Monitor their Job Performance

Just because your students now have jobs doesn't mean you can just sit back and take it easy while they perform their duties. Watch their behavior closely. If a student is not performing the job properly, conference with him or her and tell the student exactly what you need to see in their performance. If things don't improve, it might be time to consider "firing" them. If their job is essential, you will need to find a replacement. Otherwise, simply give the "fired" student another chance during the next cycle of job assignments. Don't forget to schedule a certain time each day for the jobs to be performed; I schedule it for the last 5-10 minutes of the day when we assign homework, pack up, and dismiss for the end of the day. That's about it! As you can see, classroom jobs are a wonderful way to teach responsibility and build a sense of classroom community. With the use of job applications, you are also giving the students practice at filling out forms, which is an academic standard in many districts