How to Remove Disruptive Students From the Classroom Permanently

Document all disruptive behavior from the student in a journal.

Disruptive students can make teaching an impossible task to accomplish. Disruptive behavior is classified as any behavior that interferes with the instructor's ability to conduct or teach a class and may include persistent speaking without permission, threats, excessive tardiness, drinking or eating in class without express permission from the teacher, harassment or physical disruptions or altercations, according to a 2001 Northeastern University brochure. To strengthen your case against such a student and have him removed from your classroom permanently, you need to document the student's disruptive outbursts or behavior along with documenting all witnesses to the student's incidents.

Things You'll Need

• Journal/notebook
• Witnesses

Instructions

1. In a secure notebook thoroughly document the student's disruptive behavior each and every time it occurs and your exact response or action. According to a 2008 article published by John Carroll University, you should document all disruptive incidents and any meetings you have with the disruptive student immediately, while the specifics or details about the incident are still fresh in your memory, to ensure you do not forget any important or relevant information regarding the incident.

2. Report the student's inappropriate behavior, along with your documentation of each incident, to the appropriate authoritative figure. This report, along with your previous documentation of each incident, will help you build a case against the disruptive student and increase your odds of having the student removed from your classroom permanently.

3. Call a meeting with the student, the student's parents, the appropriate authoritative school figures or school board and address your desire to have the student permanently removed from your classroom. Provide all relevant documentation of the student's disruptive behavior and bring forth any witnesses to help strengthen your case against the student and prove that the student is disruptive and prevents you from teaching your class.

Tips & Warnings

• Be aware that before you can permanently remove a disruptive student from your classroom, you will first need to gain permission from the appropriate authoritative school figures.

References

• Northeastern University: Disruptive Students in the Classroom
• John Carroll University: Classroom Management Procedures