1. Teaching Assistant Orientation
Before We Get Started …
Sign in on the computers
Take pink survey form out of packet
Complete Pre-Survey side of the form
Sponsored by:
Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE)
Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA)
Managing the Classroom (All campus)

2. Facilitators
Name
Department

3. Managing the Classroom3

4. Goal: To be able to recognize and handle student behavior that is disruptive to learning in the classroom.

5. Objectives: Define disruptive classroom behavior.
Identify at least five types of disruptive classroom behavior.
Identify strategies for handling/minimizing disruptive classroom behavior.

6. What are disruptive classroom behaviors?
Introducing…
Tom Turpin
Professor of Entomology
“The Bug Man”
Video

7. Disruptive Classroom Behaviors
Arriving late
Eating in class
Talking in class
Tending to personal needs
Making inappropriate comments
Engaging in activities not related to class
Sleeping
Leaving early

8. Sample Disruptive Behaviors
Question
Arriving late / leaving early
Talking in class
Engaging in activities not related to class
What do these behaviors have in common?
In what way(s) are these behaviors disruptive to learning in the classroom?
Managing the Classroom (All campus)

9. Definition
Disruptive classroom behavior is behavior that creates a less than desirable learning experience in the classroom.

10. Disruptive Behaviors Question
Arriving late
Eating in class
Talking in class
Tending to personal needs
Making inappropriate comments
Engaging in activities not related to class
Sleeping
Leaving early
In what way(s) is this behavior disruptive to learning in the classroom?
How would you handle this problem if it happened in your classroom?
How can this problem be prevented?

11. Tips for Handling Disruptive Behavior
See page 2 in the handout
Prevention is key
Decide what is disruptive to you and inform your class, orally and in writing
Enforce rules that you establish
Handle problems in least severe way possible at first

12. Before We Conclude
Complete Post-Survey item 5