Our Parent Volunteers
We believe that the best learning takes place when parents and schools work together in partnership. Our commitment to two-way communication with parents ensures that the lines of communication between school and home are open at all times.
We welcome parent involvement. Parents can become involved with their child's learning in a variety of ways, as personal schedules allow, including:
- Classroom volunteering: Assist in the classroom by helping students with special projects, preparing materials for the teacher, cleaning up, talking with the children about what they are playing or working on. Parent volunteers in the classroom make a deep impression on children. If they see that education is important to Mom and Dad, they know it really matters!
- Special classroom volunteers: Often parents have a special project they would like to do with the children. Examples are showing how to make bread, showing tools you may use in your job, doing a special craft, cooking, sharing a little geology knowledge with the dinosaur unit, or telling a bit about your own cultural traditions. These contributions provide enrichment and add to our program.
- Field trip volunteers: We require volunteer drivers for many field trips. If you are able to contribute in this way, you will be asked to fill in a driver authorization form before your first trip. Supervisory duties may vary depending on the particular trip. On some you may be asked to stay with a small group of children and usher them through the site, following a lead facilitator.
- Volunteering on the Local Advisory Committee: The Committee, made up of a group of volunteer parents, meets on the first Monday of every month at 7 pm. See our Calendar for exact dates and times. All parents are invited to attend. The LAC is responsible for the school's administration and program planning, in consultation with the teacher.
- Chairperson
- First Vice Chairperson (Children's Program)
- Second Vice Chairperson (Parent Program)
- Supplies
- Newsletter
- Yearbook
- Fundraising Coordinator
- Registrar
- End-of-term clean-up and inventory: Every parent is required to sign-up for either an end-of-term clean-up in December or June, or for inventory duty in June.
LAC positions are filled at the May meeting each year so that the committee is in place for the start of the next school year. Any positions not filled in the spring are advertised in the school's September newsletter. Parents of students who are enrolled for the next school year are invited to fill the following positions:
To find out more about any of these volunteer opportunities, contact the LAC Chairperson at chair@dcakids.com.
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