hook.
5. Give it time, be patient, and practice empathy.

How To Handle Misbehaving Students

1. Step 1: Observe. Resist the urge to jump in and stop the misbehavior right away.
2. Step 2: Stop the activity. Stop the activity by signaling for your students’ attention.
3. Step 3: Wait.
4. Step 4: Send them back.
5. Step 5: Replay.
6. Step 6: Reteach.
7. Step 7: Practice.
8. Step 8: Prove it.

Student Misbehaves because They are Looking for Revenge Some children lash out in the classroom as a response to hurt feelings they experience. By misbehaving, they feel they are getting back at those responsible. Students who misbehave as a motive for revenge may enjoy acting cruelly towards others.

Here are some ideas:

1. Allow a student to “be the teacher” and call out the answers if you’re going over something together.
2. If your kiddos are able, then have one of them read the next read-aloud book.
3. Whisper your instructions in a student’s ear and have them go to the front of the class to say them to their classmates.

Keep reading to learn 5 strategies for managing your chatty class.

1. Build talk time into your lessons.
2. Give your students a challenge.
3. Arrange your students’ desks to cut back on talking.
4. Try Class Dojo.
5. Use a Visual Reminder.