Having our children see us volunteering at church and at school is a good thing...
http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/11/3560051/in-good-faith-good-people-come.html
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
Are you preparing a Welcome Back Party for your parents and students this year? Need help. Read this article.
http://www.ptotoday.com/ptoblog/back-to-school/2014/07/11/one-minute-qa-can-we-afford-a-welcome-back-party-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PtoTodayBlog+%28PTO+Today+Blog%29
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Organizing Parent Volunteers
The proper management of parent volunteering efforts in school is very important. You must have a system to organize your parent volunteers. Try to avoid having a "list of volunteers". In most cases this "list of volunteers" are the only people that are asked repeatedly to volunteer and contribute their time and talents for events and activities held at the school . Most of the time these people are the faithful few that get burned out and discouraged by the end of the year.
Instead, think of every parent as a volunteer. When volunteer opportunities present themselves, approach the entire parent body with the opportunity. The best book I read about this subject is an e-book called "The Parent Action Plan- How to Guarantee 90% Parental Involvement and Raise $25,000+ for Your Parent Group in Any School". It cost about $9.95, but it will be the best $9.95 you will spend on getting real ideas about this subject. If you are having parent participation problems, read this book. You will find it very helpful.
Telling parents to volunteer to help out the school for the good of the children, sometimes isn't enough. You have to give your parent body an incentive to volunteer if you want a high participation rate. Your goal is to get parents excited about volunteering in school. When parents are excited about volunteering in school, they will find a way to do it.
Organize them with volunteer wear (www.zazzle.com/volunteerwear), shirts they wear when they volunteer, and utilize a calendar software program like www.volunteerspot.com (a program that orgainzes volunteer opportunities and the times offered so that parents can choose on-line when they want to volunteer), and I guarantee, your parent volunteering participation rate will skyrocket!
Show Love, Give Love -VOLUNTEER.
Instead, think of every parent as a volunteer. When volunteer opportunities present themselves, approach the entire parent body with the opportunity. The best book I read about this subject is an e-book called "The Parent Action Plan- How to Guarantee 90% Parental Involvement and Raise $25,000+ for Your Parent Group in Any School". It cost about $9.95, but it will be the best $9.95 you will spend on getting real ideas about this subject. If you are having parent participation problems, read this book. You will find it very helpful.
Telling parents to volunteer to help out the school for the good of the children, sometimes isn't enough. You have to give your parent body an incentive to volunteer if you want a high participation rate. Your goal is to get parents excited about volunteering in school. When parents are excited about volunteering in school, they will find a way to do it.
Organize them with volunteer wear (www.zazzle.com/volunteerwear), shirts they wear when they volunteer, and utilize a calendar software program like www.volunteerspot.com (a program that orgainzes volunteer opportunities and the times offered so that parents can choose on-line when they want to volunteer), and I guarantee, your parent volunteering participation rate will skyrocket!
Show Love, Give Love -VOLUNTEER.
Parent Volunteering is Not Optional
It is a known fact that parent participation increases a child’s performance in school, raises their self-esteem, improves behavior, increases leadership skills, increases social capabilities and so much more. This list continues on and on. But, the interesting thing here is that none of these things are new to us. We already know the benefits of parent participation in school - but yet we will not participate. Let us not repeat the same mistakes we have made in the past. Today is a new day. We have to move our schools forward. If not us, then who? If not now, then when?
Parent participation is an area that definately needs to be rebranded in our Public School System. In some schools, if you ask a parent to volunteer, they cringe and then respond with a well thought, rehearsed excuse-oh, and by the way, excuses are the things we tell ourselves and other people so that we can feel better about being unproductive. Parents should be honored to volunteer in school. Make yourself available to the PTA/PTO parent group of your school. The sole purpose of the parent group at the school is to make life at school better for your children. Why are you not supporting this group? These people are not perfect. They are parent volunteers who want to see the school and the children in the school (that means your child too), become a success. Help them. Bring your ideas, talents, experiences, education, etc. to this group and strengthen them. Every school needs a strong parent group with ample parent volunteers. The benefits of having a strong parent group is great for the school, students, teachers and the community. One of the biggest concerns I hear from parents is that the volunteering efforts of the parent groups are not organized. In my next blog entry, I will give you some ideas on how to organize your parents' volunteering efforts. Unitl then, Show Love, Give Love, VOLUNTEER.
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