We have 2 Volunteer Coordinators at my school, I was one of them and no I'm not paid either, lol. We have one for K-2 and then one for 3-5. We find the volunteers for everything, we run or coordinate the room parent program, get the list of the parents that want to help out in the class room and for anything else that is done in the school wether it is a PTO function or not. The Volunteer Coordinators track all of the volunteer hours & turns them into the district each month. The school gets some kind of credit for every volunteer hour, what I'm not sure. Our VSoft program that I mentioned in another post helps to tally all the volunteer hours b/c when the receptionist signs people into the computer she can do it either as a visitor or as a volunteer. I think it helps to bridge the school and the PTO if we are helping to find the volunteers for their needs as well.

[ 05-05-2005, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: Lanette ]

I'm the volunteer coordinator at my daughter's school (and no, I'm not paid!), and I take care of both the school volunteers and the PTA volunteers. For the most part, teachers get their own classroom volunteers, including the room parent. Very rarely, a teacher might ask me to help find someone to help out in the classroom, but that has happened maybe twice in the 4 years I've done this job at two different schools. But if the library or clinic needs a volunteer, or if there's some administrative work for a volunteer to do, I try to find that person. We keep track of all the volunteer hours together. This is not uncommon in my area, but I'm part of a very large school district.

We have both types of volunteers but the schools doesnt have a committee per se (they just recruit per event or need, whereas teachers ask for room parents (volunteers) whereas the PTA does (me, myself and I plus a few other PTA parents)

I just dont want to have either ursurp the other (the plan the 2 teachers recruited me for,sounded like a PTA/ PTO run by the teachers)

I've seen lots of post where PTA/ PTO does a lot of volunteer recruitment (grade parent, room
teacher flyers and job descriptions)

The school has a program coordinator (ie Field trips, After school program, Homework club) not a volunteer coordinator

Hopefully (then again who knows :confused: ) I'm just paranoid 'cuz these 2 have caused problems over the last few years (and not just for the PTA)

Well, we have volunteers that just volunteer in the classrooms, volunteers that just volunteer/participate in the PTO, and volunteers that just volunteer at certain PTO functions.

Confusing I know, but as far as I'm aware school volunteers are different (different records kept, etc.)from those that participate in PTO events.

Does your school and parent group coordinate volunteers under one committee or do both fight (for lack of a better word) over volunteers for school and PTA/ PTO events.

I think our school might be heade that way and I want to head it off before things get outta control (A few teachers and PTA members are fighting over a non relevant issue- actually is just the teachers wont let a dead dog lie)

Any info would be appreciated