I’ve seen a countless number of cute classroom job titles over the years, and I’ve tried many of them but it can be really hard to keep up with. I decided to scale my classroom jobs (or “classroom leaders,” as I like to call them) waaaay down so that I wouldn’t have to manage anything. The purpose of students having classroom jobs is to make your life easier! OH! And it’s also to help students learn responsibility and leadership, haha. :)

Classroom Jobs FAQ

How often do you change your classroom job roles?
Hardly ever! I only change them when we return from Winter Break in January. I feel like that’s always a good time for a classroom reset.
Do you let students pick out their own jobs?
I’ve seen all the cute “job application” things that teachers give to their students when they allow students to pick their own jobs out, but I really like to assign the jobs myself. I spend the first two weeks of school making notes about each student’s skill sets and I make a list of the jobs that I think they’d be great at. For example, I might have a student that is very clean and keeps an orderly space so I might put them on our Tidy Team because I know that they will truly get that job done. After the two weeks, I sit students down on the rug and explain each job and how/when they should do it. I reveal all of the jobs by clipping the clothespins with student names onto each classroom job circle that is stapled on my wall.
What happens if a student doesn’t do their job?
This is rarely an occurrence because I pick jobs based on student skills, but if I did have a student that consistently did not do their job, I’d remove it from them and give them a job that requires less, or ask them if there is a job that they would rather do.
Do you use all of the classroom job roles that come in your TPT pack?
Oh goodness, no! I couldn’t keep track of all of those jobs. I just choose a few that I think would be helpful to me, and I use those. I might have 5-6 kids on one job, or I might have 2 kids on one job. It just depends on the task. Everyone DOES get a job though.
Where do you buy the mini clothespins to glue students names on?
Click here to see the clothespins I have. I like them because they’re small. I just type up student names, cut them out, and glue each one onto the clothespin. You can also do this with student pictures. That’s always really cute!

Classroom Job Descriptors

Star Student: Star student is the student of the week. This is the only job that gets changed weekly. They help with things that I might need help with. They’re like the teacher’s helper.
Tidy Team: This is my favorite job! This is how I keep my room so clean. My Tidy Team gets out the Tidy Tubs (table trash cans) whenever we do an activity that involves cutting. Once we are through, the Tidy Team empties the Tidy Tubs into the big trash can. Tidy Team also gets small brooms/dust pans (I got them from dollar tree) and they sweep up any crumbs, paper, or yuckiness off of the floor at the end of the day. They love this job and take it very seriously.
Calendar Helper: I don’t use this job in my own classroom because my calendar helpers change daily, and they hang on my calendar board. This one is self explanatory, this job would require the student to help change the calendar.
Greeter: The greeter greets visitors in our room by saying hi. This one is basically just cute. :)
Sanitizer: This was a job that I needed to have during COVID. The sanitizer squirted hands with hand sanitizer before/after lunch and recess.
Recess Manager: The recess managers would gather our recess toy bucket to bring outside and they would also make sure to bring it inside after recess.
Pencil Patrol: The pencil patrol would pick up any pencils at the end of the day and put them in my dull pencil bin. (I don’t let students use my fancy and expensive sharpener, and I learned this the hard way HAHA.) Pencil Patrol also picks up any crayons off of the floor and puts them in our community crayon bin.
Paper Passer: My paper passers passed out work to the rest of the class.
Messenger: This job was reserved for my most trustworthy students. The messenger would deliver important messages around campus.
Librarian: My librarians would check out classroom library at the end of each day to make sure that it looked nice and neat.
Line Leader: I don’t use this job in my classroom but I know many teachers needed this job in the pack. This job would be for the person that leads your classroom line.
Caboose: This job is similar to the line leader, but instead of leading the line, the caboose goes at the end and makes sure that everyone is in line with no stragglers.
Tech Team: My Tech Team made sure that all iPads were turned the correct way for me to charge them at the end of the day. I don’t let students plug iPad chargers in themselves, that tiny charger can easily break off inside the iPad if they twist it just right. Tech Team also helps anyone with basic tech issues, like logging into an app.
Door Holder: This person holds the door for our class when we enter or leave a building.
Zoo Keeper: I’ve never gotten to use this job before! This job would be helpful if you have a classroom pet.
Weather Person: The weather person would check our weather in the morning before school to let us know what the weather is during our calendar time.