The use of volunteers enhances the quality of learning and provides a positive
relationship between the school, parents and the community. The participation
of volunteers in performing tasks under the direction and supervision of staff
is therefore encouraged.
Principal’s are responsible to review annually with volunteers:
confidentiality and ethical conduct issues and
roles and responsibilities.
Volunteers will be screened in accordance with the following:
Definitions
A volunteer is a person who assists schools and/or students either in
curricular or extra-curricular activities but does not include guest speakers,
presenters, or visitors to the school.
A parent volunteer in a school is
a parent, grandparent, or guardian, who currently has a child enrolled in
and attending that school, or is a member of the community who continues
as a volunteer in a school without interruption after the child has left
the school.
A community volunteer is any member of the community who does not have
a child enrolled in the school and who agrees to undertake a designated
task that supports a classroom, school or division-wide program.
Procedures
School administrators are responsible for the approval and coordination
of volunteers in their schools.
All community volunteers must complete a volunteer registration form.
A volunteer cannot be assigned to assist a teacher without the teacher’s
consent.
School administrators must provide all volunteers with an appropriate
orientation to the school. Such orientation should include relevant school
and Division policies and regulations, an overview of their role and
responsibilities and the expectations of the school.
School administrators must ensure that volunteers are not assigned sole
responsibility for the supervision of students.
Volunteers are insured under the Division’s liability insurance
policy only while they are acting within the scope of their duties as
assigned by the administration, teacher or the Division. Volunteers are not
insured under the Division medical or accident insurance policies for bodily
injuries, which they may sustain while volunteering in the Division.
All community volunteer applicants must provide a criminal record check
and child welfare check.
The use of alcohol and/or illegal drugs while volunteering is strictly
prohibited.