Students leaving class

[OldTimer]

Okay...I have been at this many years and have tried many things. I still wonder what is best on allowing students to leave class to go to bathroom, locker etc. I try to run a respectful classroom treating them as adults but am discouraged when they take advantage. What do you do especially re bathroom visits. I know these are sometimes just to use their cell phone.....but not always.?

[BLBO]

Perhaps you could create a policy that states they must be in their seats with their materials ready by the time the bell rings. Then at the end of the period allow 5-10 minutes of worktime/errand time. After a while, their bladders should be trained in such a way that they won't need to go until class is done.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

and suggestions like that (sounds great on paper, but in reality, fail misrably) is why 17 y.o. kids shouldn't make the classroom policies. :rolleyes:


I give them 2 times per 9 weeks. I mark a \ in the gradebook by their name when they go the first time, I put a / (making an x) in the gradebook by their name on the second one.

Trying to treat kids like adults is an all or none kinda deal as it's hard to treat some like adults, and others like the kids they still are, without major headaches in whining. Despite what all the kids on this site will tell you, only a few of them are ready for adult responsibilities.

If you try to make the last 10 minutes ofclass as 'errand time' it will not work as what will end up happening is you will get 20/25 kids all wanting to go to the bathroom/locker/whereever all at once. And I don't know about most teachers on here, but since I'm responsible for ALL THE KIDS in my class, sending 20+ kids out all at once, (Hell, sending anymore than 2 at once), just begs for issues that will have you, the teacher, sitting in the front office getting lectured.

So, if you want some suggestions from people who actually have responsibilities in schools (unlike BOLO who is just a kid herself), make your policy, then stick to it. Whatever you do, don't let the kids decide the policy or you are doomed.

[OldTimer]

Does this really work for you and do you use it pretty much for all "room leaving" reasons? There are so many of them!!!!!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

Does this really work for you and do you use it pretty much for all "room leaving" reasons? There are so many of them!!!!!


If they are called out of class, then no, I don't count it against them (EDITTED, I had it saying I don't let them out. oops)

Mainly, I use it for bathroom/locker situations. As far as going to the nurses office, going to check out, stuff like that, I let them. However, a few abuse the nurse's office but that's an Admin issue and i will let them tell me "don't let so-and so go to the nurse's office"

[Unregistered]

Ok... here is what I came up with when I got sick of being interrupted by the bathroom question. This WORKED for me. Perhaps it won't work for others but here goes.

1. I made some professional looking passes on an 8x11 paper. They looked like big tickets and there were 3 per 8x11 page.
2.On each pass it said..."Bathroom pass, yadda yadda" from Mr. G...... room. It had the 9-weeks quarter written (1st, 2nd, etc...) on it. A line for their name and a line for me to sign.
3. The color of the paper was changed each semester.
4. I PRINTED one sheet out and gave it to each kid.
5. This means he/she has THREE passes for the entire semester.
6. WHen they need to go... THEY DO NOT... call out "Mr. G... I gotta go to the bathroom". ALl they do is tear out their pass and raise it.
7. I wave them up and sign their pass. They have 4 min.
8. Now they have a SIGNED pass_ which I did not have to take time to write out.
9. YES.... they would beg, trade and borrow them. LET THEM... You now have a system in your class. THE KIDS KNOW YOUR SYSTEM AND KNOW YOU ARE BEING FAIR. They know that going to the RR is now in THEIR CONTROL. They have to budget their usage.
10. If they don't use the passes by the end of the 9 weeks
11. The kids can just punch holes in their passes and keep them in their notebooks.

12. STICK TO YOUR GUNS... no pass no pee. :)
13. Its fair, it's not biased... you aren't picking on the bad kids.. and best of all, you don't have to hear that dreaded question anymore. It's just a silent raising of the hand with the pass. (Music to my ears).

Hang in there.

J Gentile (Florida)

[Mr. H]

I just get to a point where I don't care if they are gone. I know who is gone and I pay attention as to how long they have been absent. If I notice that there is a repeat trend, I talk to them about it. For the most part, they ask permission. The reason i don't really care is that they are responsible for catching up in class if they've missed something. I won't repeat myself to them upon their return. If they want to be treated like adults, then they can be responsible like them as well.

[BLBO]

and suggestions like that (sounds great on paper, but in reality, fail misrably) is why 17 y.o. kids shouldn't make the classroom policies. :rolleyes:


I give them 2 times per 9 weeks. I mark a \ in the gradebook by their name when they go the first time, I put a / (making an x) in the gradebook by their name on the second one.

Trying to treat kids like adults is an all or none kinda deal as it's hard to treat some like adults, and others like the kids they still are, without major headaches in whining. Despite what all the kids on this site will tell you, only a few of them are ready for adult responsibilities.

If you try to make the last 10 minutes ofclass as 'errand time' it will not work as what will end up happening is you will get 20/25 kids all wanting to go to the bathroom/locker/whereever all at once. And I don't know about most teachers on here, but since I'm responsible for ALL THE KIDS in my class, sending 20+ kids out all at once, (Hell, sending anymore than 2 at once), just begs for issues that will have you, the teacher, sitting in the front office getting lectured.

So, if you want some suggestions from people who actually have responsibilities in schools (unlike BOLO who is just a kid herself), make your policy, then stick to it. Whatever you do, don't let the kids decide the policy or you are doomed.

I was actually silly enough to think that if a person was intelligent enough to teach, then s/he would be smart enough to draw up their own rules along with the idea I presented. If you reread my previous post you will notice that I put the word work ahead of the word errand. I never said that everyone in class should be able to come and go as they please. That would be ridiculous. The way I see it, if a student has held in all through the period, then they are likely to just wait for the bell to run to the restroom. They would also be dissuaded from using their phones during class if they were not permitted out of the class during instruction time. (Note: I am not referring to emergency circumstances, calls from the office, etc.)

I never said to treat the kids as adults.

I never said they could all leave at once. I would actually figure on no more than one or two leaving per period. On many days, I would expect no one to leave.

I never said they didn't have to have a good reason.

I am probably older than you are. I was born seven months and two days after Gerald Ford became the President of the United States. I graduated high school the year President William Clinton took office. If I were seventeen, then I would have been five years old when my first daughter was born. Wow, I would have had six children before I turned fifteen. Actually, my first daughter was born a couple months before I turned twenty and I had six kids before I turned thirty.

[teachingazteca]

I give them a paper at the beginning of each grading period that has three rows. Each row represents a chance to leave class. They fill it out, (date, time, destination) and I sign it. If they run out of rows, they can't go. If they don't use it, they get a little extra credit. I also make sure to explain when they can and cannot ask to go.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I was actually silly enough to think that if a person was intelligent enough to teach, then s/he would be smart enough to draw up their own rules along with the idea I presented. If you reread my previous post you will notice that I put the word work ahead of the word errand. I never said that everyone in class should be able to come and go as they please. That would be ridiculous. The way I see it, if a student has held in all through the period, then they are likely to just wait for the bell to run to the restroom. They would also be dissuaded from using their phones during class if they were not permitted out of the class during instruction time. (Note: I am not referring to emergency circumstances, calls from the office, etc.)

I never said to treat the kids as adults.

I never said they could all leave at once. I would actually figure on no more than one or two leaving per period. On many days, I would expect no one to leave.

I never said they didn't have to have a good reason.

I am probably older than you are. I was born seven months and two days after Gerald Ford became the President of the United States. I graduated high school the year President William Clinton took office. If I were seventeen, then I would have been five years old when my first daughter was born. Wow, I would have had six children before I turned fifteen. Actually, my first daughter was born a couple months before I turned twenty and I had six kids before I turned thirty.

just how much down time do you plan to have in a classroom. Each kid takes 5 minutes, 2 can go at a time = you have a revolving door classroom that nothing but going to lockers gets accomplished.

[BLBO]

I never said they could all leave at once. I would actually figure on no more than one or two leaving per period. On many days, I would expect no one to leave.



I also stated in the original post that this time would only be available at the end of class for the last five or ten minutes. Most or all of that time would be for starting homework, studying, asking the teacher for clarification,
etc. The whole point was that the students would not be allowed to leave during instruction time. That way , they don't miss crucial information or disrupt class.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I also stated in the original post that this time would only be available at the end of class for the last five or ten minutes. Most or all of that time would be for starting homework, studying, asking the teacher for clarification,
etc. The whole point was that the students would not be allowed to leave during instruction time. That way , they don't miss crucial information or disrupt class.

class time for HOMEwork. YOu are a genious beyond your 35 or so years :rolleyes:

Basically, you have the last 5-10 minutes for free time under the guise of it being for 'extra help' :rolleyes: Way to push your students there BOLO

[BLBO]

class time for HOMEwork. YOu are a genious beyond your 35 or so years :rolleyes:

Basically, you have the last 5-10 minutes for free time under the guise of it being for 'extra help' :rolleyes: Way to push your students there BOLO

I thought you taught Social Studies. Surely you could figure out my actual age. My older brother just turned 35. Try again.

So am I to presume that you send all work home without making sure the students know what they are doing? I bet parents love you (you teach 6th right?). I can see it now, CNO students coming to Mom and Dad because they aren't sure exactly what to do. Mom and Dad can't really help, because the directions aren't very clear. Yes, this has happened to me when my kids were in public school.

On another note ...

We really should stop going back and forth about the your misinterpretation of my original post.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

who's misinterpreting whom?

where have I said I teach 6th grade. I have a long time ago, I will have 1 6th grade class next year, but you are misinterpreting what I typed.

As far as my homework goes, they understand it. We work maps

pg 63 - Map Activity
1-10 questions and answers


1. Antarctica - A

etc.

When in doubt, read the direction.

Daily work is where questions are answered, homework reinforces what they should have been paying attention to in class.

As for the age deal, meh, you're not older, like you thought.

[BLBO]

who's misinterpreting whom?

where have I said I teach 6th grade. I have a long time ago, I will have 1 6th grade class next year, but you are misinterpreting what I typed.

As far as my homework goes, they understand it. We work maps

pg 63 - Map Activity
1-10 questions and answers


1. Antarctica - A

etc.

When in doubt, read the direction.

Daily work is where questions are answered, homework reinforces what they should have been paying attention to in class.

As for the age deal, meh, you're not older, like you thought.

I asked if you taught 6th. I thought I had read in one of your posts a while back that you did. It would be insane for me to go back through all your posts to find that one. So, what grade do you teach?

I hope your students do understand. When my kids were in PS they didn't always have directions. :( I have also had to help my nieces figure out their assignments.

I said probably older than you. I was making an educated guess based on how many years you said you had taught and four years of college after graduating at eighteen. It would have been rude of me to assign an age to you without knowing you. My point was that I am not seventeen.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

aahhh, here comes the backpedal...


I taught 7th geography last year and had 1 8th grade US history. Next year I will drop the 8th grade class and pick up a 6th grade World History class.

[BLBO]

aahhh, here comes the backpedal...


I taught 7th geography last year and had 1 8th grade US history. Next year I will drop the 8th grade class and pick up a 6th grade World History class.

Obviously, you would not want to treat your students as adults. You wouldn't want to treat them like little kids either.

I realized, after I had posted that I didn't say to treat the students as adults, that the original poster had mentioned trying to treat the students as adults. Since this is in the High School forum, I would have to agree with the original poster. If high school students aren't expected to learn to act like adults, their going to have a hard time in college or the workforce.

Old Timer,

Sorry for hijacking your thread with this silliness. Perhaps someone else has some ideas for you.

[codegrazer]

I'm only in the 10th grade, so I doubt any of you will take this seriously. I'll post it anyway. Really, what interrupts class more, a kid standing up, going out the door, and using the bathroom, or somebody raising their hand, stopping the entire class, to let everybody in the room know that they have to use the bathroom? I understand why we need passes, so that it can be kept under control (I understand you guys can get in trouble for having too many of us running around in the halls, and I get it can be really irritating). So... why do we only get like 3 passes? Just about every teacher I had last year gave us 3 passes, even though at the beginning of the year we got a misleading agenda that was filled with passes for us to use. Surprisingly, within 9 weeks, I had to use the bathroom more than 3 times. We get about five minutes in between switching classes, and that isn't always enough time to go to the bathroom. Sometimes the bathrooms are filled up, sometimes we have to poo (which I don't really like doing in school but you know sometimes nature calls). I think we should have passes, but more than 3 would come in handy. No matter how much people talk about bladder training, if I had to go to the bathroom in school it was normally during 4th block. If people abuse their passes and leave the room constantly, are you able to tell them individually that they can't go anymore? I guess this was more just a list of questions than an actual opinion, but yeah.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

here's a novel approach for the time inbetween classes. If the bathroom is full, go by your next class and say "mr. CNO - I am trying to use the restroom, but there is a line, I may be just a little late, but it's because there are people ahead of me." And guess what, I know where you are at, I don't mark you tardy AND it doesn't interupt class. Win-win-win for me, and win-win for you because you get to use the restroom and not get marked tardy.

my problem is when kids play around for 5 minutes in between classes, then expect to be allowed to leave class and use the bathroom when they had the opportunity earlier, they just chose not to use it because hanging out with friends was more important.

[Unregistered]

Some kids to not like to go in between classes, because they feel rushed. I don't think this is a problem as long as everything is disrupted. While attendance is being sent to the office is a good idea. I have no problem with someone raising their hand to go to the bathroom. If it is everyday, then that is something else, but everyone needs to use it at one time or another.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

TFB - the world does not revolve around the individual's wants and desires. :rolleyes:

[Unregistered]

No, it does not, but sometimes you need to do things, such as go to the bathrrom. It is very difficult to pay attention when you are concentrating on holding it in. At least for me, the bathroom is the least of my worries in the classroom.

[Unregistered]

I have annoying hall passes, like a pom pom or something else. It makes students not want to carry it around therefore not want to leave class. Other teachers use bog stuffed animals and toilet seats.

[Unregistered]

I teach grades 9-12 English at a charter school that has block scheduling (each class is 1 hr and 50 min. long) So that I don't have to keep being interrupted during instruction time, at the beginning of each semester I explain my classroom rules to the students. I don't have many but part of them include that they do not leave the classroom while I am instructing, only 1 person at a time may leave to use the restroom or go to the office or whatever, and they sign out and back in. The sign out sheet is an old notebook that is in the front of the room, students sign their name, destination, time out and time in. It's not perfect, but it holds students responsible because if one person is out another one can not go (barring emergencies and my okay). The students police each other rather than my having to. It also helps to verify a student's whereabouts in case of any problems.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I have annoying hall passes, like a pom pom or something else. It makes students not want to carry it around therefore not want to leave class. Other teachers use bog stuffed animals and toilet seats.

I do the same thing. I had a little stuffed monkey and they hated to take it. But last year, 2 girls got me a Spongebob hat. The thing is a plush hat 12" tall that I put a lanier through. I wrote "HALL PASS" and my name and room number and who is was 'donated from' (the two girl's names) It should make for some very funny looks.

I had also debated about getting a spinner hubcap from Walmart and doing the same from it. Where they could put it around their neck. However, they may like that one too much.

[Mr. H]

All of the Spanish teachers have sombreros and silly trinkets that they use as a hall pass... I have a block of wood with a handle that is swarming with germs, I am sure... I tell the kids that I've never cleaned it and if they want to leave the class, they have to take it with them... They find this discouraging... well, just the older ones, the Frosh, just don't seem to care about germs yet...

[Lynee]

Do you run across the problem of students stealing passes from other students, "finding" the passes and using them, or students giving them to others? Do you give extra/bonus points if the students do not use them at the end of the semester?

Thanks for the additional info!
:)


Ok... here is what I came up with when I got sick of being interrupted by the bathroom question. This WORKED for me. Perhaps it won't work for others but here goes.

1. I made some professional looking passes on an 8x11 paper. They looked like big tickets and there were 3 per 8x11 page.
2.On each pass it said..."Bathroom pass, yadda yadda" from Mr. G...... room. It had the 9-weeks quarter written (1st, 2nd, etc...) on it. A line for their name and a line for me to sign.
3. The color of the paper was changed each semester.
4. I PRINTED one sheet out and gave it to each kid.
5. This means he/she has THREE passes for the entire semester.
6. WHen they need to go... THEY DO NOT... call out "Mr. G... I gotta go to the bathroom". ALl they do is tear out their pass and raise it.
7. I wave them up and sign their pass. They have 4 min.
8. Now they have a SIGNED pass_ which I did not have to take time to write out.
9. YES.... they would beg, trade and borrow them. LET THEM... You now have a system in your class. THE KIDS KNOW YOUR SYSTEM AND KNOW YOU ARE BEING FAIR. They know that going to the RR is now in THEIR CONTROL. They have to budget their usage.
10. If they don't use the passes by the end of the 9 weeks
11. The kids can just punch holes in their passes and keep them in their notebooks.

12. STICK TO YOUR GUNS... no pass no pee. :)
13. Its fair, it's not biased... you aren't picking on the bad kids.. and best of all, you don't have to hear that dreaded question anymore. It's just a silent raising of the hand with the pass. (Music to my ears).

Hang in there.

J Gentile (Florida)

[bioteach200]

I do the same thing. I had a little stuffed monkey and they hated to take it. But last year, 2 girls got me a Spongebob hat. The thing is a plush hat 12" tall that I put a lanier through. I wrote "HALL PASS" and my name and room number and who is was 'donated from' (the two girl's names) It should make for some very funny looks.

I had also debated about getting a spinner hubcap from Walmart and doing the same from it. Where they could put it around their neck. However, they may like that one too much.

See, I WANTED to do the toilet seat thing (conver it with a bunch of rhinestones and have a chain) but we can't do that :rolleyes:. Every student has a student planner and they have a "Hallway Pass" section- they fill it out- I sign it. Although I do give them at the beginning of the quarter a slip with 12 sentences that say, "Miss Olson's Hall Ticket." They are only allowed the use of one ticket per week...and their names are printed on the back of them- so they can't trade. Its for ANY reason (other than being called out of class from the office)...locker, drink, bathroom.

We have a block schedule with 85 minute classes and a 10 min passing/break time between each class. 10 minutes is PLENTY of time to tinkle. Also I don't allow "outs" for the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes of class.

That seems to work for me.

[AZ TEACHER]

All of you with the bathroom pass coupon idea are forgetting one simple fact: STUDENTS CAN PHOTOCOPY THEIR PASSES QUITE EASILY. Just because you put it on a special color of paper does not mean that they can't run to Office Max or Staples or any other store and get the same type of paper and photocopy it.
What I have done and would suggest is that in addition to putting their names on them, have a very special and unusual stamp with an unusual color of ink from your ink pad (such as hot pink or yellow) that you can have your student aide stamp each individual coupon on their sheet of paper before handing out the students. This way they cannot photocopy the pages because the stamp is hard to photocopy in those colors.

You may be tempted to think that students would not go to all that trouble to get more bathroom passes, but you'd be surprised.

[Unregistered]

I tried the passes, but got tired of making them, students losing them, etc., etc., etc. What has worked for me now for about a year is to create a roster of all the students with 5 squares by their names. We are on 4x4 block, so all classes are for only a semester, or 18 weeks. They are told at the very beginning that they get 5 and only 5 trips out of class. Any they don't use will be worth 5 extra credit points at the end of the semester. The school also has a rule that no student leaves class the first 15 minutes or last 10 minutes of a class. I add that they cannot go during instructional (notes/test) time. So, if they find they need to go to the bathroom, locker, etc., they have to go at an acceptable time, and then they must initial and date a square next to their name. When they are out, they don't go.

This has worked with ALL high school ages. They learn when they get to their 3rd one and they still have 10 weeks of class left that they need to use their hall passing time more efficiently. My class is only 50 feet from the bathrooms and water fountain, and they get 7-8 minutes to change classes. I do allow one exception. If they run out, then they can find a willing classmate to give them a pass and I will let BOTH of them sign and initial the square of the person it belonged to. This way I have proof when they "don't remember" giving it up later. It has been the best thing ever for my class. I just keep the rosters on a clipboard which I keep at my desk. I have 2 elementary school looking hall passes with a boy on one and a girl on the other. If your gender's pass is missing, you have to wait. That way, an absolute maximum of 2 are gone from class at a time, but that is VERY rare when they are all hording their squares.
GOOD LUCK!

[Unregistered]

Well this is what I do...it has worked for me. I am a new teacher---only been teaching 1 year. I give them a page that has 28 "pass lines" on it. I tell them at the beginning of the year that this is your hall pass you can not leave the room with out it ever. This how it works. For every 5 lines not used they get to pick a multi choice question off of the final test for the semester and throw it out. This leaves them with 3 free passes. Some choose to leave it at home so they will not be tempted to use it and some use it when needed. If they do use the pass they know I do not allow them to leave during instruction time. It is kind of an incentive to stay in class and reap the benefits. I hope this helps a little, I got this idea from another teacher--God bless them!!

[Unregistered]

I cannot leave class so why allow the students?

However, I am not female, and also recognise monthly female problems, and anyone who has gone a whiter shade of pale I take it to indicate imminent gastric explosions or worse. So I use my judgement. I confiscate mobile phones because they are a temptation to use at school, and students can pick them up from the Supervisor after the school day. Otherwise they can sit crosslegged until I dismiss the class..... All the Teachers apply the same rule..... Students go to the toilet during breaks - not class. It works.....!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I cannot leave class so why allow the students?

However, I am not female, and also recognise monthly female problems, and anyone who has gone a whiter shade of pale I take it to indicate imminent gastric explosions or worse. So I use my judgement. I confiscate mobile phones because they are a temptation to use at school, and students can pick them up from the Supervisor after the school day. Otherwise they can sit crosslegged until I dismiss the class..... All the Teachers apply the same rule..... Students go to the toilet during breaks - not class. It works.....!


you mean you actually hold them accountable for their own actions and time management during class change? You're about to be amazed at people who think you are a bad teacher now that you stated that.

I applaud you.

[Unregistered]

Of course I hold them accountable for inter class behaviour - why don't you???? You as a teacher should control behaviour every minute of the day their parents entrust their kids with YOU. Being a good teacher - which you no doubt are, as I have no proof to the contrary, I am sure you would not relinquish this very important responsibility which you have!

Enforce it at all times and you will not have a problem! It does work - believe me....!

[Unregistered]

you mean you actually hold them accountable for their own actions and time management during class change? You're about to be amazed at people who think you are a bad teacher now that you stated that.

I applaud you.

PS Do you always act in self defence by responding to criticism in an unprofessional way?? It seems you cannot take it!

[Unregistered]

Okay...I have been at this many years and have tried many things. I still wonder what is best on allowing students to leave class to go to bathroom, locker etc. I try to run a respectful classroom treating them as adults but am discouraged when they take advantage. What do you do especially re bathroom visits. I know these are sometimes just to use their cell phone.....but not always.?

They are students and unless you are teaching college (and even then it may not be so) they are NOT adults YET. Give them an inch and they will take a mile--it is their nature, just as we did when we were their ages!

[Unregistered]

you mean you actually hold them accountable for their own actions and time management during class change? You're about to be amazed at people who think you are a bad teacher now that you stated that.

I applaud you.

I do not think this guy is a bad teacher at all. I think his views make sense. I have had a similar situation. We must control between class behaviour. Thanks.

[Unregistered]

you mean you actually hold them accountable for their own actions and time management during class change? You're about to be amazed at people who think you are a bad teacher now that you stated that.

I applaud you.

I am still waiting for this amazemant Choco!!! and waiting.... and waiting......????

[Unregistered]

umm, im just a random surfing the net, but i happen to be a random in high-school, now you guys worry to much, hardly anyone goes to the RR during class, mainly because the teachers just flat-out say NO, now i now some ppl will say 'but miss/sir i really gotta go!....' .........its a lie, most school toilets are feral, nobody eva uses them,ever...and plus, if you rly need to go to RR u go at lunch, or if u suddenly need to go 35mins into a 70min period, u wait, its not hard

sorry for my sms language

[Unregistered]

I got this from another teacher and it was LOVELY!

First, you need a data bank with the kids' names and then do a "mail merge" to a set of pre-printed passes.

When you print out the sheet, each student's name is pre-printed on the pass, as is YOUR name, room number, quarter number, etc.

Below this, each pass has the numbers 1-5, surrounded by a circle. Students may use this pass to get water, use the restroom, go to a locker, slip out for a clandestine cell phone call--whatever!

They may NOT use the pass during quizzes, tests, or instructional time. The school also prohibits passes the first and last 10 minutes of a (block) class.

I have 4 different hole punches, one for each quarter. When they wave their pass, I beckon them up and punch out, first #5, then #4, etc.

However many numbers remain at the end of the quarter represents the number of extra credit points I add to their FINAL GRADE AVERAGE for the quarter (4 left, 87/B becomes a 91/A, etc.) If they lose their pass, too bad. They may NOT "share" the pass. Your pass has YOUR NAME. Case closed.

[radadamo]

I have one major rule in my class (high School) is that if they don't have their work out or completed, don't even ask. A also check with the nurse as to students with problems that may have them asking to leave often, ie. medicines, bladder problems, anger management problems. I have many students that are "drug babies" and have problems that they have learned to control by going to certain people in our school that are counceling them. I therefore find out all I can about the children by the first few weeks of the year. I usually can tell by then who is cronic and who is genuine. I also tell them that if they come to me quickly before the bell rings, I will give them my pass the come in late as long they are in class before my attendance is done. if not, they know not to ask for the pass for at least two weeks. It works!

[Unregistered]

I have annoying hall passes, like a pom pom or something else. It makes students not want to carry it around therefore not want to leave class. Other teachers use bog stuffed animals and toilet seats.

I love this idea. I read all of the other suggestions and I honestly feel that this one is the best one. I don't like the idea of keeping students from going to the RR if they really have to. Having them carry something embarrasing should work great. Thanks!

[david]

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[geuricol]

I used to have some very unusual hall passes for students to use. However, I started to think about the hygiene behind it. Where were the students putting the "passes" while they were using the facilities, etc.? No I just write out written passes.:)

[Unregistered]

I teach at a secondary school in Ontario (Canada) and, after years of trying to persuade administrators to implement a "hall pass" system - with no positive results, I decided to create my own system. It really does work. When students know they have a limited number of times they can leave the room, they are less likely to ask to leave to answer their cell phone, text a friend, go for a cigarette, etc. I am the only teacher in my school who uses this system and I am also the only one who does not complain about students constantly asking to leave the classroom.

[Unregistered]

go out for a cigarette?!

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I used to have some very unusual hall passes for students to use. However, I started to think about the hygiene behind it. Where were the students putting the "passes" while they were using the facilities, etc.? No I just write out written passes.:)

I probably already said this on this thread, but it's so Old I can't remember. I use a Spongebob hat for a pass. I attached a neck lanier that they can hang it around their necks when they go out to use the bathroom. Now, I have a bathroom in my class, so they never need a pass to use the bathroom, but I had thought about your problem when the bathroom was out of the room.

The only thing they need the pass for now is when they go to the front office/another room, etc.