Is this the Class Moms Responsibility?

I am class mom for DD's preschool class this year. I was just wondering if I should be coordinating a class gift for her teacher or if all parents will do "their own thing' for the holiday gift?

Last year DD"s class mom arranged for an end of year gift for the teachers but everyone was on their own for Christmas etc.. Not sure what the norm is, or if there is one?

While Im at it-- What else do class moms typically do? (I didn't get a job description when I volunteered ahaha)

Is this the Class Moms Responsibility?

DS is in kindergarten. The class moms have always sent home an optional contribution envelope for anyone who wanted to do a class gift.
The class mom this year is doing the same.

Is this the Class Moms Responsibility?

In preschool its kind of an unofficial duty of the class mom. I'd ask a few people if there is interest in doing a group gift.

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DS is in K and I'm a class mom (there is one other). We will have an optional collection for a holiday gift for the teacher after Thanksgiving.

We also coordinate class parties for each season and arrange for each child to have a parent attend. It's a lot of fun and really not much work.

Is this the Class Moms Responsibility?

Do you send home a note that the teacher sees? Or do it another way outside of school? I'm call mom for DS's class and trying to figure out how to do this

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I've been a class mom several times and in two different schools. Usually the rules regarding teacher gifts are spelled out for us. For example - we are allowed to collect only a certain amount of money and only once a year. Therefore, we do not do holiday gift collections. If the parents want to buy gifts or chip in to buy gifts that is fine but, it can't be done by the class mom - ONLY an end of year gift. In the private school I am a class mom for we are not allowed to collect for teacher gifts at all.

I have found that there isn't much grey area with being a class mom - pretty much everything I have to do is spelled out for me. It's how well you do the job that defines you as a class mom

For the poster that asked how you organize the gift - we email the parents and then the money or project (sometimes I have made books etc. at the end of the year for the teacher) is sent into school in a sealed manila envelope and comes to me via my child.

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I've been a class mom several times and in two different schools. Usually the rules regarding teacher gifts are spelled out for us. For example - we are allowed to collect only a certain amount of money and only once a year. Therefore, we do not do holiday gift collections. If the parents want to buy gifts or chip in to buy gifts that is fine but, it can't be done by the class mom - ONLY an end of year gift. In the private school I am a class mom for we are not allowed to collect for teacher gifts at all.

I have found that there isn't much grey area with being a class mom - pretty much everything I have to do is spelled out for me. It's how well you do the job that defines you as a class mom

For the poster that asked how you organize the gift - we email the parents and then the money or project (sometimes I have made books etc. at the end of the year for the teacher) is sent into school in a sealed manila envelope and comes to me via my child.

Is this the Class Moms Responsibility?

We are allowed to collect but it has to be optional, last yer I think one person sent in five dollars and the other class mom and i split the rest. So this year Im not asking (DD has the same class for 1st and 2nd grade so iI'm expecting the same) , let everything do their own thing.