Parent Involvement
Teaching Member Responsibilities:
Parent participation is at the heart of the co-op experience and its day-to-day workings. In addition to paying yearly tuition, all teaching member families are required to fulfill certain responsibilities each school year. These include to working as a teacher during a morning or afternoon session every week, serving on a committee and helping with school maintenance.
By working together on such projects, parents get involved with their childrens' education, strengthen their community with other parents and, of course, keep tuition low. (Note: There are a few non-teaching family spaces available at higher tuition rates. These are reserved for parents who cannot meet teaching member requirements.)
Playmates parents find their workday to be a wonderful opportunity to participate in a child’s preschool experience. You work closely with your child and the teachers. On a given day, you might find yourself supervising play on the playground or bike area, helping with the daily art projects, or serving a snacks to some very grateful children! Playmates also welcomes parents' ideas for other projects. If you love cooking or art or yoga, you can occasionally present and lead an activity for the children during the school day or circle time.
Here’s a breakdown of what we require from a teaching member family:
Parent Workday:
Teaching families have one regularly-scheduled workday each week. For the AM program, the shift is 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For the PM program, it is 12:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. If your child attends our one-hour lunch program, Lunch Bunch, at least one day per week, you will be required to work the Lunch Bunch shift from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. one day a week also.
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