Académie Lafayette

K-8 French Language Immersion, Charter Public School

PA Officers - Description of Duties

President
Budget and administration: Provide decision-making as needed while maintaining the parameters of the PA bylaws. Work with out-going officers to gather requests and establish and adhere to PA budget.

Parent volunteer system:
Work with Volunteer Coordinator to facilitate and improve volunteer form. Work with school administration to distribute volunteer form as part of student/family re-enrollment package. Assist Volunteer Coordinator in finding committee chairs. Support and empower chairperson to complete the goals of their committee.

School socials: Oversee and lead parent committees through chairperson in producing a successful event. These include: Boo Bayou, St. Patrick's Day Parade and End of Year Field Day.

Fundraising: Participate and support Evening in Paris chairpersons in producing a successful event. Participate and support trash bag sales.

Parent Association meetings: Schedule and plan all PA meetings for the school year.

Teacher appreciation and room parents: Assist teacher appreciation and room parent chair in working with school administration in providing sign-up sheets for the parents during fall orientation.

General: run the parent table during fall orientation, providing information about the Parent Association. Assist the school principal, school board and administration where requested an in accordance with by-laws.

Vice President
Budget and administration: Provide decision-making as needed while maintaining the parameters of the PA bylaws. Work with out-going officers to gather requests and establish and adhere to PA budget.

Newsletter: Provide Parent Association news to Carlos McClain by 8 a.m. Thursday to be published in the weekly school newsletter. Provide school web team with updated parent information to be posted on the website.

Kindergarten: Work with Kinder Kare chairperson to schedule parents to run the Parent Table during Kindergarten screening. Assist Kinder Kare care in the mentoring program. Assist in fall orientation (False Start Day) for Kindergarten, working again with Kinder Kare chair.

General: Run the parent table during fall orientation, providing information about the Parent Association. Assist the school principal, school board and administration where requested and in accordance with the by-laws.

Treasurer
Maintain custody of all funds. Keep a full and accurate account of all receipts and expenditures. Make disbursements as authorized by the president, executive board or association in accordance with budget adopted by the association. Present a financial statement at every meeting or up on request of the executive board. Make a full annual report at the end of the year. Submit books for examination annually to auditing committee.

Secretary
Record the minutes of all meetings of the association, keep a copy of the bylaws, maintain attendance record and perform delegated duties as assigned. Send thank you notes out as needed.