How to keep your classroom clean?

Question

How to keep your classroom clean? School level information

Answer 1

put those kids to work!

Answer 2

If you are in a primary school, a rotating job system is a great way to keep things under control while letting "helpers" do something. Weekly jobs (drawn out of a basket or from popsicle sticks) could be:

Floor patrol: 2 kids at the end of the day, or make it a contest between both side of the room.

Class secretary: answers your room phone (if old enough to do this independently--many times it's just the office/special teacher sending for a kid anyway)

Mailperson: puts the flyers, assignments, etc, in each child's takehome bin

Recyling: 2 kids to take down to the main bin at the end of the week.

Table Troops: wipes off the tops of the tables/desks once a week.

Library helper: returns classroom books/supplies as needed

Answer 3

Make the kids do it . When i was teaching I had kids (5th grade )volunteering to clean, and even after school.
When the quick working students finish their classwork, check it over, then give them chores to do around the class. If any one parent decides to complain, which usually doesn't happen by the way, then just don't let that one student do any cleaning any more. Only give them extra work.
As for the students' desks, set aside 2-5 min. at the end of each class to make them clean it out (depening on type of desk).
Once a week you should set aside 10 minutes for them to clean out their whole desk and throw away or take home papers.

Answer 4

First..it's a full time job. Here's one little trick that may help. The key is to involve the students through positive reinforcement. Make it a game with a verbal grading scale and announce to the kids each day. Name out loud the child who was the most neat...tell how wonderful they were in cleaning their area and how much they helped you...this will motivate the other children who want this type of postive recognition...they will compete for your attention and go way out of their way to help

Answer 5

Make the kids put things back where they belong and how they belong. Not just to throw a book on the book shelf. Put it on the book shelf in the proper way and place. Put trash in waste basket, etc. The major things are your responsiblity.

Answer 6

I would teach those who use it to keep it clean and to make certain it is clean before they leave it. Not clean? Stay until it is. Then you may leave.

Answer 7

you should have a class cleaning monitor who should clean the class after school,

Answer 8

Have the students clean it before they are excused.

Answer 9

make the kids clean up after thmselves unless you alo want to be their mommy

Answer 10

A janitor!