Many of our students begin learning essential life skills through completing classroom jobs in early years and eventually these classroom jobs evolve to more vocational and independent living-based jobs as the students get older and prepare for transitioning out of school.
When out in our districts, we have seen a variety of classroom jobs and systems for organizing them. Today's Around Town Round Up highlights some of our favorite ideas!
Classroom Job Charts
The most traditional classroom job organizational system is a job chart listing each job and assigning a student to the job for the day/week.
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| Rachel Engle Horace Mann Elementary, Springfield |
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| Allysson Leapley Tipp High School, Tipp City |
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| Rylie Jarret Stevenson Elementary, Mad River |
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| Sarah Janosik Tipp High School, Tipp City |
Visual Supports
Visual supports can be an effective, evidence-based way to help build independence when students complete jobs.
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| Color-coded Visual Supports for Cafeteria Table Cleaning Brandy Beirise Wayne High School, Huber Heights |
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| Food Prep Steps Visual Supports Bill Reinhart Wayne High School, Huber Heights |
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| Kitchen Storage Visual Supports Pam Ellender Mad River Middle School, Mad River |
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| Dirty & Clean Laundry Visual Supports Bill Reinhart Wayne High School, Huber Heights |
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| Laundry Collection Visual Support Steve Mahle Miamisburg Middle School, Miamisburg |
Reinforcement Systems
Many of our classrooms also incorporate reinforcement into their classroom job organizational systems to introduce the concept of earning for a job well done. In Korie Jacob's classroom, students get to choose the job they want based on the job description and payment details. Each day they complete a sign-in sheet which is checked weekly by staff when students receive payment in the form of tickets to be turned in for rewards.
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| Korie Jacobs Mad River Middle School, Mad River |
The students in Lindsey Landis' class also practice real world earning and exchanging classroom money for items in the class store.
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| Lindsey Landis Twin Valley South Elementary, Twin Valley South |
For more examples of jobs and vocational task we have seen in our districts, don't miss our previous posts:
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