For Parents

Parent Responsibilities: 

1. Be willing to review and adhere to all policies in the Handbook.

2. Read over all Students Responsibilities as defined below with your child and encourage them to adhere to all policies.

3. Hold your student accountable to complete their homework assignments  and contact the teacher in regard to any missed homework. Follow up with student about any incomplete homework. 

4. Commit to improving the quality of Signature by bringing your thoughts, suggestions, and concerns to the Steering Committee.

5. Arrive at 8:45 am on Tuesdays.  The building will open at 8:45. We are scheduled to have announcements and prayer at 8:50 and then start classes.  We will not wait for everyone to arrive.  On the rare occasion when a family arrives late, we expect that they will not disturb any part of co-op that is already in session.  

6. Serve in a parent volunteer position if you are not teaching. Mark your calendar and arrive on time to serve in your role as set up, take down, recess or lunch oversight, or any other administrative task you have responsibility for.

7. If you cannot attend on a co-op day, please find a substitute to fulfill your responsibilities as soon as possible.   Please let Aleen Tindor know about this substitution.  Additionally, if you are a teacher’s aide, contact the teacher with whom you work.

Conflict Resolution Policy 

Unfortunately, personality conflicts and misunderstandings can happen. It is important that we agree on how to deal with these situations should they arise.  

Based on Matthew 18, if conflict arises, all co-op members should seek to resolve the issue on their own directly with persons involved.   If either party is unsatisfied or a resolution* cannot be met, the parties then need to seek assistance from the director, the grade level liaison for the grade level, or another Steering Committee member. 

*resolve/resolution—achieved when all parties reach mutual agreement or understanding.

Inclement Weather & Emergency Policy 

We will follow the FCPS decisions for weather related closings. However, if there is only a delay for FCPS we may need to postpone opening further or cancel due to snow in the church parking lot. We will make every effort to inform the group about closings due to weather conditions and/or family emergencies by 7:00 a.m. on co-op days. Co-op participants should check their email  by 7:00 a.m. on co-op days for any special notices.  

Facility and Cleaning Policy 

Fredericktowne Baptist has been a welcoming and gracious host to Signature.  Please be mindful that we are guests while inside and outside the buildings. Please leave the facility better than when we arrived and encourage students to do the same. We do not want to lose the privilege of using this wonderful facility!  Students may not touch or draw on bulletin boards or white boards and should not move anything in the classrooms or kitchen.

The church doors will be locked at all time. Please come to the doors by the fellowship hall and knock.  In order to meet the church’s requirements, we will be conducting background interviews/ investigations on all adults who will be entering the building.  We want to ensure that our children are safe.

Communication 

Co-op members will be placed in an email group which will be our main means of communication.  Members are responsible for reading their emails to learn important announcements related to the co-op.  If technical problems occur, please let the Steering Committee know so that telephone arrangements can be made.  

*** In addition to email, our group relies on various Google Docs, Sheets, Forms, and Classroom.  It is very important that you have an account with google in order to access these files that are only open to those in our group. 

Illness Policy 

People with the following symptoms should not attend co-op: 

• Fever (within the last twenty-four hours) 

• Colored mucus (yellow or green nasal discharge)

• Excessive coughing or sneezing

• Diarrhea, vomiting or nausea (within the last twenty-four hours)

• Eye drainage 

• Virus or infection (known to be contagious) 

• Head lice 

If you are keeping a sick child at home please contact the Head of Hospitality and your child’s teachers to let them know about the absence.  If the child continues to be sick during the week, please contact the child’s teachers about completing or excusing homework for that week.

Signature reserves the right to update any illness-related policies in response to CDC recommendations, local or state mandates, the policies of our host church, or any other conditions that may arise.

 Financial Policy

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