Description:
Provides a week of activities and goodies to show appreciation to the school staff.

Duties:
Coordinates Teacher Appreciation Week dates with the general calendar or the school / county school system dates.

Plans a week's worth of activities for the staff, such as a luncheon one day, flowers for everyone the next day, a raffle on the last day, etc.

Time needed:
Planning the week's activities may take several committee meetings.

Depending on what is planned, several hours may be needed to either shop, gather materials, or make phone calls to other parents soliciting donations.

During the actual week, time may be spent according to what is planned for each day. To deliver flowers may only take an hour in the morning; to provide a luncheon may take several hours in the middle of the day.

Characteristics/skills needed:
Creativity--Ability to develop new and interesting ideas.
Dependability--Can be counted on to complete tasks.
Organization--Can make a logical order out of many competing interests.

Helpful tools:
Dependent upon activities planned.

Lifespan of committee:
Usually one work week, Monday through Friday.

Personal benefits:
This is a real opportunity to get to know staff members, and to work with other parents throughout the week.

Involving the kids:
This depends upon the activities planned.

Other comments or suggestions:
Occasionally a committee will decide that rather than having a Teacher Appreciation Week, they will have something planned monthly instead to honor the staff. In this case, you may either volunteer to be responsible for one month, or to oversee the entire year, ensuring another volunteer is taking care of each month.