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Northeast Elementary 901 North Vine * Glenwood, Iowa 51534 * 712-527-4875 * Fax: 712-527-4054 |
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PARENT’S ASSIST LEARNING AT SCHOOL (PALS) We would be glad to have you as one of our PAL volunteers at Northeast Elementary School. We hope that you will benefit from your experience as we know our students and teachers do. The primary duty of a PAL is to assist the teacher to which they are assigned. You will be scheduled to work on specific days and times. If for any reason you cannot work on your assigned days, please make other arrangements with your teacher. The teachers are counting on you, so please do not let them down. Some of the ways in which you can help us are, doing art work, taking down and putting up bulletin boards, working with children, typing, cutting out letters, etc. If you feel that you are being asked to do more than can reasonably be expected in the time you have volunteered, or you are uncomfortable with the task, talk this over with your teacher. At times, due to the nature of their duties, PALS may become aware of information at school which must be treated as confidential. The PAL may discuss the matter with the classroom teacher or the principal, but under no circumstances should they discuss such matters with other volunteers or unauthorized persons. PALS are not to be left alone in the classroom with the students. It is also not your duty or responsibility to correct or discipline any students. Disciplinary action is to be handled by teachers and staff members only. You may be a PALS volunteer in either a primary classroom, resource classroom, or the media center. Sometimes it works best if the PALS volunteers typically don’t work in their own child’s classroom. We’ll work with our volunteers to make a job match with their time and talents. |
