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Lesson 3: The Implementation of Flexible Seating

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Objectives

  • The participant will be able to explain how to get flexible seating into their classroom
  • The participants will be able to identify flexible seating for their classroom

Pre Assessment

I would like each of you to talk a little bit about how you think you could bring flexible seating into your classroom? What kinds of students do you have in your classroom that adding flexible seating could help? How would you introduce flexible seating? Write your response on Nearpod.

Add your thoughts to the question: https://share.nearpod.com/8uhazMDu2bb

Classroom Management

1. Flexible seating is a privilege, allowing for students to pick their seats is something the teacher is allowing for the students to choose. This is something that can be taken away at any moment that students do not behave properly. You have to be careful students don't just sit and talk the entire time, they need to be completing work. Remember as the teacher that you can move a student at anytime.
2. If you are adding flexible seating to your classroom or beginning the school year start small and work your way up to more options for students to have. Begin with the procedures, once you get the procedures down for one you can always add more.
3. Make sure the first few weeks of school you require students to move around into different seats. It might take them a few different seats to figure out how to help them focus on their learning. Remind students it might not be the "coolest" seat that helps them with their learning so make your seat the coolest for you.
4. Ask students what is working for them and what is not working for them so that you can better seats in the classroom for them. This gives students even more ownership then just picking there seat during a certain time in the day.
5. Most importantly it is something fun in the classroom to benefit students learning!



Here is a wrap up video of how successful flexible seating can be in your classroom!

https://www.edutopia.org/video/flexible-classrooms-providing-learning-environment-kids-need

Think & Reflect

  • Now that you have seen flexible seating and heard a little bit from teachers do you think that the pros of flexible seating can out weigh the odds and you can add flexible seating to your classroom?

Go back to your Nearpod tab and complete the question. https://share.nearpod.com/8uhazMDu2bb

Its the End

Extended Resources

Person. (2015, August 04). Flexible Classrooms: Providing the Learning Environment That Kids Need. Retrieved December 08, 2020, from https://www.edutopia.org/video/flexible-classrooms-providing-learning-environment-kids-need

Specialty, S. (2020, May 14). 10 Tips for Implementing Flexible Seating. Retrieved December 08, 2020, from https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/10-tips-for-implementing-flexible-seating/

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