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community involvement
VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS
DCPS EMPLOYEE RELEASE POLICIES
Each year, schools are challenged to provide higher quality education with limited funding and resources. By sharing their time, energy, and diverse talents, volunteers play a major role in bridging the gap between needs and resources.
Through activities such as tutoring; assisting in classrooms, offices, clinics, and media centers; and sharing areas of expertise, travels, and hobbies, school volunteers enhance the work of classroom teachers.
School volunteers play key roles in special projects such as fund-raising activities, and business partnerships that link our community, businesses, and schools.
The role of a volunteer is very important, and involvement within the schools can be as rewarding to the volunteer as it is for the students.
Vision
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To enable district-level employees to share their time and expertise with the schools and students.
Objective
- To provide knowledgeable resources to schools.
- To provide district employees an opportunity to gain an understanding of school-based management needs.
- To provide district employees an opportunity to obtain first-hand information on student needs.
Strategies
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District volunteers will serve as mentors, tutors, resource speakers, classroom assistants, resource assistants, and office/clinic assistants to schools.
- District volunteers may provide career development and cultural arts experiences.
- District volunteers may provide technology experiences.
Requirements
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Written approval from the employee's immediate supervisor.
- Participation in the program must not interfere with the completion of the employee's assigned duties and responsibilities.
- Release time is authorized for volunteers during the hours the employee would normally be on duty.
- Employees may volunteer a maximum of one hour per week or two hours biweekly.
- Employees must keep a record of their hours on a sign-in sheet at the schools and at their offices. The office copy of the sign-in
- sheet will be sent to the Community Involvement Office.
- Participation is voluntary on the part of the employee and must comply with all the policies of the volunteer program.
- Employees must spend at least 50% of their volunteer time interacting with students.
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