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San Diego Unified School District welcomes and encourages involvement from parents, community members, businesses, community organizations, higher education institutions and the military. In order to provide students with a safe environment and allow for a variety of opportunities for volunteering, volunteer participation is classified into 4 categories. Depending upon the category, certain processes must be completed by district staff prior to volunteering. All volunteers will be screened annually.
Category A
Volunteers or guests who enter a school for a one-time event. This person has no
unsupervised exposure or contact with children. Typical examples could include Read Across America guest reader, Principal for a Day participant, guest/resource speaker, senior exhibition panel member or other day or guest-type activity.
Screening requirements:
- Be sponsored or approved by a school site or district employee
- Be able to present some form of current government-issued photo identification (driver's
- license, passport, military ID, US or other government identification)
- Sign in on the district approved "Volunteer Sign-in Sheet" in the main office, which includes a criminal disclosure
- Upon approval, be required to display a volunteer identification badge to be surrendered at the conclusion of the day's volunteer activity
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