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Helping the Teacher when you can’t be in Classroom

By Jillian | August 14, 2015
Filed under: Family Connection Tagged: Kindergarten, School, School Age

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I am one of those Moms who loves the idea of working in the classroom. I love teaching, I love kids… fun, fun, fun. BUT actually finding time to work in the classroom is a little more difficult than I thought it would be. When the kids are at school it is time to work (someone has to run the blog).

Since I know I am not alone in my quest to help while not actually being in the classroom, I’ve made a list. I asked every teacher I know what type of classroom support they need. You would be surprised how quickly and confidently the ideas flowed. They know exactly what kind of help they want!

This list is perfect for back to school and something you definitely want to pin for later.

love this list of ways to help the teacher!!! #16 is happening this year for sure

 

How to volunteer… without working in the classroom.

Get your printable volunteer list by entering your information below.

  • Take home work that needs to be prepared. Cut, sort, label, glue, staple, etc.
  • Help coordinate parent volunteers for parties, field trips and donations.
  • Put together and pass out parent information. (Remember that the school can not share this info but most parents will gladly give it to you ask nicely. ;))
  • Repair and sort damaged books, games and classroom activities.
  • Make displays for special events or announcements.
  • Connect with and support parents who want to help but need guidance.
  • Make phone calls to set up field trips and special events.
  • Make field trip permission slips.
  • Make name tags with kids pictures on them for field trips.
  • Help prepare and create a monthly calendar of class events.
  • Take charge of the Scholastic’s Book Orders.
  • Teach a weekly, biweekly or monthly class using your own skills. A musical instrument, cooking, art, foreign language, etc.
  • Make copies.
  • Run errands to help collect supplies.
  • Work at the school for one or two hours to help cover recess and lunch break periods.
  • Take charge of Box Tops for Education and Labels for Education.
  • Find out what the teacher needs for their classroom and make a wish list to hand out to other parents.
  •  Have the teacher fill out a questionnaire about their interests, favorite shops, restaurants and hobbies. Give a copy of the answers out to all of the parents before a holiday or teacher appreciation week to make gift giving easier.
  • Prepare classroom center activities like file folder games or sight word boxes.

How will you use this list? Hand it out to your class if you are a teacher? Give it to other parents? Hand it to your kids teacher and ask them to circle what they need help with?

What creative ways do you help at school? (I love the ideas that are already in the comment section!!! Make sure to add some too!)  

This post originally appeared September 19, 2012

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  1. Janet says

    September 20, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Our Kindergarten teachers had scrapbooks put together for each Kindergartener. Nothing fancy, just special assignments, such as the letter of the day/week with a drawing that the child did or a picture of the child, or a pic from a special occasion: Christmas party, lost tooth, birthday, field trip, etc. I put those together for her. It did not take up much time. Most of the pages, the kids did the artwork or writing in class. Or the teacher had pre-decorated sheets of paper. She just needed someone to glue pics on the pages and match it up and insert it in the appropriate child’s binder. It was such a nice gift for the parents at the end of the school year.

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    • Jillian says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:09 am

      What a fun project and so awesome that you were able to help! I bet those scrapbooks turned out so cute.

      Reply
  2. Anna says

    September 27, 2012 at 9:38 am

    Love these ideas! I can’t get into my daughters preschool classroom to help as much as I’d like to because I have two little ones at home still! Will definately ask her teachers about some of these suggestions 🙂

    Reply
    • Jillian says

      September 27, 2012 at 9:50 am

      Yeah Anna! I’m sure she/ he will be thrilled. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Kenya G. Johnson says

    October 4, 2012 at 4:42 am

    Thanks for the print out, this was great info.

    Reply
    • Jillian says

      October 10, 2012 at 10:10 am

      You’re welcome!

      Reply
  4. Debbie Kelly says

    July 23, 2013 at 10:28 am

    As I start to get my classroom ready for the coming year I found your ideas very helpful. Very few parents can come into the classroom but they want to help. I’m going to make a list for Back-to-School Night with a lot of your suggestions. This is only my second year teaching and I didn’t know how to use my parent volunteers very effectively last year. This will help a lot.

    Reply
  5. Rayla says

    July 29, 2013 at 2:36 pm

    This list is nice, but I, as an educator, find that parental support at the high school level is deplorable. Could there be a list such as this for parents of middle and high schoolers?

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    • Jillian says

      July 29, 2013 at 7:46 pm

      Let’s make one!!! I started asking all the teachers I knew what would help and that is how the list was born. Are you a parent or a teacher?

      Reply
  6. necole says

    August 30, 2013 at 7:57 am

    Thank you for this! I am printing it to give my daughters teacher..so she can reference it and use it!!

    Reply
  7. cindy says

    April 26, 2014 at 6:28 am

    I am a teacher myself and find it very hard to have parents coöperate and volenteer more and more effectively. This is a great idea that I will pass on to collegeas here in Holland.

    Reply
  8. Melissa Simmons says

    July 22, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    I need someone to scan my library books in using one of the classroom organizer apps!
    They could take home a box at a time! 🙂

    Reply
  9. Ashley Lindberg says

    July 25, 2014 at 7:36 am

    I ask my parents to do our laundry since we don’t have a washing machine to wash our dramatic play clothes. My parents also make our play dough :]

    Reply
    • Jillian says

      July 30, 2014 at 5:54 pm

      I love that they make your play dough! Such a big help (and the laundry is a big deal too!)

      Reply
  10. Carrie says

    July 26, 2014 at 8:36 am

    Cutting out laminated items would be a big help too.

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    • Carrie says

      July 26, 2014 at 8:38 am

      Also cutting out newspaper articles that relate to the class….pics of the kids at school, current events, school events.

      Reply
      • Jillian says

        July 30, 2014 at 5:53 pm

        Such a great idea Carrie

        Reply
  11. Catherine says

    July 26, 2014 at 8:54 am

    I vollenteer at the school library at dismissal time to help the children take out books. I also display books on subjects that the children are covering in class.

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    • Jillian says

      July 30, 2014 at 5:53 pm

      I love that Catherine. I’m sure that helps kids find books they might miss otherwise.

      Reply
  12. Michelle says

    August 13, 2014 at 9:49 am

    I cannot open the Word document, could you please email or post the PDF version? Love your blog BTW!

    Reply
  13. CJ says

    August 14, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    I can’t open the volunteer idea list document either. I would appreciate a PDF also!

    Reply
  14. Ronni Davis says

    August 14, 2015 at 8:04 am

    Since many teachers use their own money to supplement decorations and materials for their students, a gift certificate to Mardels, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, or some other teacher store would be a lovely appreciated gesture.

    Reply

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