Sometimes you walk into a class where you barely know anyone. Having assigned seats may not put you close to your friends, but at least you won't feel like a loser because no one wants to sit next to you. If you want to make a good impression, invite your students to take an assigned seat, much like a gracious host or hostess would invite you in to sit-and offer you something to drink. Every student knows that he or she is to behave. They are just waiting for the discipline plan to be revealed so that they know the limits on the classroom.
Effective teachers have a hard copy of a discipline plan ready for explanation.
Every student gets a copy, a copy should be sent home, a large copy needs to be posted on the classroom wall, and extra copies are made available as new students enter throughout the school year. If you do not have a plan, you are planning to fail. Have a plan and work the plan. Effective teachers manage their classrooms with procedures, whereas ineffective teachers discipline the students with threats and punishments. Procedures have to do with teaching students what to do in the classroom, such as what to do if the teacher wants the class's attention, what to do upon entering the classroom, and how to make entries in a journal.