Ways and Means Committees
Book Fair
Time Commitment: 2 hours a week one month before Book Fair opens. 4-6 hours per day while Book Fair is on campus.
Busiest Times of Year: September - October, assuming Book Fair is in October Work at Kick-off day hosting a table; attend 2-3 PFC meetings before, during and after Book Fair; Coordinate marketing, administration and volunteers for Book Fair. Work with Scholastic Book Fair rep to schedule Fair; coordinate evening Family event during week; schedule Teacher and Volunteer Preview Days all with help of Scholastic Rep.
Directory Time Commitment: 40-60 hours Busiest Times of Year: August to early November Prepare all class lists and alphabetical lists for the school directory. Need good to strong knowledge of Excel including formulas and formatting. Receive database of student contact information submitted online as part of kick-off registration process. Send out various email communications to school and room parents regarding directory. Work with room parents to get missing data for each student and then validate all the contact data at back to school night and during the following weeks. Manually input all missing data in to excel. Prepare data for publication by manipulating excel database using various sorting and formatting functions. Prepare youngest child counts and email class lists for teachers and duplication committee.
Directory Advertising Time Commitment: 30 - 40 hours Busiest time of year: June - Mid September Contact local businesses by phone, email or in person to see if they would like to purchase directory advertisements. Obtain signed contract and payment from advertisers and submit to PFC Finance Directory. Make sure advertisers provide advertising art work to Directory Graphic Designer in timely fashion. Maintain spreadsheet with contact and advertising sales information for all ads sold and provide this information to Directory Graphic Designer and other Directory Advertising Salesperson. Proofread advertisements. Work mostly on own but collaborate somewhat with other Directory Advertising Salesperson, Directory Graphic Designer, and Directory Database Manager. Skills: Strong communication skills and willingness to ask people topurchase ads.
Directory Layout Busiest Times of Year: August to mid October Time Commitment: 40 hours Responsible for design, layout and formatting of student directory. Be able to attend directory team and PFC meetings as needed, communicate with team on missing artwork from advertisers, and work directly with advertisers if necessary to help with layout and file questions. Assemble all text, pdfs, advertisements, and other content in an aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-read and cost-efficient arrangement. Contact, communicate and work with local district printer to lock down print schedule, ensure files are print-ready, printing deadline is met, and directories are delivered in a timely manner to the school.
eScrip & Box Tops Coordinator Time Commitment: 40 hours
Busiest Times of Year: eScrip - August (Kick-off Day), October (Renewals), February (Kindergarten Registration)
Box Tops - October, February & May (mail-in deadlines)
eScrip Set-up and manage eScrip table at Kick-Off Day (August) and at Kindergarten Registration (February). Enroll new subscribers and mail in forms for existing subscribers changing their designated school. Manage Safeway receipt promotion in September. Renew all existing subscribers by Nov. 1. Track and monitor monthly activity. Come up with promotions, as needed, to generate more support. Report PFC spending of fitness/nutrition expenditures monthly, as required by Safeway. Communicate appreciation of support to Safeway. Manage Enews. Respond to email questions. Attend monthly PFC meetings to report on performance. Box Tops Monitor Box Tops container in school office. Mail in unexpired Box Tops, in batches of 50, to BTFE in October, February & May. Update PFC website with collection sheets. Manage eNews. Gift Wrap
Golf Tournament Time Commitment: 40 hours Busiest Times of Year: March through May Arrange date and contract with golf course. Plan any events that will take place before or after tournament. Plan details of tournament day. Distribute communication school wide prior to event. Collect payment for tournament. Be present on day of tournament.
Nominating Time Commitment: 40 hours Busiest Times of Year: Mid-February through April Get Nominating Committee together and meet several times throughout the process. Talk with all current chairs to determine if they will continue on in their positions or what other positions they will fill. Compile list of people to be contacted by committee. Keep Slate updated with any progress made by committee and regularly send out to committee. Distribute any necessary communication school wide to help with Nominating process. Present progress to PFC at March and April meetings. Vote on Slate at May PFC meeting.
Read-a-Thon Time Commitment: 60 hours Busiest Time of Year: October through December Develop theme and pick prizes. Prepare and order envelope packets. Prepare communication to be sent school wide. Get volunteers. Prepare signage and prize boards. Present to student body at lunch. Distribute packets. Hold raffle during RAT. Collect packets and distribute prizes at end of RAT. Announce winners. Reconcile contents of packets and prepare deposits for Financial Sec. Hold end of RAT parties.
WAEF Activities Committees
Art Awareness Time Commitment: 8 hours the first month of school, then 2 hours per month Busiest Times of Year: Beginning and end of school year. Coordinate Art Awareness parent volunteers and create a volunteer address list in Yahoo e mail account. Distribute Art Awareness binders to classroom Art parents and answer questions as needed throughout the year. Order and maintain art supplies in the art shed. Collect Art Awareness binders at end of year.
Art Show
Time Commitment: Busiest Times of Year: March Coordinate Walnut Acres Art Show. Working with Art Awareness Coordinators, Volunteers and Teachers to plan and execute the transformation of the Multiuse room into a Museum showcasing artwork from all grades and individuals at Walnut Acres. This is a one day event with a day for set-up and a follow-up day to take down. Carnival
Time Commitment: Busiest Times of Year: August - October Coordinate our largest community-building event and fund raiser. Fill key positions and manage a Carnival committee and the Carnival budget. Good job for a team
Community Service Time Commitment: 40 hours total annually Busiest Times of Year: December Coordinate several community service events throughout the year, including a toy and clothing drive in December, canned food drive in March and the Darcie Jones Book Drive in May.
Enrichment Time Commitment: 40 hours per session (2 or 3 sessions per year) Busiest Times of Year: Before and during registration process for classes Coordinating after school enrichment classes funded by the PFC to provide hands-on experiences for the students of the school. Responsibilities also include researching programs, contacting instructors, scheduling classes, building class schedule, managing registrations and contractor insurance requirements, and submitting deposits to the PFC Financial Secretary.
Ice Cream Social Time Commitment: 10 hours Busiest Times of Year: August and September Coordinate a fun, free community building event for the entire Walnut Acres community early in the fall. Solicit ice cream donation as well as sign up parents to volunteer at the event.
Library
Time Commitment: 10 hours
Busiest Times of Year: August and September
Coordinate parent volunteers to work in the Walnut Acres library during the year. Train new volunteers with the help of the librarian. Assign shelving to be maintained by the volunteers. Post a volunteer calendar on the website, and other useful information. Manage other projects as needed or determined by librarian. Liaison between the librarian and the volunteers. Open House Festival Time Commitment: 10 hours Busiest Times of Year: April and May Coordinate a fun, free community building event for the entire Walnut Acres community in the spring. Organize and run a concessions stand so families can come and enjoy dinner before the school wide classroom visits begin.
Parent Educator Program (PEP) Time Commitment: 8 – 12 hours a month Busiest Times of Year: On-going Coordinate calendar and volunteers for teaching 3 PEP courses a year (grades 3,4 and 5). Organize, update and prepare teaching materials for all three sessions as well as attend one or two local conferences to stay current with events and lesson updates. Plan and communicate activities for Red Ribbon Week in October.
Science Fair Time Commitment: 30 hours total Busiest Times of Year: December - February
Coordinate every aspect of the Walnut Acres Science Fair. Communicate project and fair details to students, teachers and families, arrange for kick-off visit from Professor Whizzbang, accept science fair proposals as well as orders for presentation boards, deliver presentation boards, order award certificates and participant ribbons, recruit volunteers to work in various capacities at the fair, schedule and oversee judging, set up and clean up of fair. Enter winners in MDUSD fair. Social Time Commitment: 20 hours total Busiest Times of Year: August, December and May Coordinate the Back to School Coffee on the first day of school, including finding donors t provide the pastries and coffee. Plan, and find someone to host the PFC Holiday Party and the PFC Volunteer Appreciation Party in the spring. Arrange for volunteers to bring food and beverages. Send out invitations to the parties.
Student Safety: Drive Thru Time Commitment: Couple of hours per month Busiest Times of Year: September, then on-going Recruit for drive thru volunteers. Establish a volunteer schedule and set up calendar for the year. Prepare calendar for the website and send out e-mail reminders to volunteers.
Student Safety: Emergency Preparedness Time Commitment: Couple of hours per month Busiest Times of Year: August and September Coordinate selling and assembling of Emergency Food Kits for students as well as delivery to classrooms, communicating emergency preparedness information via e mail, work with principal to update emergency site documents / plan and emergency response procedures, work with other PFC chairs to switch out and restock water supply in classrooms. Maintain Disaster Shed, teacher backpacks, Nurse’s Office and MUR emergency storage cans as needed. Student Safety:
Lunch Patrol Time Commitment: 10 hours in August, then a couple of hours per month Busiest Times of Year: August and September, then ongoing Attend Kick-Off to recruit for yard duty volunteers. Establish a volunteer schedule and set up calendar for the year. Prepare calendar for the website and send out e-mail reminders to volunteers. Also maintain first aid cart and supplies for office.
Student Safety: Rainy Day Coordinator Time Commitment: 5 hours at beginning of year, then 1 hour per month Busiest Times of Year: August, then on-going Establish a volunteer schedule based upon list obtained from room parents. Prepare calendar for website and send out e-mail reminders to volunteers.
Teacher Appreciation Time Commitment: 10 hours at beginning of year, then 2 hours per month Busiest Times of Year: August and May Coordinate Teacher Appreciation Week events via the room parents, Plan and arrange for several teacher luncheons throughout the year, decorate staff tables on teacher appreciation luncheon days, send e mail reminders to parents who have volunteered to bring food for luncheons and clean up staff room after luncheons. Work with PFC president, vice president and Social Chair for any special events when bakers may be needed.
Theatre Enrichment Time Commitment: 30 hours per year Busiest Times of Year: During the planning stage for each production and before and after productions Meet with Walnut Acres Children's Theatre directors before summer and fifth grade plays to discuss budget and calendar. Review budget and facilitate deposit process and payment process for expenses.
T-Shirts / Spirit Wear Time Commitment: 30+ hours Busiest Times of Year: May and June for design and ordering, August and September for Kick – Off and back orders. Be creative in designing our school spirit wear, analyze previous years’ orders to determine how much apparel to order. Together with a committee, decide on design logo for the school with the help of an artist provided by the vendor. Sell spiritwear at Walnut Acres Ice Cream Social and a few other Walnut Acres spirit events.
Yearbook Time Commitment: 3 hours a month Busiest Times of Year: On-going Recruit volunteers from each class for layout coordinators and photographers, Attend workshop with Lifetouch in getting yearbook started online and assign volunteers passwords so they can upload pictures and work on their pages. Design format of yearbook, including a cover, attend and/or delegate volunteers to various school events to take pictures, proof yearbook pages, submit final proofs to yearbook company, solicit sales, review orders and distribute yearbooks at end of year.
Communications Committees
Webmaster Time Commitment: Varies – average 4 hours per month Busiest Times of Year: On-going Maintain Walnut Acres web presence by updating web information and beautifying the site as needed. Providing technical support for website users.
Community Announcements Time Commitment: 15-20 hours per month Busiest Times of Year: On-going (with an emphasis in fall and early spring)
Enews Time Commitment: 4 hours every 2 weeks Busiest Times of Year: Twice per month Manage Enews Inbox; manage submission process; liaise with PFC President and Principal; collect Enews submissions; edit articles for grammar, punctuation and conformity; build Enews page including text and graphics; preview and check that dates are accurate and links function properly; make suggested revisions; update PFC website with current editions and archives. Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Liaison Time Commitment: 6-8 hours per month (includes meeting times) Busiest Times of Year: On-going Post monthly PAC meeting agenda on PFC website, attend monthly PAC meetings, led by the MDUSD Superintendent, type minutes and submit on the PFC website as well as verbally report back information from the meetings to the PFC at its monthly meetings.
Office Support Communication Monday Time Commitment: About 1 hour every other week Busiest Times of Year: On-going Recruit and schedule team of 7-8 volunteers to assist with assembly of handouts which go home to all students. Every other Monday, meet with team to collate and staple handouts.
Office Support Duplicating Time Commitment: About 1-3 hours per week Busiest Times of Year: Aug/Sept to recruit volunteers and coordinate schedule Organize training for parent volunteers in use of copy, book binding and die cut equipment. Schedule all volunteers for weekly duplicating times. Maintain duplicating supplies.
Office Support Insurance Time Commitment: 15-20 hours per year Busiest Times of Year: Beginning of school year Collect and validate submitted insurance forms for driving on fieldtrips. Track fingerprinting and tb testing for classroom volunteer purposes. Make information available to teachers and room parents on an on-going basis.
Office Support Marquee Time Commitment: About 1 hour per month Busiest Times of Year: On-going Change the sign in front of the school to reflect goings-on for the month.
New Family Orientation Time Commitment: 20 -30 hours spread over summer and at start of year Busiest Times of Year: Start of school year Welcome new students to Walnut Acres before the first day of school with a "brown bag lunch". Recruit current students for the lunch to buddy up with new students and orient them with their new school. Welcome new parents in Sept. with a "Meet and Greet". Work to incorporate welcoming Kindergarten families as well.
Room Parent Coordinator Time Commitment: 3-4 hours prior to school year, Kick-Off day, and 3-4 hours at the start of school year. Thereafter, approximately 1 hour/month. Busiest Times of Year: End of summer and start of school year Recruit Room Parent volunteers at kick-off day booth and answer questions. Orient Room Reps in group meeting before school starts. Assist room parents throughout the school year with general questions and procedures. Act as liaison between PFC board and room parents for disseminating email communication. Update Room Parent information tab documents on PFC website as needed.
Executive Committee
President Time Commitment: Ranges (averages 12 hours/week) Busiest Time of Year: Throughout Manage overall objectives and strategies of PFC to make sure they stay in line with PFC Mission. Act as liaison between parents and principal/staff. Oversee “Ways and Means” Committee Chairs. Create agenda and facilitate monthly PFC meetings and Executive Committee meetings. Serve on Strategic Planning Committee. Communicate with school and/or PFC Board as necessary. Create school calendar and budget with Executive Committee. Speak at Kindergarten Orientation. Work at Kick-Off Day. Review monthly bank statements and sign checks.
Vice President - Activities Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per week, more in the months leading up to Kick Off Busiest Time of Year: April - June, August to plan for Kick Off Plan, organize and manage all aspects of Kick Off Day. Oversee school picture days and gather volunteers for various site based acitivities. Oversee "Activities" Committee Chairs. Serve on Nominating Committee. Attend monthly PFC meetings, Executive Committee meetings and quarterly Brainstorm Sessions.
Vice President - Communication Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per week Busiest Time of Year: July-Sept Oversee "Communications" Committees (Room Parents, Enews, Communication Monday, Community Announcements, Duplication, Webmaster, District Liaison, Insurance, Marquee, New Family Orientation). Manage PFC website content and users. Review Enews and Communication Monday content. Create, analyze and distribute annual PFC survey. Attend monthly Executive Committee and PFC meetings, serve on Nominating Committee and work at Kick Off Day. Treasurer Time Commitment: Ranges (minimum 1 hour a week, maximum 12 hours per week, average 2-4 hours per week) Busiest Times of Year: Late August - September, March – April This job is currently separated into two positions: Lead Treasurer Present and report on, up-to-date financial reports (Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet) to the board at monthly PFC meetings. Attend monthly executive board meetings and PFC meetings. Work with various board members and Walnut Acres Principal to develop an annual budget. Attend strategic planning meetings and provide financial information as needed. Provide assistance to fundraising chairs when reconciling the financial outcome of their event. Processes disbursement requests and prepare checks.
Assistant Treasurer Maintain, record, and account for all financial transactions (receipts and disbursements) of the PFC. Prepare the monthly financial reports. Reconcile bank accounts on a monthly basis and complete required year-end tax forms. Work with Certified Public Accountants to file required forms to the IRS and maintain the Income Tax Exempt status of the PFC. Attend monthly executive board meetings and PFC meetings. Time Commitment: 16 hours per month Busiest Times of Year: Consistent work throughout year Process deposits: coordinate hand-off of cash deposits, count cash, reconcile and endorse checks, prepare deposit slip, update deposit spreadsheet, go to bank. Forward deposit journal entries to Treasurer for recording in accounting system. Annually assist in the budgeting process. Assist with check-out during kick-off day and at auction. Participate in auction buy-in party hosted by EC ($100-150). Maintain ongoing list of fundraising ideas submitted to the PFC. Review existing fundraisers and analyze to propose to Board which fundraisers will be promoted for the following year. Update PFC website with fundraising piecharts (sources and uses of cash). Attend monthly EC and PFC meetings. Attend EC brainstorming, Strategic Planning and fundraising meetings.
Secretary
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