Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Scenario #7
Two students get into a fight either in my class, in the hall, or after school. As a teacher, am I allowed to try to break up the fight in any way that I possibly can or is there a certain protocol that I am supposed to follow? When I say any way possible I mean a situation where I could simply step between the students, to grabbing one student and forcefully detaining them, to actually needing to tackle one the students in the case that he/she may be over powering the other. Where is the line drawn in regards to the amount of physical force that a teacher can use on a student to stop a fight?
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I would say that it depends on the severity of the fight. If it is a very serious fight with a chance of broken bones or death, use whatever you need to. But more minor fights are often actually broken up by students or can be solved by simply getting between them or talking them down.
If the students are sreiously fighting, then teachers are usually allowed a certain amount fo physicality. I had one teacher who was famous for actually carrying kids off to the office under his arm. If the students aren't actually fighting, just pushing back and forth, then standing between them would probably be acceptable.
I have actually seen a teacher throw himself on another student to keep him form attacking another student. I think that as long as you don't hut the student or anyone else you should be fine.
I agree. If the level of violence is high and one student is clearly going to overpower and hurt the other, or both of them will end up severely hurting one another, the teacher has the right to forcefully step in. If it is just a minor squabble if the teacher responds verbally, than the students will probably not go through with the fight.
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