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Struggling Students. Is the student..., By Roy Mand! - Coggle Diagram
Struggling Students. Is the student...
Acting frustrated? Is it due to academics or personal matters?
If it is academic, encourage them and tell them how they are doing with comparison to class expectations (their expectations may be too high, they may not realize they are an A student despite the grade).
If it is personal, if they want to talk and the conversation does not seem to be crossing any boundaries, let them go for it. Good luck!
If it is a bit beyond what you should be doing as a teacher, speak with their homeroom teacher.
No matter if the student is struggling academically or not, frustration is not good and needs to be solved independent of their academic performance.
Cheating? Is there enough evidence to prove it?
If no, is there enough evidence to prove they are cheating? If not, keep an eye on the student, particularly paying attention to the people they are sitting next to.
If there is, Send the student to Honor Council the first time, sending all appropriate evidence. Let them determine. Did they cheat again?
Yes? The second time suspend them from the class (although perhaps let them think it is an expulsion). Did they cheat again?
Yes? Third time expel them from the class. Set an example for any other students.
No? Good.
In all cases, make sure to continuously remind the class that cheating does nothing but hurt them in the long run, especially on homework considering how much more important quizzes and exams are and that homework is just practice.
Struggling academically? Is it on homework or exams/quizzes?
If it is exams/quizzes, are they relying too much on other students or the book when doing homework?
If they are relying too heavily, make sure they do assignments by themselves and ask the teacher alone with questions. Also, make good notes they can review easily outside of the book.
If they are doing homework themselves and not relying on the book, give sample quizzes so they can remove any nervousness they may get from exams. Practice makes perfect.
Talk with the student about why they are performing poorly. If the effort or interest is not there, speak with homeroom teacher. If it is because they do not understand, arrange for some one on one classes. Does that fix the problem?
If they still perform badly after one on one classes with the teacher, talk with home room teacher to move the student to a more appropriate class.
Having poor class participation? Is it because they...
Are shy or scared? Let them know that the class is extremely patient, and it is okay to make mistakes, you get points for trying. Also secretly let them know you give them priority when volunteering for those extra points.
Don't care? Let them know that their participation is a large portion of their grade, and furthermore, you will continuously poke fun and pick on them if they do not pick up the pace, and it is more worthwhile if they volunteer.
By Roy Mand!