Seating Arrangements
The other day I was asked to prepare a seating chart for the homeroom classroom because we have noticed several behavior issues among the students. The seating arrangements were to be done based on their behavior, accommodations needed and their academic level. For example if we have a student who does really well in class I would try to place that student with another student that I think would benefit from this students’ knowledge. I have one student who needed to be moved based on role models and students that would help him stay focus and out of trouble. For the student that can’t stay sitting down and who needs to be moving around had to be moved away from the front of the class because he was such a distraction to other student’s trying to learn that the whole class would lose focus. So far it’s been two days and the new sitting arrangements seem to be very effective and less drama coming from the students. It’s not perfect but it’s an improvement based on their behavioral issues; I have less complaints from student’s about other student’s and the teams actually work together to get their work done when it comes to group work or projects. I did try to resolve a few issues with the students such as missing items in the classroom from their desks and that solved itself out the next day on its own, the items magically appeared to their rightful owners. I had the opportunity to speak to one of my students during lunch today and get to know that student a little better about his family life.
The other day I was asked to prepare a seating chart for the homeroom classroom because we have noticed several behavior issues among the students. The seating arrangements were to be done based on their behavior, accommodations needed and their academic level. For example if we have a student who does really well in class I would try to place that student with another student that I think would benefit from this students’ knowledge. I have one student who needed to be moved based on role models and students that would help him stay focus and out of trouble. For the student that can’t stay sitting down and who needs to be moving around had to be moved away from the front of the class because he was such a distraction to other student’s trying to learn that the whole class would lose focus. So far it’s been two days and the new sitting arrangements seem to be very effective and less drama coming from the students. It’s not perfect but it’s an improvement based on their behavioral issues; I have less complaints from student’s about other student’s and the teams actually work together to get their work done when it comes to group work or projects. I did try to resolve a few issues with the students such as missing items in the classroom from their desks and that solved itself out the next day on its own, the items magically appeared to their rightful owners. I had the opportunity to speak to one of my students during lunch today and get to know that student a little better about his family life.