Volunteering in FFSD

Apply to be a Volunteer!

The Ferguson-Florissant School District encourages and welcomes volunteers! We greatly appreciate your time, talents and dedication to our students. Many opportunities for volunteer participation are available.

If you have some spare time and want to be active in the school district, have an interesting hobby, are skilled in a craft, can talk about your job, or share information of your travels, we encourage you to get involved in our schools.

In whatever way you choose to help, you can be certain that your contribution is needed and valued.

In this section you will find information regarding how to sign up to be a volunteer, forms you will need to complete, applicable Board of Education policies and regulations, and much more. 

Together we will make a difference. You are an important component in the success of our students. We are delighted that you have chosen to take an active role in the education of our students by volunteering, and we look forward to seeing you at school!

• To become an OASIS tutor click this link www.oasisnet.org.

  OASIS is an intergenerational tutoring program that promotes healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and volunteer engagement.  OASIS volunteers are trained by the director of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) to assist students with challenging behaviors, addressing the needs of struggling readers and implementing reading strategies.  OASIS tutors meet monthly.  Meeting topics are based on the needs assessment of OASIS volunteers.

  OASIS tutors...

  • Are volunteers who have a love of reading and a love of children.
  • Come with prepared lesson plans.
  • Are trained to use a curriculum specially designed by reading professionals for K-4 students.
  • Work with the same child(ren) each week.

   

  OASIS Intergenerational tutoring has been implemented in 50 cities and more than 100 school districts across the United States.  It has won numerous national, state, and local awards for its success in linking struggling students with trained volunteers who are eager to pass on a love of reading. 

Do you have specific skills or services that you would like to volunteer to the district? Please contact The Culture and Learning Transformation Team at eshaw@fergflor.org to share where you can help, and ask about any volunteer opportunities that are currently available or will soon be available.

• 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.

• 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.