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Parent Volunteer/Chaperone Guidelines
Thank you for your interest in sharing your childʼs experience at our next event. We are excited to have you and appreciate your help!
The following guidelines will help to ensure that you and your child have the best experience possible.
Each childʼs relationship with his/her parent is uniquely different. Some children are very independent of their parent, while otherʼs are not.
If you feel that your child may cry, cling or misbehave to the point where he/she may not enjoy the event, please delay your participation until your child is a little older.
If you choose to chaperon, we respectfully request that you not bring other children, as state licensing standards are very definitive about who joins us on trips and staff/student ratios.
If you wish to participate, here are a few helpful suggestions to make your experience an enjoyable one:
Let the teacher guide your role at the event. Some events require a lot of help from parents,while others, much less.
 Conduct yourself as a representative of our school. Please be a good role model for the children, using appropriate behavior,
language, and tone of voice.
 Stay with the group. Do not stray or lag behind as children may follow you. Be a part of the group adventure.If you leave the group to go the the restroom, please alert the teacher before you go.
 Please do not purchase mementos, food, candy or drinks for your child (or only a few children) as it makes others sad. We also have children with restricted diets.
 Please let the teachers maintain the discipline, especially for your child. You may not take your child outside or to the bathroom to discipline/punish them. Use positive discipline techniques if needed.
 If you see something that the teacher should know, please make him/her aware immediately so that it may be addressed.
 If we are seated at an event, such as the symphony, where you are close to a child who needs to be reminded to have their best manners, please feel free to remind them. If they do not do as you ask, get the teachers attention so they may help.
 Children must travel to and from the field trip on the school bus. No child may ride to the field trip on the bus and then
ride home with a parent or vise versa. This policy is very important and put in place to ensure that all children are safe and accounted for and adult/child ratios are met.
 Texting and talking on cell phones while chaperoning children is prohibited and phones may only be used for emergencies or when asked to take photos.
If you wish to be a chaperon on a field trip/event or volunteer in the classroom, we will require a background check and review the above items.
Please see one of the directors for a Volunteer/Chaperone Background Check Form and we will take care of the rest!