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Seating plan

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCommon term

In education & teaching, seating plan means: A plan, usually decided by the teacher, that shows where each student sits in the classroom.

In Turkish: oturma planı, oturma düzeni

How it is used

British term; Americans usually say seating chart. Teachers make, change or stick to a seating plan to manage behavior, mix abilities or support students who need to sit near the board. Substitute teachers rely on it to learn names.

Example sentences

  1. I changed the seating plan after half term to separate a few chatty pairs.

  2. Please leave a seating plan for the substitute teacher.

Common collocations

  • make a seating plan
  • change the seating plan
  • seating chart
  • stick to the seating plan
  • classroom managementThe ways a teacher organizes the class, time, space and student behavior so that everyone can learn in a calm, focused and safe environment.
  • classroom routineA fixed way of doing a regular task in class, such as entering the room, collecting homework or moving into groups, that students learn and repeat until it becomes automatic.
  • substitute teacherA teacher who takes a class for a day or longer when the regular teacher is absent.
  • disruptive behaviorActions by a student that interrupt teaching or stop other students from learning, such as shouting out, talking constantly or refusing to follow instructions.

More terms: Classroom Management

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