Tatachilla’s parent partner program is a grassroots initiative that brings the college’s parent volunteers together in a purposeful and guided way.

Our parent partners offer meaningful support to fellow parents and caregivers throughout the course of a single school year.

They make a significant difference to college culture and sense of community.

Any parent or caregiver within the Tatachilla community can express their interest in becoming a parent partner, and all are warmly invited to do so.

Parent partners volunteer their time throughout the school year to support other parents and caregivers through community-building and information-sharing.

The college endeavours to appoint a minimum of two parent partners per year level from Reception to Year 12 on an annual basis.

Some parent partners who love playing an active role in the Tatachilla community may choose to continue on in their parent partner role from year-to-year, however this is not an expectation of the college.

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What do parent partners do?

Parent partners undertake the following volunteer responsibilities:

  • manage the Facebook group for their year level and use this channel to communicate key announcements, reminders and other information relevant to the parents and caregivers in that year level (as related to Tatachilla)
  • make an effort to get to know the families in their year level and play a key role in welcoming new families to the school 
  • encourage other parents and caregivers to participate in college activities and events
  • help identify other parents in the school community who may be interested in volunteering from time to time and who may have particular talents to share with the college
  • coordinate and provide support for families in crisis situations
  • coordinate the end-of-year gift for the teachers in their year level.
     

Support for parent partners

Parent partners are supported in their volunteer roles by the college’s Marketing Coordinator, who hosts one meeting per term with the parent partner community to track progress and share ideas.

Become a parent partner

To express an interest in becoming a parent partner, or for further information about our parent partner program, families are invited to reach out to our Marketing Coordinator:

Sally Moran
Marketing Coordinator
Phone: +61 8 7333 4647
Email: sally.moran@tatachilla.sa.edu.au
 

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