RUBRICS FOR CLASSROOM CLEANLINESS
9-10
1. Floor
2. Green Board and Ledge
3. Bulletin Boards, PVMGO,
Classroom and Homeroom
PGTA Officers, Name and
Face of Saint, Crucifix, Bible,
and Notices on
Environmental Care
7-8
Excellent
 Well swept and mopped
and very clean.
 Hardly any visible litter
 Green board is fully
erased, except for
relevant info.
 Board ledge is free of dirt.
 Useful information (e.g.
attendance, date) is
updated.
 Eraser is in place and in
working condition
 Very neat and attractively
displayed.
 Articles displayed are up-
to-date.
 PVMGO, Classroom and
Homeroom PGTA
Officers, Name and Face
of Saint, Crucifix, Bible
are present and are
perfectly displayed and
maintained.
5-6 3-4 1-2
Very Good Good Average Poor
 Well swept and mopped  Floor is swept and  Somewhat deplorable  Very deplorable state of
and clean mopped and generally state of littering. littering.
 Litter is visible only on clean.  Floor is not swept and  Floor is obviously not
careful scrutiny  Litter is visible even with mopped. swept and mopped.
casual observation.  Visible litter is found in  Visible litter is found
many places. everywhere.
 Not conducive for
teaching and learning.
 Obvious signs of neglect
(serious lack of class
pride).
 Green board is not fully  Green board is not fully  Green board is not fully  Green board is not fully
erased (10 %). Some erased (20%). erased (30%). erased (40%).
irrelevant info found.  Board ledge is covered  Board ledge is covered  Board ledge is covered
 Board ledge is covered with some dirt. with a lot of dirt. with a lot of dirt.
with little dirt.  Useful information (e.g.  Useful information (e.g.  Useful information (e.g.
 Useful information (e.g. attendance, date) is not attendance, date) is not attendance, date) is not
attendance, date) is updated. updated. updated.
updated.  Eraser is in place and in  Eraser is in place and in  Eraser is in not in place
 Eraser is in place and in working condition. working condition. and may not be in
working condition. working condition.
 Obvious signs of neglect
(serious lack of class
pride).
 Neat and rather  Mix of tidy and untidy  Somewhat untidy  Very untidy, torn and
attractively displayed. displays. displays. tattered.
 A few articles may be  Some displays have value,  PVMGO, Classroom and  Articles displayed are
out-of-date. some outdated or Homeroom PGTA outdated.
 PVMGO, Classroom and neglected. Officers, Name and Face  Little or no display on
Homeroom PGTA  PVMGO, Classroom and of Saint, Crucifix, Bible, if PVMGO, Classroom and
Officers, Name and Face Homeroom PGTA any, shows sign of Homeroom PGTA
of Saint, Crucifix, Bible Officers, Name and Face neglect; and could be Officers, Name and Face
are present and are of Saint, Crucifix, Bible torn or distastefully of Saint, Crucifix, Bible
displayed and moderately are present and are displayed and not care in the class, of which
maintained. displayed but not maintained. if any, is badly or hardly
  Well-maintained and free
of grammatical errors.
 Relevant information on
environmental care have
been put up in the class,
and are perfectly
maintained.
 Evidence of class pride in
displays.
4. Window Panes  Almost no dust on
window panes.
 Windows are shuttered
or closed.
 No broken panes.
 No foreign matter (e.g. t-
shirts, shorts) on panes.
5. Walls and Corridors  Free of graffiti and
scrawls.
 Free of footprints on
walls.
 Free of litter at corridor
6. Brooms/Cleaning  Brooms and cleaning
Implements/Waste Basket implements are placed
neatly away.
 Brooms are in good
working condition.
 Waste basket is emptied.
7. Students’ Chairs  Neat and well-arranged;
in rows or columns,
 Minor grammatical maintained.  A few grammatical errors. maintained.
errors.  Some relevant  Information on  Many grammatical errors.
 Some relevant information on environmental care, if  Little or no information
information on environmental care have any, shows sign of on environmental care in
environmental care have been put up in the class, neglect; and could be the class, of which if any,
been put up in the class, but not maintained. torn or distastefully done. is badly or hardly
and are moderately  Some class pride in  Little class pride in maintained.
maintained. displays. displays.  No class pride in displays.
 Adequate class pride in  Obvious signs of neglect
displays. (serious lack of class
pride).
 Very little dust on some  Some dust on some  A lot of dust on many  Visible dust on nearly all
window panes. window panes. window panes. window panes.
 A few windows not  Some windows not  Some windows not  Many windows are not
shuttered or closed. shuttered or closed. shuttered or closed. shuttered or closed.
 No broken panes.  May have broken panes.  May have broken panes.  May have broken panes.
 No foreign matter (e.g. t-  May have foreign matters  May have foreign matters  May have foreign matters
shirts, shorts) on panes. on panes. on panes. on panes.
 Obvious signs of neglect
(serious lack of class
pride).
 Very slight graffiti and  Slight graffiti and scrawls.  Some graffiti and scrawls.  Graffiti and scrawls visible
scrawls.  Slight footprints on walls.  Some footprints on walls. from afar.
 Very slight footprints on  Slight litter at corridor  Some litter at corridor  Footprints on walls visible
walls. from afar.
 Very slight litter at  Litter at corridor.
corridor  Obvious signs of neglect
(serious lack of class
pride).
 Brooms and cleaning  Brooms and cleaning  Brooms and cleaning  Brooms are missing,
implements are mostly implements are implements are mostly broken or left
placed neatly away. somewhat placed neatly not put away neatly. everywhere in class.
 Brooms are in acceptable away.  Brooms and implements  Waste basket is not
working condition.  Brooms are in somewhat are in poor state. emptied and overflowing.
 Waste basket is emptied. working condition.  Waste basket is not  Obvious signs of neglect
 Waste basket is not fully emptied. (serious lack of class
emptied. pride).
 Mostly well-arranged, in  Mostly well-arranged, in  Somewhat well-arranged.  Untidy and haphazard.
rows or columns, groups rows or columns, groups  Many desks have graffiti  Most desks have graffiti

8. Teacher’s Table and Chair
9. Plants
10. Overall Impression
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groups or clusters.
 Virtually free of graffiti &
scrawls on desks.
 No books, files,
newspapers, etc. under
desks/chairs.
 Teacher’s table is very
neat and clean.
 Free of newspapers,
books, worksheets, etc.
 Tastefully decorated.
 Plants are healthy and
neatly arranged.
 Very neat and well
decorated.
 Very conducive for
teaching and learning.
 Class pride is very
evident.
 5-stars standard
or clusters.
 Very little graffiti &
scrawls on desks.
 Very few books, files,
newspapers, etc. under
desks/chairs.
 Neat and clean.
 Mostly free of
newspapers, books,
worksheets, etc.
 May have some
decoration.
 Plants are healthy but
somewhat arranged.
 Very neat and well
decorated.
 Very conducive for
teaching and learning.
 Class pride is evident.
 4-stars standard
or clusters. and scrawls. and scrawls.
 Some graffiti & scrawls on  Some books, files,  Many have desks have
desks. newspapers, etc. under books, files, newspapers,
 Few books, files, desks/chairs. etc. under desks/chairs.
newspapers, etc. under  Obvious signs of neglect
desks/chairs. (serious lack of class
pride).
 Quite neat and clean  With some dust and dirt.  Covered with dust and
(some dust)  Newspapers, books, dirt.
 May have some worksheets, etc. are  Newspapers, circulars,
newspapers, books, unstacked and slightly books, etc. left untidily
worksheets, etc. but clutter the teacher’s behind the teacher’s
neatly stacked. table. table.
 May have some  Obvious signs of neglect
decoration. (serious lack of class
pride).
 Few plants not arranged  Only one or two plants,  No plants.
well. withered and dying.
 Neat and decorated in  Somewhat untidy and  Untidy and somewhat
some places. not decorated. sloppy.
 Somewhat conducive for  Slightly conducive for  Not conducive for
teaching and learning. teaching and learning. teaching and learning.
 Class pride is somewhat  Class pride is hardly  Class pride is not
evident. evident. evident.
 3-stars standard.  2-stars standard  Obvious signs of neglect
(serious lack of class
pride).