THE ROLE OF PARENTS

Parents have an important role to play in achieving our collective vision. We have a primary influence on our children’s attitudes towards school, their learning, and their future success. At AWS, parents and teachers work closely together to ensure each child's smooth transition to school and healthy development through the years. Helping parents become involved in our children’s learning and in the community affairs of our school is a key priority.

Selfless Service

Having been founded by a group of dedicated parents, our school has inherited a rich tradition of parent & community involvement. Our school simply could not exist as it does without the committed participation of our parents, who contribute their time, energy, and expertise in countless ways. Volunteering is instrumental to building a stronger, more unified community & supporting your child’s education. As such, we warmly invite & strongly encourage parents to share their skills and capacities with the school.

Parents are asked to participate in a minimum of 10 hours annual service! Please see Appendices Section to fill out the Volunteer Service Form!

Leadership

PCA Leaders and Representatives are extraordinary parents who have committed a great deal of time & energy to harnessing practical skills within their chosen fields of interests. They are also able to effectively organise & inspire active participation towards their initiatives for the school. PCA Leaders meet to discuss, plan, update, support, & collaborate with each other on current initiatives and future activities. All decisions within the PCA are made by a governing body using a combination of consensus & voting processes whenever appropriate & necessary. Our governing body consists mainly of:

- COT Parent Care Representative

- Community Administrative Representatives

- PCA Board Liaison

- PCA Treasury

- Parent Initiative Committee Leaders

- Class Parent Representatives

Board Liaison

The PCA Board Liaison is a parent chosen by the governing body of the PCA. She/ he is required to serve in this position for a period of 3 years. He/she must have at least 3 years experience participating in the PCA. Responsibilities include:

- Communicating the initiatives, questions, concerns of the PCA to the Board of Trustees & COT; and vice versa;

- Coordinating with Admin, Committee Leaders & CPRs on all proposals, action steps & updates to be discussed in the meeting agenda.

Committee Leaders

Committee Leaders consist of 2 representatives from each Committee and serve in this capacity as volunteers. Each rep must have participated in relevant Committee for at least 1 year and may serve in this role in one Committee for a term of one year, unless otherwise selected to continue by Committee members.

Class Parent Representatives

The Class Parent Representatives consist of 2 parent volunteers per class. It is recommended that at least one parent has had a child in the school for at least one year prior to serving in this regard. CPR responsibilities include:

- representing their respective classes as parent-class coordinators;

- delivering relevant information in a timely manner to co-parents

- monitoring approved communication lines;

- attending PCA meetings & community affairs with particular focus on coordinating with the Advent Fair Committee.

Please see the current list of our governing body representatives in the PCA Internal Ops Manual.