Volunteer Opportunities
Match your talents with our needsIntroducing Rolling Opportunities
Don’t have time for a committed role on the PTA? Rolling Opportunities let you lend a hand for an hour or two when you have the time and space in your calendar.
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Areas of Interest
Commitment Level
Advocacy Committee
The advocacy committee promotes advocacy on behalf of children and family engagement.
Audit Committee
The audit committee conducts audits and financial reviews in accordance with PTA Bylaws, Article 11.
Book Fair
We inspire a love for reading, in both English and Spanish, through our week-long Scholastic Book Fairs held in the Fall during Fall Festival and Spring around April.
Cafeteria Lunch Help
It’s fun and a great way to be part of the Collinswood team. Offered every day, this is a great option for parents with limited time during the week to volunteer.
Collinswood Connections
This small committee will use their creativity and expertise to organize a few fun social gatherings.
Dad Supporters
We need your energy and enthusiasm once a week to greet our scholars during drop off in the morning - 8:45am-9:15am.
e-Newsletter
This team assembles, produces, and distributes an e-Newsletter 1-2 times per month. We rely on a team of editors, content creators, translators, and those with 3rd party email marketing experience to help create our newsletters.
Extracurricular Activities Liaison
Do you have ideas for new before or after-school activities we should offer?
Fall Festival
Our signature PTA fall event, the Fall Festival is a fun-filled day of games, bounce houses, face-painting, food trucks, and more for the entire Collinswood community.
GroupMe
GroupMe is a free mobile group messaging app and serves as one of our primary methods of distributing information quickly and efficiently.
Helping Hands
Each Friday morning 9:15AM to 11:30AM at the campus, parents may assist teachers with various small tasks such as making copies, cutting, stapling and more.
Invest in Your Child Campaign
This is our primary PTA fundraising campaign with a Fall and Spring drive to solicit financial donations from parents and local corporate sponsors.
Jaguar VIP Dance
A gem of an event for our students and their VIP (Very Important Person) guest held in the Spring, in February or March.
Jaguar VIP “High Energy” Event
A high-energy event designed to delight our students and their VIP (Very Important Person) held in the Spring.
Kindergarten Events
These events provide a warm welcome to new Kindergarteners families at the start of the school year.
Media Center
Help the Media Coordinator shelve books, repair books, and assist with classes. Time frames are flexible and training is available.
Middle School Events
This team works closely with the Principal and staff to create memorable experiences for our middle school students.
Middle School Resource Team
Plan parties, assist with Casa needs and are a go-to group when middle school teachers need assistance with a project or goal.
Nominating Committee
The nominating committee works to identify talented, motivated, and responsible individuals to serve as PTA Officers of Collinswood PTA.
Parent Representatives
Promotes general PTA Awareness across Collinswood community; provides support to new joiners or new members of Collinswood community.
Room Parent Coordinator
Room Parent Coordinator assists teachers with recruiting 1-2 parents per class and ensuring they work together to plan, promote and carry out class parties, snacks and any special requests by the teacher.
School Beautification (Indoor)
This team of parents contribute their time and talents toward the beautification of the inside of the school.
School Beautification (Outdoor)
This team of parents contribute their time and talents toward the beautification of the school outdoors.
Social Media
The PTA uses Facebook and Instagram to distribute information, highlight events, and share photos and other opportunities.
Spanish Translations
We rely heavily on volunteers willing to translate various communications-related items from English to Spanish.
Spirit Wear
This team determines merchandise assortment, manages the vendor relationship, and runs “pop-up” style sales booths at PTA back-to-school events as well as the online store.
Staff Appreciation
Throughout the school year, the PTA rallies to show our teachers and staff how much we love and appreciate them for all that they do.
Taste of Collinswood Potluck
Our Spring multicultural potluck dinner provides a wonderful way to celebrate the cultural diversity of Collinswood.
Visiting International Faculty Coordinator
Help our Visiting International Faculty get situated in Charlotte at the start of the school year.
Volunteer Coordinator
Supports PTA Events teams to gather enough volunteers, stay on timeline and submit their announcement requests to Communications on a timely basis.
Website
The PTA website is regularly updated with new events, news, and information for our school community.
