When you send students to the office, they miss class time and become even more disruptive - so what can you do instead? If you have one or more students you are really struggling to manage, and you find yourself growing angry or frustrated, here are some innovative ideas to help you bring them on-board, breaking the cycle. The focus is on middle school, but these tactics can be adapted for elementary students and high school students, while honoring the classroom management norms of your school. These are interventions for your toolkit, not mainstream strategies. Our ultimate goal is to reduce classroom minutes lost to chronic bad behavior, by changing the dynamic of these interactions - especially in partnership with the students themselves, which makes them more accountable in the long-term.