Managing the Classroom
and Relating to Students
Campus resource links
refer to Penn
State
resources. See CNM's Dean of Students website for local services)
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/PennStateTeacherII.pdf
This is a PDF file. See page 138 of 192
Dealing with Troublesome
Behaviors in the Classroom Mary Deane Sorcinelli of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst "offers both some
preventive measures and some practical advice for dealing with
the kinds of troublesome situations that commonly arise. In this
chapter, I first identify behaviors that instructors report as
most troublesome. I then suggest specific ways in which college
teachers can promote a constructive classroom environment that
will discourage such behaviors. No matter how careful teachers
are, however, they will still run into some disruptive behaviors
in the classroom."
CNM Dean of Students Website "Occasionally, faculty members
will find that students behave in an instructional environment
in a manner that is either potentially or blatantly disruptive
to the learning environment. Many faculty members are unclear
about how to address behavioral issues and when the behavior
should be turned over to the Dean of Students Office. The three
primary things to consider include..."
http://www.cnm.edu/deanofstudents/classroom_behavior.php