by Lauren Darm
Ph.D. student, University of Florida

It may not be the most pleasant part of teaching, but the fact is every teacher at some point or another is going to face the looming classroom issue of disciplinary problems.

Most teachers think about problems they fear facing in the classroom, yet with hectic schedules full of lesson plans, grading papers and individual research, it’s hard to find the time to develop strategies for the different disciplinary scenarios on their minds.

However, the fact is discipline problems will happen at some point, so we as teachers need to be proactive and figure out how to face these situations in advance, starting with your course syllabus.

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