So this year I am trying something new by having my students have classroom jobs. Last year I spent a lot of mine time doing the various jobs below, especially cleaning, straightening things up, putting things back where they were supposed to do. I saw on Pinterest a picture with classroom jobs for middle school students and was intrigued. I had only seen classroom jobs used in elementary classrooms, but I liked the idea of putting some of the responsibility of keeping our classroom environment organized and clean on the students so I did some research. From that research, I found these two posts below where I got a lot of my inspiration when I was creating the jobs and writing up the job descriptions for my classroom.
Here is what I came up with for my classroom jobs. I like the descriptions of responsibilities and qualifications turned out and the variety of jobs I came up with. I think this will be a big help to me this year.
I think the trickiest part about having classroom jobs in a secondary classroom is how to set it up and display it so that everyone knows who has what jobs & what their responsibilities are without me needed to remind people all the time. I have three different grade levels of health (Health 7, 8 & 9) with each grade level having two classes. The 7th & 8th sections rotate every other day with PE. I didn't want to make something that would be too much work for me to keep up & that I could use year after year without it being a pain. So below is a picture of what I came up with for displaying classroom jobs.
To make this I created a table in Microsoft Word and set the page up in landscape orientation. I added the classroom jobs and their descriptions to the one column and in the others, each class got their own column. Within each column, I separated the classes by section or period. I then laminated all the papers and hung them up on the bulletin board in the front of the classroom. After I have students apply, I can write their name, first name and last initial, under their class and section with whiteboard markers. At the end of each quarter, I can wipe it off and write the new students' names down next to their jobs on the chart. I think it should work pretty slick, but time will tell. Sometimes I think things will work a certain way but when you apply students to the mix it doesn't work as I planned. Later this year I will have to write another post to let you all know how it's working in my classes!
The new school year is fast approaching! I'm sure some of you have already started. This is my last week of "freedom" then next week is workshops and the week after that we start school already. Thankfully the first week is only three days because of labor day. I can't believe it has come so quickly. I am ready and not ready at the same time. AWE!!! It's year 2 for me! I feel not as prepared as I would like to be, but I know I am way more prepared than I was last year so I am happy about that. I keep having dreams about things not going well or me not being ready or my tables being switched with desks without my permission. It's ridiculous but at least this year I have an idea of what to expect this year which is comforting, the unknown is stressful. I also will not be attending school myself while teaching so that is going to be great to be able to focus on my teaching and curriculum this year. Overall I'm looking forward to year 2. I think it will be a good one.
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AuthorI teach 7-9 Health Education & Computer 7 in rural southwestern Minnesota. I love using technology in my classroom and teaching students about how to live healthy and informed lives.
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