Working in a cooperative preschool setting allows families to be actively involved in their child’s education. This is a wonderfully enriching experience for your family, but it is also a big responsibility and requires a serious commitment on your part.

The only paid positions at this school are the teachers. Family members perform all of the other jobs that help this preschool run successfully; the Scholarship fund and classroom improvements rely solely on the fundraising efforts of co-op families.

Cooperative preschools are not right for every family. Please read carefully the list of expectations below and consider whether you and your family can make this commitment. It seems like a lot of work (and it is!) but if you can do it, you will be rewarded by joining a community of friends and neighbors, you will get a chance to watch your child learn and grow, and you will get good training for how to be an active parent in your child’s education for years to come.

• Choose or be assigned a school job and be responsible for carrying this out for the duration of the school year.
• Attend the Parent Orientation, Risk Management Training (to include non-parental caregivers), mandatory monthly class meetings, participate in either set up or clean up, and attend all-school functions.
• Work in the classroom as an assistant teacher, approximately once a week per each child enrolled.
• Participate in fundraising activities to support the school which include procuring 3 items OR donating $200 for the spring school auction.
• Serve on various committees during the school year, as necessary.
• Help maintain the school’s facilities and equipment by participating in one weekend set-up, and the annual classroom set-up or the year-end clean up.