How to Use a Job Board in Sophie’s Classroom

Every child in a Conscious Discipline classroom has a job. These jobs provide children an opportunity to build self-worth and responsibility by contributing to the School Family in meaningful ways. The School Family Job Board provides a management system for your class jobs.

Create a list of the classroom routines, rituals and duties you conduct every day in class. From this list, select the jobs that are most important and can be done by your students. You will have one job for every student.

Display your jobs in such a way that every child can visually see his or her job. Supply props as needed, like providing a kindness tree for the Kindness Recorder and a star wand for the S.T.A.R. Helper. Teach how to do each job, and then rotate on a weekly basis. When it is time for the jobs to rotate, each child teaches his job to the next child.

The School Family Job Set provides a sturdy job board, job cards, detailed instructions and helpful job descriptions to simplify setting up your classroom job system. Chapter 11 of Creating the School Family provides information, activities and a list of possible jobs for your classroom. “Jobs Matter” on Kindness Counts and “I’m a Helpful Person” on Songs for I Love You Rituals Volume 2 support the Job Board.