Every teacher knows the truth: the seating chart is classroom management. Put the chatty pair on opposite sides, the wiggly kid near your desk, the quiet one where they will not get steamrolled — and suddenly the whole day runs smoother. This template gives you 30 labeled desks to plan it all on paper.
Print it, write names in pencil (because the chart will change by week three — it always does), and keep a copy in your sub folder. A substitute teacher with an accurate seating chart is a substitute teacher who survives the day.
The layout here is classic rows, but it works for groups too — just circle clusters of four and label the tables instead. Pro tip: date each version in the corner. By June you will have an archaeological record of your classroom dynamics, and it is weirdly fascinating.
Thirty student desks plus a teacher desk — the classic full-class layout. Fewer students? Just leave desks blank or cross them out.
Pencil. Seating charts change — new students, behavior experiments, the great desk-shuffle of October. Pencil keeps it flexible.
Yes — circle clusters of four desks and label each cluster as a table. The grid works fine as a starting point for any layout.
For your sub folder, for parent conferences (“who does she sit near?”), and because tracking what worked is how next year’s chart gets better.