Volunteer & Committees

Current Volunteer Opportunities

Recess Champions (NEW): We are launching a new initiative called "Recess Champions" sponsored by the Men of Irwin. MOI and the PTA are asking parents to facilitate fun and engaging activities with students during their recess on Fridays. The initiative is starting as a 1 day per week commitment and will expand based on support we receive. Recess Champions Sign up
School Store: We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help run the school store every other Thursday morning! This is a wonderful opportunity to support our students and staff while engaging with our school community. Sign up HERE.
Art Room Help: Ms. Carroll is looking for volunteers to help with various art projects (loading the K-2 artwork onto Artsonia.com, hanging artwork up in the hallway); Sign up HERE.
Spring Fundraiser - OWL PROWL (aka Fun Run): Please sign up HERE to help with our spring fundraiser, the Owl Prowl, which takes place March 13-24 (with the RUN being on the 24th). We need help planning, decorating, celebrating staff and students and day-of assistance!

If you have other ways you'd like to volunteer, please reach out to [email protected]!

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Irwin PTA Committee Descriptions

Events:

Fall Festival - Committee helps coordinate vendors, decorations, activities, and food for a fall festival in October. Some hands-on time is required, but it is centered around the event itself.
School Dance - If you love planning a party, this is the placement for you. These events are usually held in February or March and time commitment begins a couple of months prior.
Pajama Jam - This back-to-school event is a student favorite! The committee secures decorations, swag for purchase, and other entertainment for the event. As with other event committees, your time commitment is centered around the event itself.
Teacher & Staff Appreciation - Do you enjoy food and people? Get to know the teachers & staff as part of this team!

Community Service:

Student Enrichment - committee dedicated to tutoring and mentoring programs
Advocacy - committee members should be willing to attend CMS School Board meetings and report on any pertinent information to our school. A great placement for people who find themselves naturally dialed in to politics and government!
Community Partnerships - outreach to community partners that may be beneficial to the school.
Philanthropy - organizes philanthropic outreach from Irwin, including the Turkey Trot, Angel Tree Program, and Backpack Program.
Nominating Committee - The Nominating Committee identifies candidates for positions within the PTA and presents them for approval at the end of year meeting elections.
Men of Irwin - this thriving group’s name says it all: they are the Men of Irwin! Irwin has a strong commitment to involving dads, grandfathers and other male adults in supporting our school through volunteering and building relationships.

Financial:

School Store Manager - This would be a great fit for co-chairs! The School Store is typically open one morning a week, and co-chairs could easily switch off managing duties.
Online Store Manager - manages the online Owl Store as needed, which is infrequently. Does not require any in-school, hands-on time.
Audit Committee - Provides a vital service but is largely uncelebrated. At the close of the fiscal year, the committee will review the PTA’s books. The time commitment is clustered around the actual audit and does not repeat until the following year.

Fundraising:

Wise Owl- Irwin's largest fundraising effort which happens in the fall every year. Wise Owl committee coordinates with the VP Gold on this month-long event. Committee members assist in the planning, prize-giving, sponsorships, pep-rallies and overall EXCITEMENT for Irwin!
Loyalty Programs - Help connect passive fundraising programs such as Harris Teeter VIC and Amazon Smile to the Irwin PTA
Rock Reservations - If you've ever reserved the Spirit Rock, you know what a streamlined position this is. It's entirely offsite and online communication - the workload is minimal!
Book Fair - Irwin hosts two book fairs per year, in the winter and the spring. Time commitment is centered around the two fairs.
Spirit Nights - Coordinate with local restaurants to host Spirit Nights 2-4 times per year. Some restaurants will contribute as much as 50% of the proceeds to our school, so we can enjoy a night out with our Irwin Families and give back to our school at the same time. A few phone calls and you're done!
School Store - A fun opportunity to work the school store a couple mornings a month, selling goodies to our owls while raising money for the school.

Communications Committees:

Webmaster Can you build and manage a web page? This is a perfect fit for anyone with the tech savvy and - BONUS! - can be done entirely from the comfort of your couch.
Social Media Manager - Can you toss out a few well-timed Facebook or Instagram post? We need you! This is a perfect fit for anyone with the tech savvy and - BONUS! - can be done entirely from the comfort of your couch.
Flyers and Marketing - if you have graphic design skills, we need you! Design occasional flyers for PTA events and initiatives.
Weekly Hoot Newsletter Editor - Compile content weekly from PTA and administration sources. Some familiarity with MailChimp would be great, but not required. Another important job that can be done from home!
Yearbook - Works with student committees on content, coordinate purchases and input. Who doesn't love yearbook? It's like the ultimate in scrapbooking and memory keeping!
Volunteer Coordinator - Know how we get all those people to work all those events at school? That's right: the Volunteer Coordinator. This person sends the Signup Genius emails and manages volunteer needs for events. The Volunteer Coordinator is also the point person for room parents.

Find something that interests you? Complete the volunteer interest form and one of our volunteer coordinators will contact you.

Overview of Student Improvement Team (SIT)

Friendly Reminder

It is a CMS requirement that all school volunteers must register in their system. If you have volunteered previously, you still must renew your registration every school year. You will need to register with them at https://www.cmsvolunteers.com/. Also, if you are new to Irwin please be sure to add it to your list of schools.