I can't say that I've encountered any classroom management issues that can be considered "severe", but from my (limited) experience in the classroom it seems that the most common classroom management problem is a lack of motivation, manifest in potentially opposite ways--students' refusal to work, or having a chaotic classroom where not much is actually being done artistically (and of course both of these can take place at once).
In motivation being the biggest issue, I think it's important to acknowledge that the root of the problem can come from numerous factors, including the student not knowing why art is relevant to their own life, lack of examples of educated individuals in the students' community, a lack of value for education in the home, a lack of rest or down time outside of school, and other issues.
I think the best strategy to employ with most classroom management problems is for the teacher to make (him/her)self present and accessible in the classroom, apply student interest and energy toward artwork, and have low-pressure conversations with students before or after class.
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I agree with your strategy, but how do you overcome all of the things you listed in paragraph 2? I do you reach out to the students if they dont come to you? Would you make them address you, and not address them if you notice changes? What would you do differently as a teacher in some of the cases you have observed? Such as motivation and chaotic classrooms? Is there anyway to avoid these?
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