I utilize parent volunteers all of the time. The only requirement I have is that each parent have a day of the week and choose morning or afternoon of that day to consistantly volunteer. If they can't make it on a particular day I ask that they email or call me so that I don't have a backlog of books to shelve for the next person. Assigning them to morning or afternoon gives them the flexibility to volunteer an hour or two without being constrained to a specific time. It seems to work for us.

Susan Baerny, MA.Ed.

Schaghticoke Middle School

Teacher Librarian

860-354-2204x113

What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.

-Harold Howe

From: CASL-L <casl-l-bounces@mylist.net> on behalf of Emma Smith <emma.b.smith1@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 10:26 AM
To: CASL-L@mylist.net
Subject: [CASL-L] Parent volunteers

Hello,

I am a first year librarian with a DSAP, and I have no support in my middle school library. I was given administrator approval to have parent volunteers, and I am in communication with parents who are facilitating parent volunteers in the elementary schools, but because I have a flexible schedule, I'm having difficulty coming up with a schedule. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can go about this/ how you are able to organize this in your library?

Thank you so much!

Emma Smith