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Whether or not bullying is a problem in your classroom, you should keep anecdotal records of
students' behavior. If you have students who are or who might become potential bullies,
anecdotal records are even more important. If a student has more than one teacher, each teacher
should keep behavioral logs, and they should be compared from time-to-time. Why is this so
important? When parent meetings are conducted, a parent will usually confront the anecdotals
from one teacher, but if more than one teacher has similar anecdotal records, the information
presented will be viewed more legitimately by the parent. Often, a parent will view a negative
one-on-one conference with a teacher subjectively and believe that the teacher is picking on
his/her kid or worse yet, that the teacher really doesn't like his/her kid. As an aside, parent
meetings should always be held with more than one teacher present. If that's not possible, an
administrator or guidance counselor should be present for support. Never try to go at it alone
with the parent of a student who is a bully.
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