Module 3 Edu 411

In this last couple of weeks I have been communicating with our Parent Coordinator, Mrs. Davis  at our school. Mrs. Davis is pretty neat because she has the opportunity to work full time with our school. She helps in our front office with the parents, answers phone calls, assists administration, does memo's for monthly letters, and coordinates family events for our school. She is always available to ask questions. She talks with the principal/assistant principal about the events that she wants to do to help encourage parent and family nights at the school. The administration after having the talk about the upcoming event then have a meeting with the teachers and staff and ask for help with the events. The events are suppose to be educational but in a fun way. Such as a Celebrity Cook off we recently had at our school. Mrs. Davis asked for help from our superintendent of our school system, a firefighter, and the assistant principals to help in the cook off. The parents and children came to cheer on the cooking panel and vote for the best food after testing the food. We also recently had a book character parade at our school. This book character parade allowed the children to dress up in a outfit to promote their book. The teachers and children walked the hallways and the other children in the other grades cheered on the children walking and then they walked. Every grade level was able to walk if they dressed up and had the book to support the outfit they had on. The teachers and children would walk through the lunchroom to let the parents that wanted to watch see the children. Our school had a great turnout and it promoted the love of reading to the students and families. It also showed children that reading can be fun and everyone had fun dressing up. This was done close to Halloween and many children wore their Halloween costumes that had a book with them such as Superman, Power Rangers, Princess outfits and books such as Little Mermaid. Each month or so our coordinator tries to come up with activities that parents and children alike will enjoy and promote learning. Mrs. Davis also includes the community leaders such as fireman in many activities also. We have a police station and fire station directly across the street from our school and they love to help with programs for the children. Mrs. Davis also types memos monthly giving parents helpful hints on how to help their children with fun learning activities at home.