Volunteer Application Process

1. Complete Volunteer Application Form
2. Complete Background Screening
3. Watch Safe Schools Training Videos Our volunteers are required to watch several mandatory Safe School training videos before they are approved to volunteer.

Click the link above and enter your Username: Volunteer

Once you log into the site, click on a course title to begin the training. Each course has audio, so be sure to turn up your speakers to listen. You must complete each section of the course in order to receive full credit.

If you have further questions, please contact Marche Belcher, Culture and Learning Transformation Coach, at mbelcher@fergflor.org or 314-824-2054.

Volunteer applications and background check must be completed.

Volunteers must never be alone with a student and work with students only in the presence of a District employee.

We will make every effort to match your request for location and/or volunteer service.

Results of the background check will be submitted to the Director of Family and Community Engagement, Albert Harrold, for approval.

After the CLT Department has reviewed your information, you will receive an email or call regarding your status.

Once approved, you may have your photo taken and Ferguson-Florissant School District volunteer ID badge issued in Ferguson-Florissant School District Administration Building, 8855 Dunn Rd., Hazelwood, MO 63042. You may do this on your way to your first volunteer opportunity.

You must present your volunteer ID badge each time you volunteer.

Your Ferguson-Florissant School District SafeSchools contact:
Jennifer Pipkins
Jpipkins@fergflor.org

Volunteering in FFSD

Code Of Ethics
- To commit to always doing what is in the best interest of each student.
- To always keep student information CONFIDENTIAL.
- To understand that each student is unique and cannot be compared to another
- To never be alone with or put a student in an uncomfortable situation.
- To learn from the many different teaching methods used by the staff.
- To appreciate that there is no one best way to teach all students.
- To work positively for the good of the students, the school, and the district.
How Children Learn
- Children learn by doing, not by passive observation.
- Children learn by asking questions and searching for answers to their questions.
- Children learn by discovery.
- Children learn by using all their senses when possible.
- Children learn by experimenting.
- Children learn by sorting and combining objects.
- Children learn by repeating experiences.
- Children learn by building confidence in themselves.
Tips for Volunteers
- Praise and encourage the students.
- Be friendly, enthusiastic, caring, patient, and supportive when working with students.
- Develop a rapport with the students.
- Encourage students to do their own thinking and give them plenty of time to respond.
- Catch students when they are being good and compliment them.
- Be respectful and treat individuals in the same manner as you wish to be treated.
- Recognize the individuality of each student.
- Be consistent with the teacher's rules for classroom schedules and behavior.
- Return items to their appropriate location before leaving.
- Commit to a regular schedule and call in advance to let the school know you are going to be absent.
- Sign in when you arrive, wear your badge, and sign out when you leave.
- Cooperate and communicate with staff and students.
- Maintain a sense of humor.
- Give students a choice only when you intend to abide by the choice.
- State directions in a positive form "walk in the halls" rather than, "don't run".
- Dress and groom so as to be an appropriate role model.

Volunteer Application Process

Volunteering in FFSD

Code Of Ethics

How Children Learn

Tips for Volunteers