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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]

It depends on the school.  Our school does not allow volunteers which is too bad as the classes are large and many kids like mine aren't getting the attention they need.  I absolutely want to go to work with my SN child as the school wouldn't even follow the IEP they wrote let alone basic things like extended time and sending the unfinished work tom to finish.  To me, I would prefer to help with all the other things like copying or specifically working with the SN kids, especially those without behavioral problems, as often those are the ignored ones.[/quote]

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