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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought Flex was bad too but if you don't have a super active PTA it may be all you can do. If your PTA brings in separate programs then the coordinator has to manage them. This means schedules, [b]dealing with school complaints about a particular program (teachers didn't show up, teachers left before kids were picked up, room left messy),[/b] making sure they have insurance, getting their flyers/ materials out to the parents, if enrollment is low sending out more reminders  and this is fine for a few programs but if you are doing before and after school programing in increments of several weeks with a whole new group turning over several time a year -its a lot. Some of the parents who volunteer within the PTA really don't have basic skills to manage something and it can become a mess. Its been surprising which parents turned out to be incompetent at this so not only does your PTA need to a find a volunteer they need a back up in case the one that volunteered isn't up to it. [/quote]

There is a process for dealing with vendor complaints that the school administration should already know about - if there are issues with a vendor, especially messy rooms, the ICB will ban that vendor from renting space in schools for a period of time.  Think about all of the other programs that occur in schools - the PTA does not have to be a liaison for dealing with these complaints; the school administration can and should go directly to the ICB to handle that.  All the school needs to do is tell the PTA coordinator not to invite that vendor back again.  And if a parent is coordinating, they can decide how many programs they can handle dealing with - 3-5 is a manageable number, and after that other vendors can be told that there is not space for their program at that time.

Re: incompetent volunteers - sure, but that is true with anything the PTA runs.  Maybe your PTA president is incompetent or the staff appreciation volunteer is incompetent or the book fair chairperson - do you hire an outside vendor to run those PTA events and positions, too?

After-school program coordinating is only as time consuming and complicated as you choose make it - all that is really needed is for class information to be posted on the PTA website and parents told to check the website and follow up with the vendors for registration.  Vendors are responsible for rosters, registration, room reservations, insurance, flyers etc.  They are required by the ICB when renting a room to check a box that says they have insurance and have background checks for all individuals working with minors.[/quote]

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