I don't correct papers, but every Tuesday I stuff al of their work into a Tuesday folder to go home to the parents. It has all of their graded work. I wouldn't worry about it too much. They probably don't even pay attention to the names on the paper and they may not even know the names and faces of the kids in the class. I know I don't. Last year I was actually in the teachers office doing this, and I could tell you maybe 3 or 4 or the kids names in that class. Same this year.
It is a common practice at out school for these folders to be stuffed by the parents, no teachers do them, only the parents.
I have done this job, too, but here it's Friday folders.
I don't look at the grades, either. The job easily takes half an hour or more only looking at names, I can't imagine any parent wanted to extend it by taking mental notes of who got what grade.
At my kids schools, each volunteer is required to read and sign a confidentiality agreement before being allowed to work in the classroom. I've only graded papers a few times, and I don't pay much attention to the name on the paper as I'm grading it, I'm just checking the answers. Honestly, I learn more about the other kids' abilities by doing reading or math centers with them. But volunteers are held to the same standards as school employees. Some have been "fired" for discussing confidential matters with those they shouldn't.
Well there is the problem. In our school being a room mom has nothing to do with field trips at all.
Room moms were responsible for getting class parties together and asking for donations, a thankless job and really no one here wants it. WE have one mom that does it all the time, she is good at it.
For field trips they have an alloted number of spots available for parents. If the number of parent requests exceed the number of alloted spots then they draw names. I personally hate filed trips and would rather have a root canal than sit on a bus with all those kids. But I will help in the class when the teacher asks.
this is how it's done here. Room mom plans the parties and coordinates supplies/food for them. She usually collects for a teacher gift at Christmastime. She coordinates the room gift basket for the annual auction fundraiser, and finds volunteers to help at parties and to work whatever game or station is set up in the room at the annual school carnival. Basically, she handles the "extra" stuff. Fun stuff and fundraisers.
The teacher is the one who coordinates classroom volunteers, those that help with centers, reading groups, grading papers, Friday folders, field trips, special projects, etc, anything that relates to learning.
Sadly yes! And also that they can't be walking around yacking on their cell phones, bringing coffee and walking around with the cup, can't be buying only their child or their child's group snacks, treats or extras at the sight -like taking your child and group on the train at the Zoo-,Can't have grandma come with the siblings and meet there and ignore the other kids in your group, AND they had to be told you have to talk and interact and help ALL the children in your group not just your own child.
It got so bad with this current generation of Moms that it had to go out in writing before all trips.
Ug. Tell me about it. I went on my dd's field trip to the zoo in kindergarten. This one loud-mouthed mom who never shuts her mouth is yakking away while the teachers are giving us volunteers our instructions, so naturally, she doesn't hear them say "don't buy anything for the kids in your group, no snacks, no train rides, no toys..." So, what does she do? Their group rides the train, the carousel, and they get ice cream. And, surprise, surprise, they also don't get their "scavenger hunt" worksheets completed because they ran out of time to do what we actually came to the zoo to do!
Then on the bus ride back while her group is bragging about it (because you know that no matter how many times you tell a kindergartener to keep it quiet, they WILL tell!
) and other parents tell her she wasn't supposed to do that, she answers "What? They never said that! When did they say that?"
The look on her face was hysterical when someone responded "When she gave us our instructions before getting off the bus. You know, when you were talking to so-and-so."
