Students shouldn’t sit in collaborative groups when they aren’t working collaboratively. It’s OK to put desks in rows so students face the front when they’re working independently. #e#educationt#teachersoftiktokb#behaviorp#principalsoftiktoke#edleadershipl#learningt#teaching

In a previous school, a senior colleague objected so much to my desks in rows, facing the front, that they came in and rearranged them one day when I wasn't there. It's taken on faith, with no thought, that children will work better in groups, when the opposite is true.

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I have been in many classrooms. I have noticed that those who have students grouped are not as organized and distractions are higher. Mainly due to teachers letting the students pick whom they sit by. I am for out of the box thinking, but when you keep going to the well and it is dry, try another well.

Where did this idea of constant collaborative groups come from and what’s wrong with putting desks in a row, according to the teaching profession? I don’t understand where all these bad ideas come from and why they have become so pervasive.

One discussion I had: School admin request for Ed prep programs to help better prepare teachers with classroom management skills. I suggest that it’s okay to teach new educators that putting students in rows is actually good. The feedback I got was scoffs and eye rolls.

I walk by rooms at my school and I see students sitting at tables and have to turn left or right to see the teacher writing on the board at the front of the room. Talking about a pain in the neck.

All depends on your level of skill re classroom management. Some tchrs can have extremely quiet focused classes and have groups: others can't.

I don't disagree. However, teachers rarely have the time to rearrange their classrooms each day, especially if they have multiple preps with classes doing different assignments.

I have put this comment on many a walkthrough lately. Assigned seats, too.

If I did rows, the kids would be on top of one another and I wouldn’t be able to GET to the kids in the back to help them. I do use group seating with little issue as I choose the groups. I also don’t have time to constantly rearrange my room.

Yeah, a lot of classrooms were built too small for the number of kids they have today.