Sample Room Parent Responsibilities

Teacher  Meeting  

• Meet with the teacher and co-room parents to determine what the teacher's expectations and classroom needs will be (i.e.: field trips, in-class projects, parties etc). 
• Some teachers may request snacks, classroom supplies, decoration and/or your teacher need help rounding up volunteers for certain tasks.

Class Directory

• Ask your teacher to help you create a class directory.  Email is the best way to share info and make requests. 

 Volunteers

• Help the teachers fill volunteer opportunities in and outside of the classroom.  Some teachers will request more parent involvement than others.  
• Your job is to help find parent volunteers, not to fulfill all of the volunteer opportunities yourself J

Classroom Social

• Organize some type of social function i.e. coffee, adult cocktail party, family picnic to foster cohesiveness within the class.  It is recommended you try to do this as early in the year as possible.
  Parent Communication

• You will receive many emails throughout the year from the Room Parent Coordinators to forward to your classes.  You or a co-room parent must have access to email. 

• If you have more than one room parent per class, decide together how you choose to divide responsibilities. 

• Please be sure to let the teacher know your plans, as it is easier for them to have one room parent “on duty” at a time.  

• Please be aware that regardless of who is “on duty”, all email correspondence from the Room Parent Coordinator will go out to all room parents.

• Check the School & NESF websites for new info latest Calendar info www.newport.schoolloop.com and www.newportelfoundation.org .

• Read your Refridgerator News, The Point emails and Wednesday Envelope flyers.