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Volunteer Program

Volunteer Levels and Requirements
 Level One Volunteer 
No Online Volunteer Application or Background Check

  • School/District Committee Members
  • PTO/PTA Parent Activities (excluding Coaching and/or overnight Field Trips – see Level Three)
  • Booster Club Parent Activities (excluding Coaching and/or overnight Field Trips – see Level Three)
  • Guest speakers/Presenters in classrooms under the supervision of certified PUSD employee
  •  Art Docent/Habitat presenters in classrooms under the supervision of a certified PUSD employee
  • Special project volunteers who are not working with students and are volunteering outside of regular school hours and under the supervision of a PUSD employee.  Examples include school grounds maintenance projects, event setup and cleanup.

Level Two Volunteer 
Online Volunteer Application (Background Check Not Required)

  • Parent/Legal Guardian volunteering in their own child’s classroom or at their own child’s school event (excluding Coaching and/or overnight Field Trips – see Level Three)
  • Parents and current PUSD students working with sensitive/confidential materials in a school, program or district office
  • Service-Learning Students volunteering in a school, program or district office for the term of their class assignment and under the supervision of a certified PUSD employee (excluding Coaching and/or all Field Trips – see Level Three)

Level Three Volunteer 
Online Volunteer Application and Criminal Based Background Check

  • All community volunteers working directly with students
  • Grandparents, extended family members, students that have recently graduated high school, and college students are considered community members
  • All community volunteers working with sensitive/confidential materials in a school, special programs or district office
  • All individuals working in a college work study program assigned to PUSD
  • All coaching volunteers including parents of current PUSD students
  • All volunteers attending an overnight field trip including parents of current PUSD students
  • Art Docents/Habitat volunteers working during school hours

It is the policy of PUSD to conduct criminal background checks on Level Three Volunteers.  Background checks are conducted through Sterling Infosystems Inc.

Please email Deb Prieto to set-up an appointment:  Deb.prieto@prescottschools.com