Hi all Yesterday i gave a pupil after school detention which i thought he would not attend.i stood at gates at 330 sure enough he crept out being hidden by 5 of his mates.i called him over and he accompanied me to my classroom.what would you have done about his mates who tried to sneak him out of detention.
Smalltowngal the pupil i had in detention was begging me to let him go and refused to do the work i set him. what would you have done in that situation?
If he failed to show for the original detention, I would have issued a second detention. If he failed to show for that one, I would have referred him to the deans' office so that they could take further disciplinary action. If he arrived at detention and was obnoxious, I would have ignored him. If he refused to do the work I assigned him, I would have referred him to the deans' office for insubordination and failure to comply with a teacher directive.
Skipping detention or misbehaving while in it is grounds for immediate referral to the administration. At our school, this results in Saturday school, ISS, or OSS.
I agree with Cassie. If he failed to do the work and was not cooperating, he deserves another detention and then referred to the AP's office.
Smalltowngal/cassie thank you for your replies what would you say to his friends the next day the ones who tried to sneak him out of detention??
What was the original reason for the detention? Is/was the detention a successful way to help this student change his behavior?
I wouldn't have waited for him at all. Art my school if you don't go to after school for an hour, you get a Saturday school, which lasts 4 hours. They would rather go to after school. I don't think I would have done anything to his friends. He has to suffer the consequences if he chooses to sneak out, not them. If he goes to after school and chooses to act up, I would probably give him two more, but we have an after school detention aide so I wouldn't have to serve with him.
youngie65, please confirm for me: it's the case that his friends tried to smuggle him out? If that's the case, then seems to me they too should have consequences - detention sounds about right.
