@tisonprincipal A4) We need to be invested in them. Not just educationally but in other aspects of their lives. Go to their extracurricular events. Ask them about their day/weekend.
@tisonprincipal A3) How often we have to pull from the bag - when students are engaged in learning the less we reach into the bag - the more students are respected the more they respect each other and the teacher which leads to less reaching into the bag.
@tisonprincipal A2) The teacher didn’t put the kid on the pot - she didn’t make him feel he had to save face - gave him an out that he could except and a job the prevented future episodes.