When a family enrolls their child at Downey Co-op Preschool, they are making a commitment to share their time and resources. Here are some of the commitments we currently have but may vary from year to year.

Teacher-Led Orientation
A time to meet with the teacher and other parents in your child’s class to discuss expectations for the school year. Two hours prior to the start of school – usually mid-August.

Co-Op Orientation
A meeting led by the Board to discuss school-wide expectations. Two hours prior to the start of school – usually an evening in August.

Family Job
Each family will receive a job assignment that helps with the running of the school (ie. housekeeping, field trip coordinator, art chair, librarian, etc.).

Fundraising Responsibilities
Varies from year to year.

Cleaning Duties
Each family is responsible for helping maintain the cleanliness of their child’s classroom.

Indianapolis Council of Preschool Cooperatives Participating Parent Training
First-time parents only; 6 hours in late September or early October (this is broken into 2 3-hour sessions occurring from 9am-12pm).

Parent Education
These classes are for us to further enrich ourselves as parents, covering topics such as discipline, fire safety, CPR, healthy cooking, how to have fun as a parent, etc. Currently, we ask our families to commit to attending 2 of these per school year.

Work Night
Depending on the needs of the school we may schedule a work night for two to four hours in late March.

Downey Spring Egg Hunt
This is a community outreach event that we partner with the church.

Classroom Time
Each family commits to being a teacher’s helper in their child’s classroom approximately twice a month.