Volunteer Orientation Online
Do you want to be a LMS volunteer?
Please review information
Mandated Reporting/Copyright
Volunteer Statement of Confidentiality and Code
Ways Volunteers Can Help
Title I Parent Resource Center
Title I Budget
Volunteering at LMS
Have a valid ID with you when you come to volunteer
Sign in at Office A
Wear an ID badge while on school grounds at all times
Catoosa County Schools additional rules for all schools:
1. No smoking or tobacco allowed on school grounds
2. No weapons allowed on school grounds
3. No drugs or alcohol allowed on school grounds
4. Do not use school equipment for personal use.
Am I a mandated reporter as a volunteer?
The answer is Yes.
In Georgia, the law requires certain individuals to report suspected child abuse and neglect. School personnel has always been mandated, as reporters. In July 2012, the law was amended to include almost everyone who comes into contact with children – including volunteers.
What to do:
If you have reasonable doubt that one of our students is being abused, neglected, etc, you should report your concerns to our counselors, who are the school’s designated reporters. If they are not available, you may also report to an administrator.
What Not to do:
It is not your role to investigate anything the child has told you.
Do not discuss your concerns with other parents. (Refer to our Confidentiality Code for Volunteers.)
Do not expect to be notified of an outcome after making a report.
What is Copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection given to the authors or creators of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic and other intellectual works. What this means to a volunteer is that you should not make copies of anything that says it is copyrighted and ------shouldn’t be copied unless given the right by the publisher. The exception to this is when teachers or schools have purchased the material and thus have been giving the right to copy.
Which Works Are Not Protected by Copyright?
Not everything is protected by copyright law. The following are categories of things not protected:
Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, (but written or recorded descriptions, explanations, or illustrations of such things are protected copyright);
Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; mere listings of ingredients or contents (but some titles and words might be protected under trademark law if their use is associated with a particular product or service);
Works that are not fixed in a tangible form of expression, such as an improvised speech or performance that is not written down or otherwise recorded;
Works consisting entirely of information that is commonly available and contains no originality (for example, standard calendars, standard measures and rulers, lists or tables compiled from public documents or other common sources); and
Works by the US government.
Volunteer opportunities at LMS
House Events
Dances
Other Special Events
Selling Ice Cream (Mon-WED) 11:00-1:15
Teacher Copies Any Time 7:30 a.m.-2:30p.m
What not to do as a volunteer
It is not your role to investigate anything the child has told you.
Do not discuss your concerns with other parents. (Refer to our Confidentiality Code for Volunteers.)
Do not expect to be notified of an outcome after making a report.
The Volunteer Statement MUST be signed before you can volunteer
The Survey is also the sign in sheet!
Parent Resource Room
It is available to parents from 7:15-2:30 pm Monday-Friday.
Parents can come and get resources to help with their student's education.
Brochures and Title I Information
There is a digital resource room available where you can check out books from the LMS parent room.
Title I Documents available
Title I Handouts are located click here on the LMS Website
Components of a Title I Schoolwide
Georgia Standards of Excellence
How to Communicate with Your Child’s Teacher
Stacey Newell
Parent Coordinator
Email: snewell.lms@catoosa.k12.ga.is
Website: https://lms.catoosa.k12.ga.us/home
Location: 416 Cross Street, Rossville, GA, USA