Volunteer Council Job Description
Junior Great Books
Description of Program:
The Great Books program at Holy Cross is
offered as a mandatory supplement to 2nd semester 3rd graders and
second semester 4th graders during their library period.
Major Responsibilities:
- Complete the Great Books Foundation basic leader
training course if needed.
- Recruit parent volunteers for program.
- Disseminate information to parents about program.
- Interact with 3rd and 4th grade teachers to ensure
students, teachers and volunteers are all on “same page”.
- Teach within the program.
- Train volunteers: describe goal of Great Books
program and implementation at Holy Cross.
- Organize calendar for readings and provide calendar
to volunteers, students, teachers and parents.
- Introduce program to the students and distribute
their textbooks.
- Monitor quantity/condition of textbooks and Teacher’s
Editions; order as needed.
- Substitute if volunteers have problems. Volunteers
are teamed to cover for each other and chair is last resort.
- Consult with library staff in the implementation
of the program.
General Responsibilities:
- Attend all monthly PSA meetings prepared to report
on your program or function. If unable to attend, call the supervising
vice-president with your report.
- Keep track of all time spent fulfilling your duties.
- Know the budget of your program, and stay within
that budget. Submit revenues and expenditures to the Treasurer
on a timely basis.
- Vote on measures placed before the PSA General
Membership.
- Maintain current records of your job duties and
the materials important to your program.
- Transfer all records to your successor on a timely
basis.
- As a norm, when volunteering during school hours,
volunteers should not bring small children. Guidelines found in
the Parent-Student Handbook under "Visitors" (pg. 15) apply.
