Why Flexible Seating Is Not the Most Important Student Choice in My Classroom

Our educational culture is leaning more and more towards student choice in everything. Students can pick their seat, activities, games, and technology on a daily basis....but what about the choices that effect them internally?

As teachers, we know that teaching the whole student involves much more than reading, writing, math, science, and social students. We have the opportunity to guide them in making positive choices that will effect their character and mold them into productive citizens.

When I counsel with my students, I remind them the choices they make have consequences. They have a huge responsibility, because their attitude and action choices not only effect themselves but others.

I wanted to display these choices in my classroom just like I post flexible seating choices...because the chair they pick is not nearly as important as choosing kindness, sincerity, and honesty...even when it gets hard.

These character traits are essential to the culture I want to establish in my classroom so I've taken a rather "blah" wall and dressed it up with a colorful display of the most important choices my students can make on a daily basis.

With so many choices available to my students, these bright posters catch their attention when we are discussing issues in class that may require hard choices when dealing with others or completing classroom activities that are challenging.

If you are interested in adding this display in your classroom, you can click the link below to be directed to the full set:

The Power of Your Choice