Volunteers & Chaperones

Volunteers may include parents/guardians and other family members, as well as members of the community interested in supporting education and have any interest in investing their time and talents to support students in Arlington.

All volunteers who regularly support schools and school sponsored activities must complete an application and State-mandated Safe Schools Training for volunteers and chaperones. This training requirement also applies to volunteers who regularly help in the classroom, and those who wish to attend field trips and chaperone trips to the Outdoor Lab. The application and online training is provided in English and Spanish.

Anyone who wants to support our schools and students as a volunteer on a regular and one time basis must complete the process. This includes those who chaperone lunch, help in the classroom, attend field trips, volunteers in other capacity, and also includes enrichment providers.

Anyone who is working directly with students must complete the application process.

Raptor Technologies is the online system APS uses for visitor, volunteer and chaperone management. It handles sign-in/sign-out for visitors, volunteers, chaperones, contractors, and includes sex offender screening.

The link to the online application can be found by clicking one of the links below.

• Application (English)
• Solicitud (Español)

Participation is recorded and tracked by APS within the Safe Schools System. Schools will access a report listing the family and community members who have successfully completed the training.

The volunteer process usually takes about a week from start to finish.

• Fill out the volunteer application online (approx. five minutes)
• Receive the Safe Schools training link (usually within 48 hours of completing the application)
• Complete the online training (approx. 35 minutes)
• Receive approval email (within one week)
• If you have questions about the approval process, contact [email protected]

The best way to begin volunteering is to review the opportunities on this page or send an email to [email protected]

To best support school staff and students, volunteers are expected to follow these procedures each time they volunteer:

• Volunteers must sign-in and sign-out of the building using the Visitor Management System (VMS).
• Volunteers must wear the VMS produced volunteer identification name tag at all times while on school property.
• Volunteers may not access confidential student or personnel records and should respect the confidentiality of students.
• Volunteers working with students must be within view of other APS staff members and avoid unsupervised, one-on-one student contact.