Role of the parent delegates
Roles and Responsibilities
The parent class delegate from TPS to 12th grade serves as liaison between the class teacher or head teacher and the class parents. This is a very important role because the Parent Class Delegate provides assistance to the teacher and contributes to building a sense of belonging and community within the class and to the school.
Responsibilities
•Assist the teacher by translating (if necessary) and disseminating relevant information to class parents,such as reminders, class activities and school events.
•Help connect parents to create class unity (picnic, coffee, cocktail).
•Manage and promote volunteer participation.
•In secondary school, represent the class parents in the “conseil de classe” meetings *
•Refer parent questions related to academic, administrative and campus issues to the “elected parent” representing the respective levels at the conseil d’école (Maternelle and Elementary) or Conseil d’établissement (Secondary), and/orto the school director.
•Provide regular feedback to the elected parent representatives at the Conseil de class or établissement.
•Represent the values and missions of the school.
•Respect the privacy of our families and do not use the lists for things unrelated to your role as a delegate.
Organization
It is recommended to have 2 volunteer parents per class. Ideally, one French speaking and one English speaking.
The two delegates need to coordinate how they will work and share the different responsibilities.
Meetings
There will be one information meeting for all delegates at the start of the school year to outline responsibilities and provide documents for smooth organization.
This will be organized by level (Maternelle, Elementary, Collège, Lycée).
One meeting per trimester with school director and advancement
Required actions
•Inform the teacher that you are interested in being the class delegate and understand your responsibilities.
•Work with class teacher to understand their expectations.
•Collect parent emails and phone numbers from teacher.
•Introduce yourself and your role as parent delegate to parents by email.
•Identify the preferred parent email address for classroom communication.
•Organize the class coffee or cocktail. It does not have to be hosted by you, but you need to be sure it happens. Invite teacher(s). This needs to be done ideally before the October break.
•Secondary –obtain parent feedback for Conseil de classe and report back to class parents.
•Manage your volunteer sign-ups for class activities and field trips with the teacher.
•Get volunteers to commit to the schoolwide events organized by Advancement and PAR (Back to school barbecue, Winter and Spring fair, Gala). Coordinate names with Advancement.
•Disseminate information on regular basis as per requested by teachers or administration or PAR.