| Kommentar | 'Chores' isn't impossible, but it has a negative connotation, tasks you do because you have to, because someone tells you to.
'Duty' is also possible, but it sounds a bit military, and also a bit like a chore, something unpleasant, not fun.
'Monitor' sounds more important: the person who has the responsibility for doing something or checking that something is in good condition. On the other hand, the classroom monitor or hall monitor (AE) tends to be a disciplinarian or supervisor, a teacher or trusted student who ensures order by telling people to be quiet or taking names, so that could be negative too.
I suppose you could theoretically have more than one textbook monitor or playground monitor. Or if you divide the class into groups, you might call them teams, committees, patrols ...
For young children you might say 'helper,' when helping the teacher is still a coveted job.
Some of the terms might work better with one form than another. For instance, Kehrdienst in a list of jobs might be called sweeping or cleaning floor, but the person would be a floor monitor or cleanup monitor, not a *sweeping monitor. (Broom monitor could sound as if you stood around and watched the broom closet ...)
Like wupper, I'd be inclined just to list the jobs without repeating any word that literally corresponds to Dienst.
(Handing out) handouts/worksheets, handing back papers, passing out supplies (?) Playground (cleanup) Cleanup, floors *Attendance, roll call (?) Watering plants, gardening, plant care Desks and chairs Homework Feeding animals, pet care
*In US schools, I think only the teacher is allowed to keep the attendance and grade register.
We never had badges except in scouts, but it sounds like a cool idea.
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