In high school, is it professional to have a students phone number for non-school related reasons?
No. It is deemed unprofessional to have a student‘s phone number.
If you are missing school a lot(for whatever reason) do you think the students will have a positive connotation with music they aren’t getting a proper education in music.
No. They may lose interest in music if they are not being taught something.
In Mississippi, corporal punishment(i.e. physical discipline towards students) is allowed. True or false?
True. Other states like Alabama and Texas allow physical discipline towards misbehaving students, although it is considered inhumane to so most teachers don’t hurt students.
If a student discovers your social media page on instagram and follows you. Should you follow them back?
No. It is deemed unprofessional to follow a students instagram because it is inappropriate to follow what a student is doing online.
(imagine you are a music teacher!)
If you make a rehearsal during the weekend and a student won’t have a ride back home, should you offer them a ride home?
No. First, encourage other students to give them a ride home if they are allowed to or ask the student to ask a relative, if possible, to take them home.
If you talk badly about one of your students to a friend, should you be revealing their name(or other information) to your friend?
No. You shouldn’t be talking about a student badly to begin with, but if you do, don’t reveal anything about that student.
Many students are involved in other extracurricular activities and need to juggle attending rehearsals for their multiple commitments. Should you try to work around their schedule or give them an ultimatum by making them choose only one activity to go to?
Work around the students schedule! If you give the student an ultimatum, they’ll most likely just quit you activity because you gave them an ultimatum.
If a student asks you to repeat instructions for an assignment that is due at the end of class, should you be mad at them for not paying attention.
No. Although you might feel frustrated that you have to repeat you total yourself, it is best to remain calm, repeat your instructions (or tell them to ask another student), and tell t them that they should be paying attention so you don’t have to be repeating yourself.
If you notice that a students grades are dropping, what can you do to ensure that they can pass the class?
Let them know that they are failing, create tutorials for them so they can do their work and ask they need help, call parents if the student student doesn’t try to get their grades back up
If a student confronts you and tells you that they are being bullied, what should you do to try to stop the bullying?
Talk to the student(s) that is/are bullying the student that came up to you and tell them to stop.