Guidelines
Volunteers and SDUSD Staff
Welcome to the Volunteer Program Guidelines.The Volunteer Program Guidelines provide support and guidance to schools to help them facilitate their parent and community engagement programs. Currently, nearly 30,000 volunteers work in a variety of capacities in the San Diego Unified School District.
These volunteers — parents, guardians, grandparents, business/community partners, community members, the military, K-12 and college students, senior citizens, and others – represent the economic, social, racial, religious and educational backgrounds within the San Diego community.
Volunteers act in a variety of capacities, including tutors/mentors, provide assistance in the classroom, participate as senior exhibition panel members, participate on business/community partnership advisory boards, assist in the main office, in the library/media centers and with fundraising efforts for school foundations, and scholarships.
Administrative Procedure 4595 outlines procedures for school volunteer programs. In order to provide students with a safe environment and allow for a variety of opportunities for volunteering, volunteer participation is classified into four categories. Depending on the category, certain screening processes must be completed by district staff prior to volunteering.
Some Updates You Should Be Aware of:
TB Screening Protocol Changes: On September 15, 2014, the governor of California signed into law new TB testing rules for schools. Assembly Bill 1667 regulates staff and volunteer testing at schools for tuberculosis. SD Council of PTA has been working with the Family Engagement Team to update the current district rules to comply with the state law. Starting now, the first step in becoming a school volunteer is to process an Adult Tuberculosis Risk Assessment Questionnaire. The SDUSD Nursing Department has put into place plans on how nursing staff will assist in facilitating this questionnaire for volunteers.