Classroom management is a huge factor into keeping a well manged room, but what you can do is start the year off by showing the students your rules and show them who is boss. As long as you have a good foundation you should not have a problem.

Classroom management does heavily rely on confrontation with students, however confrontation does not need to be negative. Initially, I would start the school year by setting and discussing the high expectations I have for students. Students will learn best in an environment that is structured. Repeat/reinforce your expectations continuously for the first few weeks of the school year as students become accustomed to their new classroom. Don’t let up! Be stern with your rules but do not appear “bossy” or like a dictator. This will not allow you to create positive relationships with your students. Treat them with respect and like adults; there is no need to baby them.

Discipling a student is NOT about confrontation. When you run a classroom, you need rapport. Additionally, you can manage a classroom often with a glance or proximity. You should never fight with a student. Do not engage in power struggles!

I will say that one of the first things you can do, is change the way you see the interactions you will inevitable have with your students, as not confrontations, but merely guiding them to how they can be better members of our society. Refocusing your out look on these situations and no longer seeing them as confrontations, may make dealing with student behavior issues easier. Also, remember that at the end of the day, it is the student's choices, decisions that are resulting in your reactions. If you have set clear expectations, rules and procedures up at the beginning of the school year, a student deciding to deviate from those actions, has made the decision themselves to act that way. For some students, they will only need simple reminders; which doesn't have to be seen as a confrontation, just merely a redirection. For the more difficult situations, going into them not being afraid will make it easier. Yet, your voice will develop over time and the longer you are teaching, the more confident you will become and the more confident you will be in dealing with these situations.

Confrontation isn't always necessary! I struggle with it as well, and instead I use redirection, one-on-one attention, and reminders of expectations with all of my students and this seems to be effective with me. However, I first ensure a rapport is built with the students. It is unlikely that any student will respect you if they do not see you that care about them. Respect them and they will respect you alleviating many confrontational opportunities!

A way you can manage your classroom is by possibly having a reward system or a praising system (not sure what grade level you are wanting to teach) and show them that there will be and are consequences when you misbehave. Also i am not big on confrontation, but if the same student is the one you are constantly needing to have a talk with, then get that one on one talk and make a connection to the student(s) to see if you can solve this issue.

It will be important to establish the rules and procedures of your classroom on the first day of school. You can attempt to avoid confrontation by doing this. However, there will be cases where you will need to be stern and discipline students. How you discipline will depend on the the rules, rewards, and consequences that you developed for, or with, the class. This will create a partnership between you and the students where everybody knows what is expected and what happens if those expectations are not met.

I worry about this too. I definitely agree with setting and explaining the firm rules and high expectations at the beginning of the school year. Also being organized and prepared for class will help reduce misbehavior however kids will be kids and there will be times where they test your boundaries just don't let those boundaries be broken, preventing this doesn't always mean confrontation. You can give praise and positive reinforcement for good behavior and sometimes just redirecting misbehavior and signaling to the student that you see what they are doing and you disapprove can nip the misbehavior in the bud, and avoid the big confrontations. however, when you do need to confront a student about his/her behavior it doesn't need to be harsh, you can be yourself and just talk to the student about what you expect out of them and ask why he/she is acting in this way and what you could do to help them succeed. If their behavior is harmful and destructive you will just naturally confront the student your worry will be on your students, not the confrontation itself.

As a teacher you will have to confront students. This can not be avoided. But it is important to have strong classroom management skills. The class does not have to run like a dictatorship. But, the student must follow the rules. Try letting them know that if they can follow the rules then everyone can get along. let them know that you do not want to be mean but if they can not follow the rules then you will have to until they can respect the rules again. This will put some fear in the students. No in a bad way though. They will know that you mean what you say and if they do not want a mean teacher then they will do what is expected. This hopefully will limit any negative confrontation with students.

Just be sure to have strong classroom management and strict rules for your classroom. Having positive reinforcement instead of discipline is also huge in classrooms.