room parents

Class helper parents

Room parents are parent volunteers who assist a classroom teacher, typically in elementary school.

They coordinate class activities, organize parties, chaperone field trips, and communicate between the teacher and other parents: The room parents sent out a signup sheet for the holiday party.

Also called class parents or room moms, though the role isn't limited to mothers.

Related
  • volunteerUnpaid willing participant
  • classroomEducational instruction space
  • PTAFamily-faculty advocacy group
  • snacksLight bites between meals
  • partiesOrganized social gatherings

field trips · teacher · school · helpers · cupcakes · sign-up · party planning · chaperoning · newsletters · fundraising · homeroom · moms · dads · carpooling · book fair · school event · supplies · holiday party

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volunteer vs. paid status

room parentssalaried workers

Employees with fixed pay

teaching assistants · school administrators · substitute teachers · paraprofessionals

insider vs. outsider to classroom

room parentsoutsiders

Those not belonging

Family

room, rooms, roomed, rooming, roomy, roommate, roommates, parent, parents

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