Facilitating Requirements

Parent participation is essential to the success of TEC; therefore, parents are expected to serve at the co-op every other week, during each hour of the day that they have a child in a class.  (If you have any child in a 9am, 11am, and 12:30pm class, then you are expected to serve at 9am, 11am, and 12:30pm.)  We refer to this as “facilitating.” We have a rotating A and B schedule to help keep track of who is scheduled each week. Facilitators are responsible to assist teachers when needed, assist in classroom discipline as necessary, and take attendance.

Parent facilitators are used to provide a safe and communicative environment for our co-op. Facilitating or an alternative service arrangement is a requirement of every parent in the co-op.  If for any reason you are unable to fulfill your facilitating duties on a day when you are scheduled, it is your responsibility to immediately notify leadership.  

We have a few types of facilitators: door facilitators, hallway facilitators, sub positions, and specific classroom facilitators.

Door Facilitators will sit at the entry desk to open the door to incoming TEC families.  Door facilitators are also to be aware of and refuse access to non-TEC individuals and find a member of Leadership if needed.  

Hallway Facilitators will make sure that students are where they need to be and aren’t loitering in the hallways. The hallway facilitator will be responsible for checking that all safety locks are set to the 'lock' position.  They will also be responsible to step into any class that a teacher has need for an extra set of hands.  They could grab supplies from other parts of the building, help cleanup projects, or step in to help the teacher oversee an activity.  

Subs are required to be in the building during their assigned hour to step into a classroom in the event that a teacher is absent, has an urgent need arise, or if there are additional needs that the hallway facilitators cannot provide.  Subs will also be responsible for checking the list of students who are not enrolled in a class during that hour, to ensure that they are not roaming the building. Subs at 12:30 will be responsible for cleaning up from lunch and the 2:30 subs are responsible for beginning the end of day cleanup.