If you experience any of these disruptive behaviors in your classroom, this webinar is for you: arguing over test scores, bringing a child to class, talking or texting during class, loud debate, swearing, back-talking, misuse of laptop, phones ringing, smelling of alcohol and drugs on a student, comments about professor’s teaching style, leaving class early, eating in class, gathering up material before class ends, sleeping, routine tardiness, poor personal hygiene, speaking without being recognized, threatening students or other faculty, harassing.

Managed well, these behaviors are opportunities to teach the student appropriate skills to be academically and professionally successful. Managed poorly, these behaviors can lead to a poor learning environment for all students, potential violence in the classroom, professors being unmotivated to teach, and even low performance evaluations.

This practical session is designed for new and experienced faculty members who are looking for new tools to manage difficult student situations in their classrooms. The program will demonstrate techniques to redirect, manage, and calm the disruptive students. The presenter will focus on the techniques of motivational interviewing to offer faculty members an underlying theory and clear examples of how to effectively and appropriately address today’s classroom problems.

Participants will:

• This program will benefit faculty by offering them practical skills, theory, and examples of how the tools can be applied in their classrooms. After the seminar, participants will have an understanding of how to work with difficult students within the classroom setting.
• The basic concepts of motivational enhancement therapy (or motivational interviewing) will be discussed as they apply to the classroom setting. These objectives will help participants understand the theory behind working with difficult and unmotivated students, why these skills are important in the classroom, and how the professor can apply these skills to their everyday work.
• Discussion will include do’s and don’ts when working with students who are frustrated and unmotivated.
• Participants will gain an understanding of how to better access university resources through referrals to counseling, academic affairs, athletics, and residential life.
• Participants will learn the importance of establishing early classroom rules and etiquette to “get out ahead” of potential violent and disruptive behaviors.

• Faculty and Staff concerned about how to better manage difficult behavior
• Deans, VP of Student Affairs, Health Directors, Counseling Directors
• Directors of Housing, Resident Directors
• Seasoned Faculty
• New Faculty (use as part of your new faculty orientation)
• Academic Affairs Staff
• Adjunct Faculty looking for additional training
• Support staff, Registrar, Financial Aid