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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one thing that teachers could do and don't, and that I blame them for, is to not use parent volunteers.  How many kids who are in 3rd grade, but reading at a K level, could be helped by one-on-one attention from volunteers (and could have benefitted along the way)?  We expect one person to manage a huge classroom with multiple learning levels and many types of disabilities and it isn't humanly possible.  So admit that and use parents and other volunteers whenever possible to fill in the gaps.  But most won't.  At all.[/quote]

We aren't allowed to use parent volunteers in the classroom. They can make copies, cut out laminating, work at a desk outside the classroom but that's it aside from volunteer on field trips. Once we make this clear to parents, most of them don't want to come in to help. I think many of the parent volunteers just wanted to [b] 1) spy on the teacher and/or other students or  2) only work with their child.[/b] [/quote]

Which district are you, and when did this change or is this a building decision?  When my oldest child was in MCPS, it was totally at the discretion of the teacher and I was there every week working with kids at the "Reading Center".  But look at your attitude and you will see why I blame teachers for not utilizing parents as volunteers.  No excuse to not use them.[/quote]

This was a school decision because of more than one case of parents sharing confidential info they discovered while volunteering. I know one of them posted info about a student in her child’s class with an IEP. That child had a one on one aide and the parent thought that the child was receiving preferential treatment so she shared that info on FB. That was just one incident. I agreed with the decision not to allow parents inside the classroom since it is an invasive of privacy. It’s sad that some parents can ruin it for all parents but would you want another’s parent blabbing to strangers about your child and his/her disability and the accommodations he/she receives? I don’t think so. There is more than enough to do in a school building for volunteers that doesn’t involve direct classroom contact. One of our parent volunteers changes the bulletin boards around the school (not teacher boards) on a rotating basis. One makes all of the copies for fliers that get sent home. Most make copies so teachers have more time to plan and grade. [/quote]

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