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Room Parent Resources
Responsibilities
What does this realistically look like?
- Work with your teacher to get a class roster, so you can gather parent/guardian emails asap (per privacy policies, teachers/school are not allowed to give you parent/guardian emails). This is typically done during Curriculum Night.
- Organize and lead class parties (Halloween, Valentine’s Day and Year-End). There is no budget for parties, so you will need to coordinate supply contributions, as well as volunteers.
- Coordinate teacher gifts/celebrations for teacher birthdays/staff appreciation.
- Manage classroom volunteers and field trip chaperones, according to the teacher’s wishes.
- Send out occasional PTA communication to your class contact list.
What does this realistically look like?
It really depends on the number of room parent volunteers in your classroom. Volunteers can choose to work together on everything or divide up responsibilities (each parent takes the lead on one party, etc.). Sign up individually and we will try to pair you with other room parents from your class or get your own working group together to divide and conquer!
Benefits of Being a Room Parent
- This is an amazing way to work with and get to know your child’s teacher better!
- You also get to know all of the kids in your child’s class and are rewarded with enthusiastic waves of recognition from your child’s classmates.
- Your kid will think it’s pretty awesome that their parent is organizing the parties and helping out in the classroom.
As your room parent coordinators, please consider us a resource. We also have experience being a room parent in many different classes. We are here to support you, answer any questions you may have, help troubleshoot any challenges and give suggestions on processes that have worked well for us in the past.
Please let us know if you have any questions and/or are interested in signing up to be a room parent for your child’s class for the 2025-2026 school year!
Sincerely,
