Liaisons

Class Liaison responsibilities can be broken into 3
categories. 

• Teacher and Classroom Support: It is important to connect with the teacher to gain an understanding of what level of support they are looking for from their liaison. 

  • Things that teachers might need or want help with

    • Coordinate the Class Cleaning schedule (using HelpatSchool)

    • Organizing managing classroom volunteers (using HelpatSchools)

    • Including class specific notes in the monthly communications to families, ie. reminders, conference dates, links to project learning info, conference sign ups, any specific pending deadlines, etc

    • Ensure bulletin board outside of class is maintained and possibly help put up student work (finding parent volunteers to help organize/manage)

    • Manage Teacher gifts (birthday, holiday, end of year, or other big events)

    • Coordinate Teacher appreciation week (daily events i.e.cards from kids, flowers, coffee) 

    • Be point of contact for new families 

• Direct Communication to Parents: This is where the monthly meeting and email to families is important. 

  • Send monthly email that includes class specific information and any community events or needs  

  • Attend monthly Liaison meetings to better understand community and all school events

    • Share event volunteer needs 

    • Promote Community events 

    • Share information about big topics that are being discussed at Council

  • Discuss any needs your classes and teachers might have 

• Help Build Strong Community Bonds and Connections. 

  • Coordinate Social events a few times a year. (finding parent volunteers to help organize/manage)

    • This is a way to meet outside of school to make new friends and foster community bonds. (ie. happy hour, ice cream social, park playdate) 

      • Can be just your class or can coordinate with other grade level liaisons.

  • Connect parent volunteers and chaperones with Yearbook and Development committee to take and collect photos and videos in the classroom or on field trips (finding parent volunteers to help organize/manage)