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In Charge of Seating


August 19, 2010

Flip Jones, Adjunct Science Department Faculty at Spartanburg Community College

For years, I have used Harry Wong's technique very successfully: Greeting the student at the door, with a smile and a handshake, sets up an amicable relationship, but the assigned seats (you can always, if behavior allows, change later) shows all the students that there's no doubt about who's in charge. The assigned seating allows you to set up seating charts, not only for yourself, but for overhead transparencies (or whatever) so that the students can see: ‘Who's that kid beside me?’. 

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Tamara Hughes | 2010/08/23

I could not agree more- I've tried it both ways, but [Explicit] seats helps set the tone for an orderly classroom (especially with 7th-9th grade). I make large seating charts for each class on poster board using sticky notes- this allows me to make changes easily. I have it on the front desk for the first week of classes so that the students can check it as they come in and I can refer to it as I'm learning names.

Tamara Hughes | 2010/08/23

I could not agree more- I've tried it both ways, but [Explicit] seats helps set the tone for an orderly classroom (especially with 7th-9th grade). I make large seating charts for each class on poster board using sticky notes- this allows me to make changes easily. I have it on the front desk for the first week of classes so that the students can check it as they come in and I can refer to it as I'm learning names.

Tamara Hughes | 2010/08/23

I could not agree more- I've tried it both ways, but [Explicit] seats helps set the tone for an orderly classroom (especially with 7th-9th grade). I make large seating charts for each class on poster board using sticky notes- this allows me to make changes easily. I have it on the front desk for the first week of classes so that the students can check it as they come in and I can refer to it as I'm learning names.

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