Rotate classroom jobs using first names only, and show the schedule on screen.
Updates as you type. Nothing is saved until you create the rotation.
After that it keeps going in the same order for a year.
Type one name per line, in the order you want them to take turns. Emails are optional.
Line leader, every week, starting October 5. Change any of it before you create the rotation.
You get a year of turns and a link anyone can open. Sign in to claim it and turn on reminders.
Rotating classroom jobs is mostly a bookkeeping problem. The fairness part is easy to state: every student should cycle through every job, including the ones nobody volunteers for and the ones everybody wants. The hard part is keeping track of it across a term without a chart that is three weeks out of date.
The approach that holds up is one rotation per job, with the class in the same order in each one, started a few names apart. Line leader starts with Aisha, board cleaner starts with Diego, and so on. Everybody then moves through all the jobs at the same pace and nobody ends up with a monopoly on the popular one. Weekly turns are usually right for younger classes: long enough for a student to get good at the job before it moves on, short enough that waiting for your turn is bearable.
Names only is fine. Type first names on their own lines and the schedule works exactly the same way. Email addresses exist only so RotaHog can remind that person, which is not something you want for a class, so leave them off. Nobody needs an account to look at the schedule either, so you can bookmark the link on the classroom computer and put it up on the board.
One practical note on cost, because each job is its own rotation. The free plan covers two rotations of up to five names, which is enough to try it. A real job chart for a full class needs Team Toolkit at $19 a year (ten rotations, up to ten names each) or Ops Pro at $49 a year for unlimited rotations of up to twenty-five names. The same maths applies to staff duty rotas, where the email reminders are worth turning on.
One job is easy to keep in your head. Six jobs across thirty students is where a schedule starts earning its keep.
Claim the rotation with a Google sign-in and RotaHog emails whoever is up before their turn, for free. Everything below is on Team Toolkit, $19 a year for the whole team:
The reminder posts in your channel with Mark as done and Find a substitute buttons, so the person on duty can answer without leaving Slack.
Turns get marked done, missed or overdue, so the schedule shows what actually happened and not just what was planned. You can set how early and how late a turn may be completed.
Hand a single turn to someone else, name a backup ahead of time, or cancel a turn entirely when there is a holiday or an offsite. The rest of the order stays as it was.
When somebody joins or leaves, redeal every future turn around the new list in one click instead of rebuilding the schedule by hand.
Also included: replying to the reminder email to mark your turn done, the REST API, and the MCP server for asking an AI assistant whose turn it is. Calendar sync, analytics and team branding are not built yet, and neither is skipping public holidays automatically.
See what's in each planMake each job its own rotation and put the class in the same order in each one, offset by a few names. Everyone then cycles through every job instead of one child always getting the popular one. Weekly turns are long enough for students to get good at the job before it moves on.
No. Type first names on their own and the schedule works exactly the same: names, jobs and dates. Email addresses are optional and only exist so RotaHog can send that person a reminder, which is not something you would usually want for a class.
Yes. The schedule is a normal web page at its own link, so you can bookmark it on the classroom computer and put it up on the board or projector. Anyone with the link sees it without signing in.
Each job is its own rotation, and the free plan covers two rotations of up to five names each. For a full job chart you will want Team Toolkit at $19 a year, which is ten rotations of up to ten names, or Ops Pro at $49 a year for unlimited rotations of up to twenty-five.
Yes, and this is where the email side is worth using. Lunch duty, playground duty and cover work the same way as classroom jobs, except staff have work addresses, so they can get a reminder the day before their turn.