If you’re wondering how to start a room parent program at your school, you’ve come to the right place! There are so many things I love about being a room mom. Volunteer opportunities in the classroom, exclusive access to the teacher, getting to know my daughter’s classmates, and of course, getting to spoil the teacher…
The teacher questionnaire is quite possibly the holy grail of room parenting. It’s your chance to get to know the teacher and to share all that valuable information with the other parents. It’s also a great way to break the ice with your child’s teacher and start the year off on the right foot. What…
I’ll be honest, before I became a room mom, I rarely thought about the teacher, her needs or the needs of her classroom. Okay, that sounds really really bad as I type it out. But it’s true… Then, as I got more involved at school, I learned that many teachers dip into their own pockets…
When I first signed up to be a room mom I was scrambling to figure out what I was actually responsible for. I spent hours scrolling through Pinterest, reading the school handbook (which wasn’t very helpful by the way), and seeing what room mom duties other schools listed in their guidelines. If you’re considering signing…
In our last post, we examined the most common situations in which room moms would need to ask parents for money for teacher gifts. In response, I’ve been asked by a few room parents, “How do I ask for donations for class projects or for class budget contributions?” Even though this is a known room…
