1. Parent Helpers
MargD

2. Welcome and Thank You! Today’s topics: What you’ll be doing
How you can best help the students and the teachers
What to do if the students are off task or not making ‘good choices’
Confidentiality
Working With Children Check

3. Some beginning comments on junior classrooms today.
Meeting individual needs
A variety of activities
‘On task’
‘Making good choices’
The value of an extra pair of adult
hands, eyes and ears

4. What you’ll be doing: Working with small groups of students
Being a ‘roamer’
Helping students change bookfolders
Helping students with their writing.

5. How you can best help the students and the teachers:
Always being positive and businesslike.
Committing to a time
Helping students do things for themselves
Being ready to laugh
Enjoying your time with us!

6. What to do if the students are off task or not making ‘good choices’:
Some strategies
Prevention
Praise
‘I like the way you sat down straight away’.
‘You did a great job of taking turns’
Redirecting
Firmly stating rules
Discipline is the teacher’s problem, not yours. Don’t ever be afraid to send a child to a teacher!

7. Confidentiality: The most important gift is trust.
‘what’s said in the classroom, stays in the classroom’.
Keeping academic and social progress confidential including:
any child’s progress
lack of progress
social difficulties
special needs
behavioural difficulties
If you have any concerns, make
these known to the teachers or principal.

8. Working With Children Check:
Only adults who have a Working with Children check are permitted to work in the school.
All teachers undergo a regular police check.
Form from the post office, fill it in and send it off. When it comes back, the office will need a copy for our school records.

9. Any questions?