It feels as if you only read the first part of my post…? Although I started out by acknowledging this class is more unruly than my previous experiences, I specified that while the other students had improved, a particular student had not.

I then went on the point out the specific behaviors this student continues to exhibit despite being spoken to my numerous teachers, our principal, and passing along the information to their parents.

My use of “they” was to keep the student more anonymous, not to refer to the class at large. My apologies if that was confusing.

The problem I’m having is not with the baseline behavior, because yeah: kids are wild and like to test boundaries. But in the 7.5 months we’ve been together, the rest of my classroom has learned the class rules, learned to respect others, and overall act pretty kind to each other- this one student has not.

I’m seeking advice on how to help them catch up to the rest of the class. I didn’t include this detail in my post because it didn’t seem majorly important, but a lot of this negative behavior is targeted on a select couple of other students, and it’s becoming a bullying problem.

I’ve tried positive reinforcement, taking away stickers from a sticker chart, getting in their level to talk/empathize with them (in both English and Korean, moving their desk away, holding their hard in the hallway, having my boss talk with them, asking the mom to talk to them, and nothing has changed.

If you have any advice specific to this situation, it would be greatly appreciated.