IMPORTANT: Learning Center Volunteers’ Second Email. PLEASE REPLY BY Wednesday 1/17

Thank you so much for volunteering to be a part of the Learning Center. You are such a vital part of this mission to help homeschool families. We couldn’t function without you!

 I have included a document with the various jobs listed. Please check this over to be sure that it is correct and reply by email by Wednesday, 1/16. You can help my addled brain if you will reply to this email (rather than writing a new one) and specifically write your name and all your jobs (e.g., “Jane Doe–ballet and hands-on science helper.”) That way we don’t have to worry about any teachers missing their assistants on the first day of class. 

Please read your job description at the bottom. 

(If you don’t see an assignment for you or your children, you need not reply unless you would like to talk that over with us.)

If you don’t see your name on the list, it means we were unable to get you a job this semester, although it’s possible that we may still need you. Even if you are not assigned a job, you will still receive the tuition discount. We do our best to give everyone at least one job, but on occasion that does not work out. (Some people have several duties due to the particular nature of those jobs or the particular nature of those people.) Typically, we have problems placing someone as a volunteer due to limited availability and/or to the fact that they have children with them. We also give classroom helper jobs to adults before kids, although we always take kids for set-up and clean-up.

Scholarships are awarded based on the number of times that you can help us fulfill our mission (in addition to the tuition discount). They can range from $45 (if you are helping with one activity) to several hundred dollars. Scholarships will be credited to your account before the first payment is charged to your account, around week five.

Thanks so much for your help! Y’all are essential to our success.

Jack and Holly Donnelly

PLEASE reply by 1/17

Job Descriptions

It’s vital that you notify us by phone or text if you can’t make it on a particular Wednesday (402-541-4829) so that we can supply a replacement for you.

CLASSROOM HELPERS

 It’s our goal to have a low adult-to-student ratio in the classrooms; thank you for making this possible. Your job is simply to help the kids follow the teacher’s directions (You are there to help guide children, not supplement the instruction—for instance, you don’t need to know Spanish to help the Spanish teacher). 
–Please alert us if you are scheduled to be a classroom helper while your child is in a Tae Kwon Do class for 5-7-year-olds, as these classes are only half an hour in length.
–You should NOT have your own children with you for this job, unless they are enrolled in the class, in which case, they should be treated no differently than any other child. 
—Please do not spend time on your phone; if you do not have enough to do, check with the teacher and then with us.

SET-UP

Sarah Winn will give you your assignment. For the first two weeks, please come by 8:15am. After that, you will probably be able to report around 8:30.

CLEAN-UP
It’s so important to leave our gracious hosts with a clean church. Please report to Sarah Winn for your assignments. You will help us with sweeping, wiping down tables, emptying trash…. it’s kind of like home. 🙁 We may go as late as 4:45 the first few weeks, but we are soon a well-oiled machine often ending by 4:30. If you finish your assignment, please check with Sarah to see if anything else needs to be done.)

 BABYSITTING

This important position will need contact between you and the teacher whom you are working with. I will send a follow-up email to help you confer with each other. This job can be done even if you have younger children with you.

 HALL MONITOR

Thanks so much for spending time in the halls while our classes are in session. This job can be done even if you have younger children with you. Please sign in at the front table each week as you begin.

We appreciate your help with the following:

–pray for our teachers and students.
–stop by the Moms’ Room (on the second floor) to refill cups, make coffee, and fill hot and cold water as needed.
–collect any trash
–prompt anyone who has forgotten to behave appropriately
–report any unusual activity to the registration table, including outside on the grounds
–check women’s restroom stalls to be sure that toilet paper is stocked

FLOATING HELPER

You are the right-hand man of the Learning Center. Your major job is to handle all those unforeseen jobs that come up. This position works best when you can see what needs to be done and do it; thank you!
–at the beginning of the hour, find Jack or Holly Donnelly at the front table to see if there are any emergency positions that need to be filled.
–if a teacher or classroom helper is absent, you will become the classroom helper in that class.
–if you are not otherwise employed, please sit at the front table to help us handle any issues that arise.

ON-CALL HELPER

Every week we have volunteers who are unable to come in due to sickness or emergency, which means we can run short for a particular hour. When that happens, we will text you a message that you are needed. (There is no need for you to check in weekly.) Typically, we find out before 10am and notify you then. Thanks so much for helping us plug a hole when the dike is leaking! Note: this is your volunteer assignment and although we may not need you every week, if we contact you, we need to be able to count on you coming in.

PLEASE reply by 1/17

For the list of jobs, click here: https://omahahomeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Volunteer-Job-List-Second-Email-Spring-2024.pdf