Parent-on-Duty

Huaxia Chinese School, New York

POD list of responsibilities

 

  1. Maintain the tidiness of the school environment, distribute school notices, maintain order, and ensure the students’ safety.
  2. Parents are encouraged to check their own assigned date of duty ahead of time. A PTA member will call to remind you before each school day.
  3. Please report to the school at the main office (located in the AAB Building Rm. 111) before 9:20 am and sign in.
  4. If for any reason, you can not make it on the scheduled date, please exchange your date with another parent, and notify your class parent and PTA ahead of time. If you have difficulties to exchange the date with another parent, PTA will reschedule your POD date.
  5. Please wear your name tag (to be created by the school) and orange-colored vest (distributed by school) for identification.  Emergency phone numbers of school personnel will be on the back of the name tags.
  6. You must stay at your assigned location from 9:25 am to 12:40 pm. Do NOT attend any other activities during this time. Be alert and keep the hallway quiet during class hours.
  7. Maintain a safe environment during class recesses. When classes are on break, please walk around and check the hallways, classrooms, and stairs to make sure that no children are engaging in any dangerous or inappropriate activities, such as climbing out of windows, making loud noises, etc. Keep small children (under the age of 12) away from the stairways and elevators.
  8. Contact the Principal’s Desk and main office if any unexpected issue develops and escort the student to the main office.
  9. Assist teachers with safety issues upon their request.
  10. Make sure that no chairs and HXNY signs are left in the hallway after school.
  11. One POD from each Kindergarten class will stay inside the classroom and help the teacher.  The POD is expected to bring healthy snacks and drinks for the entire class.
  12. Be the last person leaving the floor of your post after checking all classrooms and hallway.

 

 

The school vice principal, the head of the Committee of Safety and Discipline, will patrol all the class locations either by himself or his assigned delegate to help all PODs achieve their duties stated above.

 

If a parent fails to fulfill their duty, the school administration will give a warning for the first time, and will report to the Board of Directors of our school for further actions, including a possibility to remove their child/children from school, if this occurs twice within one year period.