Jet Phoenix
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I searched for a thread on this, but didn't find one, so if this is a repeat, I am sorry! I am also a bit upset, so if I mispell or leave out words, sorry for that too!
I have been teaching for 10 years now, and most of my students have been 30, 40+, and there to get some exercise, and learn a few things. I have never had any serious problems until last night. (Yes! I am grateful to have not had any problems this long!!
I have a few new young students (3 to be exact), in their early 20s. They have been coming for about a month now, and I haven't had any problems with them before. But last night, they were talking loudly, and disrupting the entire class. At first, I just tried to speak very loudly, hoping they would get the hint, but that didn't work. They just got louder in their talking!!
I was frustrated, and I know my students were doubly so. I thought maybe I could catch them after class and politely ask them to take the conversation outside next time. But they tend to leave right when we are starting cool down to pick up their kids.
I thought maybe I could catch them next week before class, but when I think back they are usually a little bit late. Not late enough to disturb us--usually at the end of warm up. (I tell them over and over that the warm up and cool down are very important. I don't think they beleive me. From overheard snippits of conversation, they are there to learn new dance moves for the club scene--But I mostly teach by drills, so I don't know if they will come back again in January.)
At any rate, since I can't take them aside, and I don't want any more problems, what is a good way to handle this situation? I have had three other students (rightfully!!) complain about the class last night. I would like to do it in a 'nice' way, although I know that may not work, and I might have to just tell them to please leave.
I let the other students know I was grateful they told me how they felt, and that I was a frustrated as well, and that I would find a solution before next Tuesday's beginning class.
We don't have class in December, and I start all over in January. I was thinking that maybe I need to set up some ground rules and pass them out? I hate to do that, because most of my students are level headed, compentent adults, and I don't want to belittle them, you know? But I do not ever want to have a class disrupted like that again!
Any input on how to deal with this would be appreciated very much. I think they are good kids, and that maybe they just forgot their manners that night, as folks sometimes do when they are excited about some new drama or news.
Thanks in advance!!
I have been teaching for 10 years now, and most of my students have been 30, 40+, and there to get some exercise, and learn a few things. I have never had any serious problems until last night. (Yes! I am grateful to have not had any problems this long!!
I have a few new young students (3 to be exact), in their early 20s. They have been coming for about a month now, and I haven't had any problems with them before. But last night, they were talking loudly, and disrupting the entire class. At first, I just tried to speak very loudly, hoping they would get the hint, but that didn't work. They just got louder in their talking!!
I was frustrated, and I know my students were doubly so. I thought maybe I could catch them after class and politely ask them to take the conversation outside next time. But they tend to leave right when we are starting cool down to pick up their kids.
I thought maybe I could catch them next week before class, but when I think back they are usually a little bit late. Not late enough to disturb us--usually at the end of warm up. (I tell them over and over that the warm up and cool down are very important. I don't think they beleive me. From overheard snippits of conversation, they are there to learn new dance moves for the club scene--But I mostly teach by drills, so I don't know if they will come back again in January.)
At any rate, since I can't take them aside, and I don't want any more problems, what is a good way to handle this situation? I have had three other students (rightfully!!) complain about the class last night. I would like to do it in a 'nice' way, although I know that may not work, and I might have to just tell them to please leave.
I let the other students know I was grateful they told me how they felt, and that I was a frustrated as well, and that I would find a solution before next Tuesday's beginning class.
We don't have class in December, and I start all over in January. I was thinking that maybe I need to set up some ground rules and pass them out? I hate to do that, because most of my students are level headed, compentent adults, and I don't want to belittle them, you know? But I do not ever want to have a class disrupted like that again!
Any input on how to deal with this would be appreciated very much. I think they are good kids, and that maybe they just forgot their manners that night, as folks sometimes do when they are excited about some new drama or news.
Thanks in advance!!