We've done our best to provide information that is accurate and complete, but keep in mind that "the only constant is change!" Estimates of hours are based on everyone doing their fair share and may involve some times of more work averaged with other times of less.

Helping INSIDE Your Classroom(s)
Please complete the online OUSD Volunteer Application to help IN the Classroom.

Art Class Helper
Help organize and file student work. Set-up and clean-up for classes. Assist with displays, shows, and preparation for Open House.
Contact: Your Room Representative, Teacher, or Josie Levi
When & Where: School Year, Portable C
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 4

COMPOST/Garden Helper
Assist the teacher with projects in the school gardens in cooperation with the COMPOST Committee and Green Team. Keep class garden plot planted and looking neat.
Contact: Johnna Arnold or Lara Jealous
When & Where: School Year, School and Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 4

Library Volunteer
Provide assistance with circulation and shelving while Librarian reads story and works with children. Each class needs to have a volunteer present when they visit the library. Additional help is needed during fundraising Book Fairs.
Contact: Maggie Rogers or Paci Hammond
When & Where: School Year, School
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 3

Teacher's Helper
Let the Teacher teach by assisting with a variety of tasks such as photocopying, correcting tests, working with small groups of children, putting up displays, caring for animals, sewing, sharpening pencils, organizing supplies, etc.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 4

Tutoring Help
Assist the Teacher in providing targeted instruction to one or more students who need special help or one-on-one interaction. Details will vary with each particular situation.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: TBD

Helping Your Classroom(s) primarily OFFSITE.

Book Orders
Collect individual monthly book orders from the teacher, review for accuracy, place order, and distribute books to students upon delivery. Investigate online ordering options.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 2

Dinner-Auction Representative
Help your class engage with the Spring Dinner-Auction fundraiser by coordinating your class basket/project for auction and by encouraging attendance. Facilitate communication between class parents and planning committee.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Lisa Salomon or Jennifer Whitney
When & Where: January-March, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 2

"Easy Money" Class Representative
Encourage all parents in class to take advantage of "easy money" programs like eScrip and Lucky S.H.A.R.E.S.
Contact: Jody Ginsburg or Michelle Syracuse
When & Where: School Year, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 2

Field Trip Coordinator
Coordinate field trips per teacher's direction. Make reservations, collect required paperwork from parents, confirm drivers, recruit additional drivers as needed, compile list of drivers' cell phone numbers.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School, Home & Beyond
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 2

Green Team Representative
Help pass along information on Green Team initiatives to parents and coordinate with children and teachers on upcoming activities and environmental education info. Might also include ensuring green folder information is coordinated for those needing snail mail, working with Party Coordinators on greening party supplies, and working with zero waste lunch team to ensure that student lunchtime monitors are assigned in your class (roughly twice per year).
Contact: Your Room Representative, Teacher, Jane McCrae, or Kim Hoffman
When & Where: School Year, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 3

Metrathon Representative
Rally the class around the Metrathon. Facilitate communication between class parents and Metrathon committee. Help your teacher with his/her bid board event. Coordinate any parties the class may have won.
Contact: Your Room Representative, Teacher, Laura Post, or Kim Gahl
When & Where: Sept-Oct plus, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 10

Nutrition, Health & Safety Representative
Coordinate classroom participation in school-wide Health & Safety program including collecting emergency food packets, checking class emergency backpacks, and facilitating disaster drill.
Contact: Kim Cardoso or Nina Senn
When & Where: School Year, School & Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 3

Paperwork Helper
Assist Teacher as needed with paper-related tasks like Green Folder or homework packet assembly, photocopying, collating, etc. Ideally, you'll work with your Teacher and your Green Team Rep to increase use of electronic alternatives and reduce the classroom's reliance on paper.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School and Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 1.5 or more

Party Coordinator
Organize classroom celebrations around holidays per the Teacher's preferences. If class wins a Metrathon party prize, you work with your class Metrathon Rep coordinate that event. Enlist other parents to participate in and contribute to these events.
Contact: Your Room Representative or Teacher
When & Where: School Year, School and Home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 1.5 or more

Room Representative (aka Room Parent)
Ensure essential classroom tasks are accomplished by coordinating other parent volunteers. Serve as a liason with the Teacher. Assist school communication by forwarding email or initiating phone tree. Coordinate classroom expressions of Teacher Appreciation.
Contact: Elaine Connolly or Libbi Ziegler
When & Where: School Year, School and home
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 5 or more

Science Support Helper
You don't have to be a science major!
Trained volunteers will show you the ropes. FOSS is a hands-on program that includes weekly science labs which take time for busy teachers to set up. Assist with the FOSS Science Kit Inventory in Sept, Dec, April, and Jun for 1 - 2 hours each time and set up Science labs for classroom, once a week for 1 hour
Contact: Laura Courtney or Laura Lunt
When & Where: School Year, School
ESTIMATED Hours per Month per Person: 5