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The Great Wall at night
Roster of Volunteer Positions
for CAFAMs Chinese School
Many hands make light work!
Each year our school grows in enrollment and in enthusiasm. The key to that growth is the dedication of the families involved: Students show up, step up, and have fun; so, too, do their parents. We rely absolutely on parents to volunteer in a multitude of ways. Our goal is to make it easy to succeed as a school volunteer: Experienced volunteers provide newcomers with guidance and support and camaraderie.
Here is a complete list of volunteer roles. Most roles require only an hour or two. Those that require ongoing commitment or a significant investment of time do qualify for a half-tuition break.
Many positions are currently filled, but please inquire about any position that interests you. Contact Marcia Whited.
DAY-to-DAY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
1 or 2 parent coordinators for each class
(depending on age of students and class-size) ;Duties include supporting the teacher in the classroom, shepherding the children between activities, sending e-mails to families at the opening of each semester and as needed during the semester. Parent-coordinators attend one Saturday-morning workshop in the fall before classes start.
Total currently: 17 volunteers
Art Director
Duties include creating art-project templates for classes first-grade and younger, buying supplies, and helping the classes execute the projects. Art assistants
Duties include helping prepare art projects, distributing supplies to classes and demonstrating the process. Some roles serve in the brush painting classroom and assist with transition between classes, paint mixing and technique instruction.Total currently: 6 volunteers
Classroom assistants
These roles are meant for teachers-in-training who have some Mandarin background and want to work with children and either grow into a teaching position or become familiar with how the school works.Total currently: 5 volunteers
Local key-attendant
Duties include living nearby, keeping a key, and opening the building on school days.SPECIAL EVENTS
Annual Book Fair (last day of fall semester, November)
Fair organizer
Duties include planning and managing the event, arranging for a bookseller, organizing the publicity effort with a public relations coordinator, assisting vendors. Public relations coordinator
Duties revolve around spreading word far and wide about the fair Bake-sale coordinator
Bake-sale support: at least 3 volunteers
Childrens arts & crafts coordinator
Set-up and break-down crews: 5 or 6 each
Dumpling master
Duties include overseeing a committee responsible for importing frozen dumplings, recruiting families to boil them at home, and having in place a grill team the day of the event Dumpling importers
Dumpling boilers
Dumpling grill team: 2 volunteers
Chinese New Year Fair (January or February)
Dance program coordinator
Duties include guiding a committee of volunteers in working with the dance director and the Steering Committee to organize the schools dance performance. Wardrobe manager
Duties include working with the dance-program coordinator and dance instructors to select and order costumes from the schools wholesaler and to secure seamstresses as needed; arranging a lion mask-making workshop. Stage manager
Duties include coordinating the order and staging of the successive dances Emcee
Duties include conducting the ceremonies while adjusting to the surprises of live performance with wit and grace Backstage manager
Duties include cueing the performers backstage and generally coordinating with the stage manager Class coordinators 1 or 2 for each class
Duties include helping with January rehearsals Assisting CAFAM fair organizers as needed
Multiple volunteers for craft preparation, setting up and breaking down, help with the program, admissions.
Spring Celebration (last day of school in May)
Talent Show
Talent-show coordinator
Duties include promoting the event by e-mail and soliciting acts, choosing the order of the acts and preparing a program; making sure all necessary equipment is available (piano, microphone, speakers, mats, etc.) Emcee
Conducting the ceremoniesDumpling-Eating Contest
Set-up and break-down crews
Dumpling master
Duties include overseeing a committee responsible for importing frozen dumplings, recruiting families to boil them at home, and having in place a grilling team the day of the event Dumpling importers
Dumpling boilers
Dumpling grill team: 2 volunteers
Emcee
Duties include conducting playful banter during long stretches of chewing Table crew to set up and break down
Cow Island Overnight (summer)
Program coordinator
Duties include scheduling the annual overnight and working as a liaison between Rippleffect and the schools steering committee and Cow Island committee; heading up the Cow Island committee and sending out informational e-mails to the parents of eligible students; organizing fundraising efforts Class coordinators: 1 for each participating class
Duties include working with the program coordinator to keep individual classes informed about the Cow Island overnight and to help organize the classs participation in fundraising efforts
Steering Committee
Chair
Duties include coordinating the various pieces of the program for the wellbeing of the whole, hiring teachers, learning from the past and looking to the future Registrar/ Treasurer
Duties include overseeing the registration process and managing the budget, as well as safeguarding the fiscal health of the school Curriculum coordinator
Duties include guiding the selection of the curriculum, adjusting it as needed, and overseeing its implementation with teachers and class coordinators Special Programs coordinator
Duties include guiding the special programs that give the school its extra verve Teaching liaison
Duties include interviewing teaching prospects and transitioning new teachers into the schools unique program Volunteer coordinators
Duties include identifying and recruiting volunteers for various roles Fundraising coordinator
Duties include supporting the Book Fair and other school fundraising efforts Secretary
Duties include keeping records for the committee and school