Volunteering

Parent Ambassadors are volunteers willing to do the work. This group of parents serves as liaisons between the classrooms and the parent community. Specifically, each Parent Ambassador is the contact person between the teacher(s) and the parents of that teacher’s class. One of the key roles of the Parent Ambassador group is to help the parent community become aware of and engaged in opportunities to participate in the school.

The goals for the Parent Ambassadors are to:

• Support our children as lifelong learners

• Promote school-wide community through increased communication between learning centers and families

• Delegate jobs and responsibilities so all parents have the opportunity to participate in the school community

• Help teachers teach by providing behind-the-scenes assistance and event coordination

• Encourage parents with concerns to go directly to the source; seek to understand; and discourage gossip as a means of gathering information

• Plan community-building events and activities such as Back-to-School BBQ, Teacher Meals during Parent-Teacher Conferences, and El Tioga fundraisers

• Determine curriculum

• Plan activities on their own, without discussion with the Learning Center

What can you share with your school community? Do you have a special talent, skill or passion you would like to contribute? Do you enjoy building, baking, organizing, gardening, making music, mushroom hunting, mountain biking, stargazing, or any multitude of other hobbies (You get the idea…) in your spare time? There are daily, weekly, monthly and annual opportunities to share your wisdom.

Please contact the Front Office and they will put you in touch with your Parent Ambassador.