VOLUNTEER Application - For All Campuses 2026-2027

Confidentiality Policy

• You may not discuss matters about a child with anyone, not even that child’s parents / guardians.
• You are not to contact parents / guardians regarding the behavior or performance of students.
• You must always refer questions regarding students to the student’s teacher or a school administrator.

Volunteer Agreement

I acknowledge my intent to fulfill the responsibility of maintaining confidentiality by:

• Not discussing or answering questions with others about the content of any confidential student information which was learned in the course of, or because of, my work in the school.
• Not disclosing or permitting to be disclosed, directly or indirectly, student education records, personally identifiable student information in such records or other confidential information regarding any student.

Exceptions to this rule include my ability to discuss student information with designated faculty or staff members and/or as authorized by administration.

Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• “Education records” (generally defined as “those records, files, documents, and other materials which contain information directly related to a student; and are maintained by an educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution”) cannot be released, except as enumerated in law, without parent/guardian permission.

Confidential Student Data Protection

• Protect those documents from being viewed or obtained by non-authorized individuals.
• Never take any confidential student data off campus unless authorized by a school administrator or his designee.

Reporting Breaches

• Report any breach or suspected breach in this confidentiality agreement to the building administrator or his designee.

Supervision and Compliance

• Volunteers at ResponsiveEd Schools shall perform tasks only under the supervision and guidance of appropriate faculty and staff.
• Volunteers are expected to comply with all district rules and regulations.

Criminal Background Check

• ResponsiveEd may use any information provided during the application process, in performing the criminal history check.
• If employed, my employment with ResponsiveEd will be temporary, pending the outcome of the criminal history record information.
• ResponsiveEd reserves the right to not accept any applicant whose criminal history indicates a conviction for a felony, crimes against persons, drug-related crimes, job-related crimes, and repeated offenses, offenses that pose a risk to children or any other criminal activity judged to be improper for a school employee.