Daves Avenue Room Parent Responsibilities

The role of a Room Parent is to support and recognize the teacher and to organize other parents/guardians to help with:

1. classroom special events 
2. volunteering

Each classroom should have two Room Parents to share the workload. The list below details all Room Parent responsibilities. Discuss together how best to divide responsibilities to ensure that all items are covered. 

Teacher Support 

• Meet with teacher to determine classroom instructional and volunteer needs. 
• Maintain a class email list to communicate all teacher needs and upcoming events to class parents, as requested by the teacher.
• Use Signup (www.signup.com), the school’s preferred volunteer scheduling application, to:

         *   Set up and maintain a class volunteer website.
         *   Schedule volunteers for ongoing programs, projects, and special events, including:
              --  parent/teacher conferences 
              --  regular instructional aid 
              --  field trips 
              --  class parties 

• Attempt to achieve 100% parent participation in the classroom.
• Keep teacher up-to-date on the classroom volunteer schedule, including notifying him or her of last-minute changes. 

Teacher Recognition

• Collect money from willing parents and make arrangements for holiday, birthday, and end-of-year gifts from the class to the teacher (e.g. a gift card to one of the teacher’s favorite stores and a craft project by the kids). The suggested donation per student is $30/year. 
• Coordinate activities and projects to recognize the teacher’s efforts on Teacher Appreciation Day.

Special Events 

• With teacher, determine which holidays or other events will be celebrated, and discuss guidelines for activities and food according to teacher preference. 
• Oversee special events, including scheduling volunteers to oversee setup, activities, and cleanup, and organizing donations of food and supplies.

Home & School Club Liaison

• Attend monthly H&SC meetings and Room Parent meetings. These meetings are mandatory for at least one Room Parent per classroom.
• Support H&SC activities by recruiting volunteers to help with school events as needed. 
• Read and act upon all communications and instructions from the Room Parent Coordinator.

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