Managing+Problem+Behaviors+and+Special+Groups

Scenario Uno: You are a first-year teacher who has been given all remedial classrooms. Your first class of the day is a freshman class with a reputation from middle school for being extremely defiant and disrespectful. Your students are constantly talking back during class, there are a few students who are worse than others and appear to be the "ring leaders." These students often refuse to do work, or mock you when you try to discipline them.

How would you deal with these students?