Resume teaching quickly, resuming your enthusiastic voice. Give him lots of smiles and special looks to develop your bond. If the misbehavior occurs again, give the child a time-out in the room. You will now take a time out. It is more important as a teacher to be respected than liked.
Children intrinsically crave discipline, structure, and routine.
Hence, a strict behavior management style will ultimately earn you the children's love and respect. If anyone can help, we are trying to compose a list of addresses and phone numbers of West Coast NCSY Alumni. In response to the personal work life vs. private life. I think that an importanty thing is to try and let your youth memebres or their parents that there are limits on when you can be contacted. I work for NCSY and teach in sunday school, and all the children and parents know that they can call me anytime at night, but during the day I need to focus on school, and other things.