Classroom cleaning checklist

Daily and weekly cleaning tasks for classrooms in schools, daycares and training centers.

Use it on screen
Classroom cleaning checklistDailyWeeklySign-offTrash and recycling emptied.🏫
How to use itCustodians complete the daily list each evening and the weekly list on a set day. Teachers report spills or issues on the same sheet.

When you need the classroom cleaning checklist

Classrooms get heavy use and lots of hand contact. Regular cleaning of desks and touch points keeps them healthy and presentable.

Use products approved by your school or district, and keep them away from children.

12 items. Fill it in on screen or print a copy.

Daily

Weekly

Sign-off

How to put it to work

  1. Post a sheet in each room.
  2. Assign rooms by route.
  3. Use approved products.
  4. Check sheets weekly.
  5. Adjust during illness outbreaks per guidance.

A real-world example

A charter school gives each custodian a route of 12 rooms with a sheet per room. The facilities manager reviews sheets every Friday and sees one room missed twice, which leads to a route change.

Why keep a classroom cleaning checklist

Classrooms share surfaces among many children all day, so a set routine for high-touch items helps limit the spread of illness and keeps rooms ready for the morning. A signed sheet per room also shows facilities which rooms were done without walking every hallway.

A filled-in classroom cleaning checklist

Room 108, 3rd grade
Trash and recycling Emptied
Desks and tables 24 desks wiped
Touch points Door handle, light switch, pencil sharpener, 6 tablets
Floors Carpet area vacuumed, tile swept
Issue reported Stained ceiling tile near window
Custodian and date Ron, Tuesday, 4:40 pm

Sample for Oak Hill Elementary in Columbia, Missouri. Touch points are named one by one so it is clear the tablets were done, and the ceiling stain goes in the issue line because it may mean a roof leak, which is outside the custodian’s job.

What goes wrong with a classroom cleaning checklist

Edits most teams make to the classroom cleaning checklist

Daycares and preschoolsAdd toy washing, nap mat cleaning and diaper area steps, following your state child care rules.
Training centers and collegesAdd projector remotes, lecterns and whiteboard ledges, which every presenter touches.
Pro tipColor-code cloths, such as blue for desks and red for sinks and restrooms. It prevents the same cloth from going from a toilet to a desk.

Classroom cleaning checklist questions, answered

How often should desks be cleaned?

Daily.

Which products?

Those approved by your district or school.

Who cleans?

Custodial staff or contractors.

What during flu season?

Follow public health guidance and increase touch point cleaning.

How should a custodian clean up after a student vomits?

Treat it as a separate task: block off the area, put on gloves, remove the material, then clean and disinfect with a product labeled for norovirus. Note the room and time on the checklist so the next shift knows it was handled.

How should desk cleaning change in a room with a student who has a food allergy?

Wipe desks and tables with soap and water or wet wipes after food is eaten, since hand sanitizer and a dry cloth do not reliably remove food proteins. Mark the room on the checklist so custodians know desk cleaning there cannot be skipped.

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