Committee Descriptions

Community Connections Goal:

• Bring the entire OC community together through events.

What we do:

• Back to School Picnic

• Halloween Fair

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade

• Contribute to the Holiday Craft Bazaar & Art Stroll (organized by other committees)

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

*The teacher for each class selects their own Community Support Rep. Talk to your teacher if you are interested.

Community Support Goal:

• Help classroom families feel supported and connected.

What we do:

• Provide teacher support, as needed, and coordinate support for class families in need

• Teacher Appreciation Week

• Teacher & Staff Birthday celebrations

• Coordinate PTK Dinners

• Conflict resolution

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

*The teacher for each class selects their own Co-Op Classroom Rep. Talk to your teacher if you are interested.

Classroom Co-op Rep Goal:

• Ensure all co-op shifts are sufficiently covered, and support our co-opers

What we do:

• Coordinate the class co-op schedule (working closely with teachers)

• Ensure all co-op shifts are covered

• Check-in with co-opers who miss their shifts and may need support

Time we volunteer:

• Remote tasks in the summer to coordinate the co-op schedule.  Additional communication via email, in person, or at parent meetings to give updates and check in with people.

Fundraising Goal: 

• Meet fundraising targets to support the whole-child education model that emphasizes community and individual expression 

What we do:

• Walk-a-thon

• OC Merchandise Sales

• Silent Auction

• Art Stroll

• Plan, execute, and manage fundraisers

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

Garden Goal:

• Create an outdoor classroom space for a variety of curricular experiences

What we do:

• Planting, harvesting, construction, creation and watering (especially through summer)

• Work closely with teachers and students to create an outdoor classroom space that can be used for a variety of curricular experiences.

• Take the lead in creating classroom curriculum that supports outside work.

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, time to work in the garden area, watering during summer

Library Goal:

• Assist the library staff in maintaining a safe, organized, and engaging library throughout the year and help with the book fair

What we do:

• Annual Book Fair- set up, advertising, hand selling, cashier, and take down.

• Shelve books, preparing books for circulation, display seasonal and special interest books, pull book requests for teachers, and direct literacy events. 

• Promote library use and good digital citizenship.

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events and schedule time to work in the library

NEW FAMILIES

*You will be placed on this committee if this is your first year at the OC.

Our Goal:

• Learn about the OC, so that we can get ready to work on committees

What we do:

• Learn about the OC in New Families Orientation meeting every month

• Start working with school committees by January

Time we volunteer:

• Monthly meetings through December

Philosophy Goal: 

• Infuse the OC’s child-centered, learning together philosophy into daily workings

What we do:

• Administer the Philosophy survey to the entire school community

• Coordinate the Philosophy Cafe to share and discuss the results of the survey

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

Publicity Goal: 

• Recruit new families via event booths, information nights and advertising.

What we do:

• Host OC booths at the Avenues Street Fair, Utah STEM and Charter School Expo, etc.

• Coordinate with Community Connections for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

• Host OC Open Houses and Prospective Parent Information Nights (PPINs)

• Run print, radio, online, and other advertising campaigns to ensure greatest impact

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

*Each classroom will elect a steering rep at the beginning of the year. Talk to your teacher if you are interested.

Classroom Steering Rep Goal: 

• Steering is the main governing board for our school. We plan and approve the direction of the Open Classroom. 

What we do:

• Meet monthly to discuss and approve activities, policies, procedures and budgets.

• Take back Steering discussion points and generate discussion during Parent Meetings.

Time we volunteer:

• Monthly Steering meetings (2nd Tuesday of the month)

Traffic Goal:

• Guide and control traffic to provide safe zones for drop off and pick up of students 

What we do:

• Help kids get safely to the curb and monitor kid/parent car drop-off and pick-up safety

Time we volunteer: 

• One 25 minutes shift per week in the morning or afternoon.

• One scheduled meeting in August prior to the school year. Additional communication is most often in-person or via email.

*In addition to voluntary sign-ups to this committee, art co-opers will be automatically added at the start of the year

Visual & Performing Arts Goal: 

• Create opportunities for students to create and experience visual and performing art and music

What we do:

• Support classroom art co-opers to create age appropriate art in classrooms

• Maintain and stock the art closet

• Holiday Art Bazaar

• Talent Show

• Art Stroll

• Organize school-wide music and performing arts events and field-trips 

Time we volunteer:

• Meetings to discuss and plan events, remote tasks, & event volunteering

• Art co-opers volunteer 1x/week in the classroom during the art shift

Yearbook Goal:

• Create a yearbook that expresses the spirit of the year for the entire school

What we do:

• Photography of school events and activities and collect photos from the community

• Page layout assistance and proofreading

• Organize and encourage parent and child participation

• Sales

Time we volunteer:

•  Meetings to discuss and plan yearbook, heavy remote work in the spring to create yearbook