2023-2024 Dewey PTA Structure.xlsx

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1		2023-2024 DEWEY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
2	Committee	Role	Role Description	Volunteers Needed	Volunteer Name	Volunteer Name	Volunteer Name	Volunteer Name	Time Committment	Leadership Team Support	Volunteers

3	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Bulletein Board Installation	Installations of in-school bulletin boards coordinated with program coordinators and school administration	2					2-3 hours per installation		Volunteers differ based on each board installation. Work with school Admin to determine availability and need
4	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Before/After School Activity Coordination	Work with RAS to coordinate course offerings including engaging caregiver community to lead low cost classes	1	Amy Nedoss	Margaret Lo	Genia?	Seth Davis			Work with Right at School team and Dewey admin to communicate with community, to enhance offerings, pricepoints and encourage volunteers to lead
5	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Dewey Art Collective Coordinator	Create 1-2 art projects to be completed by all students during the school day and to be displayed in the school on a temporary or permanent basis	2	Lara Allison	Marco Acevedo-Siegel			Ongoing less than 1/2 hour/month		Esther Buono, Jessica Isaac, Paul Nguyen, Mandy Cheng
6	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Edible Garden Team	Cares for the garden and organizes volunteers to help care for the garden during organized work days. Work includes planting, weeding, mulching, composting, and pruning. Some knowledge of gardening or an interest in learning is very useful but not necessary. Coordinate student and family engagement in the garden through partnerships with teachers, families and the PTA	2+	Eula Biss	Susie Pratt			Fall/Spring 1 hour/week Summer 2 hours/week		Kelly Greer, Jessica Isaac
7	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Green Team	Promote environmental initiatives and activities with families, students and teacher including providing recycling and composting support	4	Cherie Fisher				Ongoing 1-2 hours/month		Amy Sullivan, Klaus Weber, Sean Patton, Lauren Marquez-Viso (23-24 Is Luke still recycling plastic bags collelcted?)
8	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Lunch/Recess Supply Coordinator	Work with lunchroom supervisors and assistant principal to sort, label and account for recess supplies. Purchase/solicit donations for new items as needed	1	Allison Smythe				Ongoing .5 hours/month		OPEN
9	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Science Fair/STEM Program Coordinator	Communicate with families about science fair, coordinate in-school info session with students, coordinate opportunity to work on projects at school prior to event, get certificates and ribbons to award to participants, coordinate volunteers	2	Suzy Trzaskus				February-March 2-3 hours of planning plus attending event in Mid-March		Troy Foster, Jess Lang, Maria Opdycke
10	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Tiger Times Coordinators	School newspaper. Work each week with student reporters to create content for the paper. Coordinate parent volunteers to support the editing, supervision and publishing of paper.	4	Mary Jo Green	Rebecca Shereikis	Alby Gallun		TBD		Mike Prokopek, Elsa Wenzel
11	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Bookery and Literacy Initiative Coordinators	In-school/teacher led and Family events. Children pick books from the Bookery collection. Need to work ongoing to cultivate and maintain diverse and interesting book collection and coordinate volunteers	1	Meg Boarini	Lisa Solar			Ongoing 2-3 hours/month		Coray Hoffner, Gina Prokopek
12	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Athletic Director	Recruit coaches for flag football, basketball and track team. Pay fees and assist with paperwork and communications	1					3 hours for flag football in Sept, 5 hours for basketball in Nov/Dec		TBD - need info from D65
13	Academic Enrichment & Community Service	Dewey Doer 5th Grade School Service and Leadership Team Coordinator	Work with student volunteers to support school programs and coordinate Dewey and Evanston community service work	1+	Jessica Isaac	Jen Jaffe	Laura Lindroth		Ongoing 3-5 hours/month
14	Teacher Support	Teacher Appreciation Week Coordinator	Coordinate week long recognition and celebration of teachers and staff. Coordinate meals and snacks, gifts and overall gracious gestures	2	Katelyn Varlehy				April-May 10 hours	Valerie Cronkhite	Valerie Cronkhite
15	Teacher Support	Teacher Lunch/Snack Coordinator	Set-up and clean-up teacher lunch room, order food, solicit donations from families for paper goods, snacks, drinks and desserts	1	Annette Jeter				August, October and February 2 hours each time	Valerie Cronkhite	Beth Higgins
16	Teacher Support	Teacher Grants/Supplies	Distribute funds to teachers to support learning in the classrooms. Star supplies?	1					2-3 hours	Lindsay Slomiany
17	Communications	Social Media Administrators	Review and post items to Facebook and other social media platforms	2	Ethan Spotts	Laura Camargo			Ongoing .5 hour/week	Ken Gass
18	Communications	Spanish Translation Team	Translate all communication. Coordinate translator at meetings	6+	Alicia Gonzalez				Ongoing 10 hours/month		Elena Gonzales, German Flores,
19	Communications	Classroom Communications Coordinator	Recruit classroom coordinators for each classroom and coordinate ongoing communications efforts	1					2 hours per month		Lindsay Slomiany
20	Communications	Website	Periodically update the Dewey PTA website and coordinate with D65 school website person (currently Ms. Borree)	1					2-3 hours per month	Ken Gass	Paul Nguyen, Ken Gass,
21	Communications	Newsletter	Create and share regular email communications with entire Dewey community	1+					2 hours per week		Jessica Isaac (can commit to 1 newsletter every other week - would love a partner)
22	Communictions	Directory Administrator	Collect and administer contact information for on-line and paper directory	1	Carolyn Myszkowski	Cherie Fisher			September-October 10 hours
23	Community Engagement	ESCCA Coordinator	Work with the ESCCA organization to coordiante Dewey volunteer committments and also the on-site collection of items	1					1 hour per month	Lindsay Slomiany	Erin Weisberg, Jessica Isaac
24	Community Engagement	Kindergarten Summer Playdate Coordinator	Select dates and get the word out to the community and preschools about get together at the Dewey school playground for incoming K students and famiiles	1	Jasmine Carpin				May-August 3 hours of planning plus attending the playdates over the summer	Lindsay Slomiany
27	Community Engagement	Grade Level Events	Caregivers from each grade level come together to plan community building events	1-2 ppl per grade					2 hours of planning plus attending the event(s)	Lindsay Slomiany	TBD By grade
28	Community Engagement	Halloween Event	School wide community event planned around Halloween	2					8 hours of planning plus attending the event (Sept/Oct)	Lindsay Slomiany	Lindsay Slomiany, Valerie Cronkhite, Anne Barnes, Brett Locascio
29	Community Engagement	Variety Show	Coordinated with teachers, gives students opportunity to perform, on-stage, for an audience	1					5 hours of planning plus attending the event (March/April)	Lindsay Slomiany	OPEN (work with Dewey staff Culture/Climate Committee)
31	Community Engagement	5th Grade Memory Book Coordinator	Work with student volunteers to gather photos, quotes and other memories and layout in student yearbook to be given to every 5th grader	2+	Sarah Pfefferkorn	Amanda Linder			November-March 25 total hours	Lindsay Slomiany
33	Community Engagement	5th Grade Year End Farewell Events Coordinator	Coordinate year end celebrations and plans for 5th grade students and families	2+					Winter-Spring 10 hours	Lindsay Slomiany
34	Community Engagement	First Day of School Gathering/Beginning/End of School Year Picnics Coordinator	Provide treats, water and entertainment. Gather volunteers as needed to set-up, clean-up and distribute goodies at event as well as walk around and meet/greet families…EXEC TEAM?	1					1-2 hours of planning ahead of each event plus attending the events in August, early September and late May	Lindsay Slomiany	OPEN
36	Community Engagement	New Family Welcome	Be in touch (by way to be determined by Dewey office) with new students. Create packet of info on the how-to’s of Dewey (and Evanston?) to be offered to each new family. Create flyer for opportunites for how to get involved in Dewey.	1					Ongoing as determined by new enrollees	Lindsay Slomiany	Valerie Cronkhite
37	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging	Cultural Celebrations	Supporting PTA led initiatives surrounding honoring Hispanic Heritage, Indigenous People, Black History, AAPI Heritage, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and any other marginalized groups	4+					TBD		Keren Chookaszian (Hispanic Heritage); (BHM) OPEN; (AAPI) Steve Koo, Lakshmi Lakshmanan, Panjak Sharma, Paul Nguyen, Stephanie Weber,
38	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging	Culture Fair	Work with teachers to create an event to share culture for the entire school community	2					5 hours of planning plus attending the event		Jessica Isaac (work with Dewey staff Culture/Climate Committee)
39	Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging	EDIB Learning Team	Create EDIB learning opportunites and bring conversation to the entire Dewey community	2					TBD		Jessica Isaac, Coray Hoffner,
40	Fundraising	Fun Run Event Team	Spring fundraiser and family festival includes a running course, food and games. Coordinate all logistics with Dewey staff, recruit and oversee committee and event volunteers, gather supplies, conduct meetings, file paperwork, attend event and oversee all day of operations	4	Ethan Spotts				January-May 25 hours of planning plus 6 hours on day of event and 3 hours post-event		OPEN
41	Fundraising	Spirit Wear Coordinator	Select and communicate sale items to school community, work with vendor to complete sales, receive items and distribute…DEWEY DOERS	1	Jessica Isaac	Lia Valerio			September/October and March/April 10-12 hours each
42	Fundraising	Digital Fundraising (Amazon Smile, Box Tops)	Find ways to maximize giving through these passive funding options	1					Ongoing .5 hours/month		OPEN
43	Fundraising	Winter Literacy Fundraising Event	Create and execute winter fundraisng effort	2					TBD		OPEN
44	Fundraising	Fall Back to School Appeal/Membership	Draft letter to be included in beginning of school welcome packet and manage communications and goals	1					1 hour in August, 1-2 hours in September		OPEN
45	Fundraising	Change for Change Drive	Encourage students/families to donate change and plan to donate or contribute to another orgazation (Young, Black and Lit?)	1					1 hour in January/February/March		OPEN
46	Fundraising	Rummage Sale (Collaborative)	Famlies would donate items to sell and the proceeds would go D65 PTAS - possible cross District effort	2					15 hours of planning - timing TBD		OPEN
47	Fundraising	Pumpkin Sale (Collaborative)	Work with other D65 schools and ESCCA to sell pumpkins to community members	1					5 hours Sept/Oct		Jessica Isaac, Maria Opdycke
48	Fundraising	Native Plant Sale (Collaborative)	Work with other D65 schools and ESCCA to sell native plants to community members	1					5 hours February/May
49	Fundraising	Ticketed Events/Business Partnerships (Collaborative?)	NU basketball games, Chicago Wolves, etc. Ticket sale proceeds go to PTA, community gets fun event together!	1					TBD
50	Finance	Accountant/CPA	Work with Finance Leader to file annual taxes and reports	1					5 hours in June		Scott Rosburg
51	Leadership Team	Academic Enrichment and Community Service Lead	Oversee Academic Enrichment and Community Service activities	1	Molly Rouch	Stephanie Weber			2-3 hours per week
52	Leadership Team	Teacher Support	Oversee and support teacher appreciation and classroom support efforts	1					3-4 hours per month
53	Leadership Team	Finance Lead	Manage budget, pay bills, manage donations and cash receipt options, create financial statements, establish banking relationship, submit tax documents	1					6 hours per month
54	Leadership Team	Administration Lead	Oversee agendas, calendars, meeting minutes, facilites use pemits, manage relationship with IL PTA	1	Laura Camargo	Jessica Isaac	Ethan Spotts		2-3 hours per week
55	Leadership Team	Community Engagement Lead	Oversee Community Engagement planning, coordination and support	1					2-3 hours per week		Lindsay Slomiany
56	Leadership Team	Fundraising Lead	Oversee Fundraising efforts	1	Alicia Gonzalez	Tracy Olasimbo	Sarah Liddell		5 hours per month (more during Fundraising Events)
57	Leadership Team	EDIB Lead	Create EDIB Committee and/or EDIB learning and conversation	1					TBD		OPEN
58	Leadership Team	Volunteer Coordination Lead	Recruit and support volunteers across all committees	1					3-5 hours per week
59	Leadership Team	PTA Council Representative	Attend meeting with representatives from other D65 schools 1x/month at school, discuss, gather and provide insight regarding PTA activity and report details back to PTA	1-2	Tracy Olasimbo	Allison Smythe			Ongoing 2-3 hours/month
60	Leadership Team	PTA Equity Project Representative	Attend meeting with representatives from other D65 schools 1x/month at school, discuss, gather and provide insight regarding PTA activity and report details back to PTA	1-2	Alicia Salinas				Ongoing 2-3 hours/month		OPEN
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