Teachers work with violent students without support
11 posts across 3 communities in the last 30 days; 82% from r/Teachers.
“Why do they stay to cuss out their teacher or peers? Why do we have to call the office to get them escorted out? Why do they stay to attack their peers? Why do they stay to sometimes even attack their teachers, too? I remember the bad kids leaving within 45 seconds with a string…”
“I'm in CA and my principal literally said never to put a hand on a student for any reason, even if they are pounding the head of another student into the ground. 🤦♀️ That simply isn't true. If I can restrain a student and they can back up away from me, I am legally allowed to…”
“Please help me deal with this problem (First of all I dont live in USA as I know schooling and how things are handled is different ) but I need input from parents on best way to handle this issue My 8 years old boy is a very shy and anxious boy and I try my hardest to make him…”
Several posts detail teachers facing challenges managing violent or disruptive students, often with inadequate staffing and resources. One post specifically mentions a student who previously stabbed people being re-enrolled despite safety concerns, while another highlights the lack of paraprofessional support for teachers.
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“Why do they stay to cuss out their teacher or peers? Why do we have to call the office to get them escorted out? Why do they stay to attack their peers? Why do they stay to sometimes even attack their teachers, too? I remember…”
“I'm in CA and my principal literally said never to put a hand on a student for any reason, even if they are pounding the head of another student into the ground. 🤦♀️ That simply isn't true. If I can restrain a student and they can back up away from me, I am legally allowed to do it. Meaning I can't put them in a full Nelson, but I can put my arm between students to separate them. Plus, I'll risk my job before risking a student getting a tbi. I understand that the district is la”
“They should lose the privilege of taking advanced courses if they use violence [re: I am a high school teacher, and there are two girls in my class who have been repeatedly fighting each other. I believe this is the third time it has happened in the last couple of months]”
“There is more to it when admin was ignoring the needs of the teacher and didn't inform the teacher that this child has tried to kill a teacher before. [re: ‘I don’t care if I go to jail’: Newly released video shows 6-year-old defiant after Virginia school shooting]”
“Please help me deal with this problem (First of all I dont live in USA as I know schooling and how things are handled is different ) but I need input from parents on best way to handle this issue My 8 years old boy is a very shy and anxious boy and I try my hardest to make him be better at this First day of school as we entered the class we saw a new boy that joined his name is J so i told him “a new friend try and make him feel welcomed” The same day he came back and said J kicked me I asked hi”
“Yes definitely report to the police and get a restraining order that stops him from being a mi al 100 feet from you, have your union rep get you a lawyer and document every interaction on this matter. You may be able to sue school administrator for inadequate response to his threats.”
“I hope that young man feels the shame of that for the rest of his life. And I hope you heal up good as new and that you have more peace in your classroom from now on.”
“This was a couple of hours away from where I teach, but it brought up some past trauma. Two years ago, a student brought a loaded gun to our school with the stated intention to kill. They were only caught because they were flashing it to other students. They got what is tantamount to a slap on the wrist because their attorney said it was for self-defense. The local news station had this to say on Friday. The headline was "No Students Harmed." That's legitimately good that no studen”
“As a sub though, that might compromise their ability to get hired by that district/school for subbing jobs.”
“I teach kindergarten inclusion, and I have two paras. Every teacher has a para but the inclusion classes get an extra ESS para. We have one student who is violent several times a day. He hits, kicks, scratches, pulls hair, throws/slings objects and spits on others at least once every fifteen minutes. He is constantly being taken out by the ESS para to calm down. When he is in the room, and not hurting someone, he is yelling, cussing, threatening, or just overall disrupting learning. With all my”
“Our school district has a police department. They charge the kids and take them away in handcuffs so the other students see the consequences.”
“This is unreal. I can’t imagine this happening when I was in school. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. We are not doing these kids any favors either. I’d like one of them to try that in court: “no, your honor, you don’t understand, my decking the officer was just a manifestation of my disability.””
“A student broke my thumb and wasn’t even sent home for the day. I had to use a sick day to go to the clinic that day because they said I should have come back to school to finish the day”
“In my five years of being a teacher at one school, I've known four different coworkers who have been physically or s*xually assaulted by students, and in every one of those four instances, the incident was written off as a "manifestation of the child's disability." Usually, the kid gets a few days, maybe a week, of OSS, and then is put back in the classroom like nothing happened. Most recent incident involved a kid hitting a teacher so hard they got a concussion. Kid literally”
“Teachers who have been assaulted by students institutional betrayal. How did you recover from your trauma and get back to work without being scared? Iv been off for 6 months and im thinking I either take the bandaid off and go or quit. But I love helping kids it’s hard. submitted by /u/spiderxxman [link] [comments]”
“Texas Law HB 6. Here is the link with details. “ Removal from Class by a Teacher: The bill expanded authority for a teacher to remove a student from their classroom under TEC, §37.002(b), which can be based on a single incident of misconduct. Other new provisions associated with removal from class by a teacher include: Notification to parents when a student is removed from class under TEC, §37.002. — A return-to-class plan must be created if a teacher has not consented in writing to the student’”
“https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/kicked-bitten-slapped-bc-teachers-say-classroom-violence-is-out-of-hand/ submitted by /u/ShadowlessPikachu [link] [comments]”
“My son is in second grade. Since kindergarten, another child (a girl if it matters) has been hitting him, pinching him, jumping on him, choking him and once threatened to kill him. Previously his teachers all made sure that the principal met with the child and her parent, addressed the issue quickly and responded to communication. Well this year, the same child is still doing this and his new teacher handled it by telling my son and the other child to go to their desks (everyone else was at the”
“For context, I witnessed a student (9th grade) physically assaulting another teacher today. He shoved her into the lockers because he didn’t like what she said to him. School officers immediately tackled him and put him in handcuffs so I assumed maybe they were escorting him off the premises. Well, coming to find out, he is getting suspended/expelled until January, but he was sent back to my classroom for the remainder of the day because there was no one to pick him up. My question is, wouldn’t”
“some schools put these kids in LRE because they don't have, or don't want to spend, the money on other environments”
“It seems likely that one could sue the child and at least get injunctive relief which the school would have to enforce. Of course, sue the district also.”
“So I’ll get straight to the point. We had a student who was expelled last year for extreme violence against teachers and students. Well today I found out he is now homeless and because of the Mckinley-Vento act we are required by law to enroll him. He has stabbed multiple people. Today they informed me they are so understaffed that I will not be getting a para in the class to help with this student. Students are coming up to me telling me they are scared of this student. Fourth grade. I 100% bel”