The Volunteer Office
(916) 643-7920

Parents and Grandparent Volunteers

Parents, grandparents and guardians can be volunteers at their children’s schools or elsewhere in the district. Some schools require parent involvement.  Even in those schools where volunteering is not a requirement for parents, these volunteers are a tremendous resource.

Community Volunteers: Individuals

Many individual community members volunteer in schools.  Sometimes community volunteers are neighbors, retirees or simply other individuals who have time to give, skills to share and enjoy working with children.

Community Volunteers:  Organizations and Businesses

Some organizations and businesses get involved by sponsoring a school site.  Through consultation with the school site, support activities can include tutoring or mentoring students, sponsoring school clubs, events or contests, and organizing technology projects. It all depends on the interests of the organization and the needs of the school.  Some state agencies allow their staff to contribute a designated number of hours per month as a volunteer in schools, and in some cases, they authorize one of their own staff to help recruit volunteers from their agency and provide program oversight.  A partnership with the County of Sacramento provides us with volunteers who contribute their time in exchange for learning the employment skills necessary to seek paid work.

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Any adult student (18 years old or older) who works directly with students in our schools is considered a volunteer.  To protect SCUSD students, any adult who attends classes on the campus of a K-12^th grade school during regular school hours, even though they may not be working with students, must also go through the volunteer screening process.

College and University Student Volunteers

College students routinely participate as volunteers in our schools.  A large number of volunteers, representing many of the two and four-year colleges in the area, volunteer year-round as classroom tutors, in after-school programs, as artists-in-residence, in gardening projects, with English language learners and special education students, as writing coaches and in all grades and subjects.  Volunteer placement and schedule is dependent on volunteer’s availability, interests and college requirements.  Student volunteers often earn college credit doing field service.  Student teachers and interns are examples of the latter type of volunteer.

Student Volunteers

By working with younger students or helping schools with special projects, high school students can volunteer for community service credits at their high school.

Peer Volunteers

Intermediate elementary and middle school students at several school sites participate in Reading Buddies or Conflict Resolution Mediator programs which allow students an opportunity to gain responsibility, increase self esteem, develop leadership skills and improve school climate.  Peer volunteers often learn as much as the younger students with whom they work.

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Safety and Legal Requirements
 

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