Room Parent Corner
The room parent's role is to support the teacher. It is important to remain in touch with your classroom teacher throughout the school year as how and when they need your help will vary.
What Do Room Parents Do?
Each classroom has a volunteer room parent. This is a great way to be involved while getting to know your child’s teachers, classmates, and other parents and caregivers!
Room parents provide valuable assistance to their child’s teacher and help facilitate communication among the families in each class (such as information about teacher appreciation week and school events).
Importantly, class parents plan the Halloween and Valentine’s Day parties – festive occasions the students truly love! This involves coordinating donations from other parents in the class (e.g., snacks and beverages, decorations, small party favors), decorating the room, and overseeing the set-up/take-down. Class parents also coordinate the purchase and creation of a class basket for the school auction each spring. Many room parents select a theme for the basket and choose items to fit the theme. Class parents should feel comfortable asking other parents in the class to occasionally give money and/or donations. Room parents may also communicate with other parents about needed supplies for the classroom (e.g., tissues, paper towels, hand sanitizer).
Teachers will typically ask for volunteers to be room parents at the start of the year (e.g., during Back to School Night) and the PTA’s Room Parent/Room Party Coordinator will distribute information among the room parents during the year.