Head Room Parent

At most schools the class parent organizes a group gift for teacher appreciation week as well as an end of year gift.

Head room parent.

This can vary widely from class to class teacher to teacher and sometimes even district to district. You will be invited to attend an orientation meeting at the beginning of the school year where you will receive an overview of the room parent role. Now it s time to think about teacher appreciation this is another biggie for room parents. Finding a co room parent can make the job a lot easier meet with other room parents and or the school s room parent organizer on a regular or occasional basis.

Recruit other parents to help in the duty of room parents e g start a telephone chain or maintain an email database. Next is a survey the room parent can give the teacher to fill out and then pass along to parents or just use as a reference for buying group gifts through the year. The teachers may have other ideas or expectations to take in account when planning your celebration. Head room parents please contact your teacher as soon as possible to discuss each of the three parties you are responsible for organizing.

A room parent s main task is to facilitate communication between other parents and the teacher the school parent group and occasionally school administration. So you survived back to school and you have a few class parties under your belt.