West Side School

Room Parent Job Description

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General Description:

Room Parents are Communicators!

Room Parents' main roles are

1) to communicate information between their classroom teacher and parents

2) to assist the teach in organization of classroom/school wide events

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Classroom Events

• Classroom celebrations (holidays, birthday acknowledgements, etc.)

• Field Trips

• School Events (Harvest Festival, Dia Del Nino, Jog a Thon, Spring Gala, Teacher Appreciation)

• Volunteer Recruitment

• Yearbook

• FEF Bulletins

• Class gifts (for Teachers/ holiday and end of year gifts/ acknowledgements)

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School Events:

• Harvest Festival/ Halloween

• Winter Program (musical performances at the Raven)

• Valentine’s Day

• 100th Day ( K and 1st)

• Spirit Fridays (usually occurs one Friday per month/ the theme is chosen by the 6th graders)

• End of Year Celebration

• Classroom parties

   (Halloween/Harvest; Winter Holidays; Valentine’s Day; Birthday recognition and any class specific or “earned”         celebrations)​

• Teacher Appreciation

• Jogathon

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Other Duties/ Requirements:

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• Periodically meet with the Volunteer Liaison in preparation for large events

• Involve as many parents as possible in class activities and school events

• Have and utilize a West Side e-mail address specific to their class for all correspondence pertaining to class and school business (to be set up by Joan Clark)

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Can a Class Have more than one Room Parent?

Yes!  This can help with delegation of room parent duties!  Sign up now to be a Room Parent!

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