Teacher Appreciation Week 2009 will happen May 4th - 8th this year. That's all the time you need to get your fellow parents organized for some meaningful activities to really make your kid's teacher feel appreciated.
Teacher Appreciation Week always takes place the first full week in May, probably because by this point, teachers REALLY need a boost! Kids are crazy with spring fever and dreams of summer, and it's this silly season that tests our teachers more than any other.
At VolunteerSpot, we LOVE teachers and Teacher Appreciation Week is an important celebration! The key is to have fun celebrations planned for each day, and make sure to coordinate with other parents -- everyone will want to take part, so having enough activities for everyone is important. You can use the simple VolunteerSpot Planning Wizard to set up the schedule of all activities , things to bring and then send an email out to the class parents list and each person can quickly click to claim their slot on the Teacher Appreciation Week Schedule.
At our school, activities to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week vary from grade to grade but classics include:
Morning Surprise - every morning a different parent brings the teacher his favorite kind of coffee and breakfast treat (here in Texas it's often a breakfast taco!)
Community Bouquet - on a designated day, each child brings one item to add to a class bouquet - just one stem (flowers or foliage, whatever the child wants and the family budget allows)
Home Cooked Dinners - One family per day arranges to provide a home cooked meal to the teacher to take home. Even something as simple as a pasta casserole and a green salad makes the teacher's day of appreciation carry over to her home
Teacher Lounge O Plenty - families and local business will donate an array of baked goods and fruit to keep the teachers lounge totally packed with goodies all through the week.
No matter what you plan to to, it's easy to get all parents helping if you set up your Teacher Appreciation Week plan in the VolunteerSpot planning wizard. Create spots for each job (only takes about 5 minutes), plug in the parent email addresses, send it out and all the jobs are claimed and easy to track. VolunteerSpot will even send out the reminders automatically so parents can plan ahead.
For more terrific ideas, have a look at our free ebook, the Greatest Gifts for Teachers. Check it out and make this Teacher Appreciation Week the best ever!!
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