The role teachers play in child development is a vital one, but playing it can be emotionally draining, asserts Alex Shevrin, a teacher at Center Point School in Winooski, Vt.
When [a student] calls me a b****, my first question is, Hey, are you okay? she said in a recent Education Talk Radio interview, explaining that a child acting out is facing larger problems.
If you have an opportunity to break the script and say something they're not expecting, it gets you a little closer in building a relationship with them so that they can try to do something different, she said.
Shevrin recommends building teacher support systems through wellness groups, friendships or other in-school relationships to develop understanding of complex issues and work together to solve both personal and student problems.
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