The Board of Education recognizes that volunteers can contribute valuable to our schools. The Board endorses a program encouraging community residents to take an active role in improving schools and to become school volunteers, subject to suitable regulations and safeguards. The board and school district administration shall appropriately recognize volunteer services.

The Board of Education encourages the use of volunteers to (1) increase students' educational attainment, (2) provide enrichment experiences for students, (3) increase the effective utilization of staff time and skills, (4) give more individual attention to students, and (5) promote greater community involvement.

 The Superintendent shall establish procedures for securing and screening resource persons and volunteers. No person who is a "sex offender" as defined by Public Act 98-111, An Act Concerning the Registration of Sexual Offenders shall be used.

 Principals shall maintain a list of all regular volunteers in the district (chaperones on field trips, aides, library and classroom volunteer assistance, grandparents, assistance at athletic events, field days, etc.), which shall be available to the Superintendent of Schools.

 Volunteers, interns, and other such non-employees working within the schools (“volunteers”) must work under the supervision of Windham Public Schools staff. Volunteers are held to the same standards of conduct as school staff and must observe all Board of Education policies, including applicable policies on the confidentiality of student information. Volunteers must submit to state and federal criminal record checks and a record check of the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) Child Abuse and Neglect Registry. No person who is required to register as a sex offender under state or federal law or whose name is currently listed on the DCF registry may volunteer in the Windham Public Schools.

Legal Reference:         Connecticut General Statutes

10-4g Parent and community involvement in schools; model programs; school-based teams.

10-235 Indemnification of teachers, board members, employees, and certain volunteers and students in damage suits; expenses of litigation.

54-254 Registration of a person who has committed a felony for a sexual purpose.

Volunteers, interns, and other nonemployees working within the schools (“volunteers”) must work under the supervision of Windham Public Schools staff. Volunteers are held to the same standards of conduct as school staff and must observe all Board of Education policies, including applicable policies on the confidentiality of student information. Volunteers must submit to state and federal criminal record checks and a record check of the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) Child Abuse and Neglect Registry. No person required to register as a sex offender under state or federal law or whose name is currently listed on the DCF registry may volunteer in the Windham Public Schools.

1.        Complete either the Group I or Group II application, depending on the volunteering you will be doing. The application can be found on our Windham Public Schools website.

ONCE STEP 1 OF THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILLED OUT, THE FOLLOWING FORMS WILL BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY.

 2.       Group I & Group II will receive the Volunteer Waiver Information Form.

 3.       Group I & Group II DCF authorization release

 4.       Group II must complete the Student Teaching, Internship, Administrative Placement, and Volunteer Form. 

 5.       Fingerprints Procedures: BEFORE BEING FINGERPRINTED, YOU MUST:

 ·         Complete the Privacy Rights Forms for Local School Districts-Nonemployees and Volunteers

 ·         PRE-Enroll ON THE FOLLOWING STATE WEBSITE: https://ct.flexcheck.us.idemia.io/CCHRSPreEnroll/

 ·         You will be asked to provide a Service Code. Please refer to the chart below.

 ·         Follow the instructions on the website.