Volunteering with APS is an important way to give back, and your contributions enrich our educational programs and empower our students. Our volunteer network has grown to represent more than 5,000 volunteers who contribute to the community, our programs and most of all, our students.
Interested in volunteering with us? To ensure the safety of our students, staff and visitors, there are a few steps to complete before beginning your service.
When filling out the application, please note that applicants are required to complete all fields that are marked with an asterisk.
Arlington Community High School is currently seeking tutors with flexible work schedules to help between 8 am to 3 pm. Tutoring is 1:1 meeting on a weekly basis. We are currently seeking tutors to help our students in English Literature, Biology, and Math.
For more information, please contact Daniel Castillo at daniel.castillo@apsva.us
Barrett Elementary School is passionate about its Roving Reader program and is looking for some fresh faces to join this school year. If you have a love for multicultural literacy and a joy for reading to children, reach out to Arturo Ramirez at arturo.ramirez@apsva.us for more information.
Math Tutors Needed! We are looking for 5 to 10 volunteers who have a passion for math and a desire to help students strengthen their skills! Volunteers will work with small, multigrade groups of students to support them in understanding basic math concepts such as number sense and fractions. Details:
Please contact Carolyn Jackson at CarolynRuth.Jackson@apsva.us or Tamika Rector at Tamika.Rector@apsva.us for more information.
Yorktown High School English Learners (EL) Department is recruiting volunteers to help in EL classes. Classes are basic English, social studies, science and math. No expertise is required. Times are as follows:
Spanish and English speakers alike are encouraged to volunteer.
El Departamento de Estudiantes de Inglés (EL) de Yorktown High School está reclutando voluntarios para ayudar en las clases de los estudiantes de inglés. Las clases son de inglés básico, estudios sociales, ciencias y matemáticas. No se requiere experiencia. El horario de clases es el siguiente:
Se anima a los hispanohablantes tanto como a los angloparlantes a ser voluntarios.
Jefferson Middle School is seeking volunteers to come in one or two days per week from 8:00am – 8:30am to do read aloud exercises with students. If you are interested in coming on board, please contact Jeremy Siegel at jeremy.siegel@apsva.us
Math Volunteers Also Needed. Once a week from 2:30 – 4:00 PM. Students at Jefferson are engaged in service-learning activities ranging from donating foods and supplies to Path Forward (formerly Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network), working in the school’s garden, and assisting elementary students with reading. For more information, please contact Kim Malinosky at kip.malinosky@apsva.us.
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.
For the 2023-24 school year, everyone 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.
It is essential that chaperones complete the process since they are often off-site, off school grounds with groups of students other than their own children and may be unsupervised by APS staff members during those trips at certain times.
Raptor Technologies is the online platform APS uses for the Visitor Management System as well as for volunteers, sex offender screening and the visitor, volunteer, contractor, and staff sign in/out process. Individuals wishing to volunteer with an individual school or multiple schools is able to complete their application online in English and Spanish by accessing the Raptor Technology systems links dedicated to the school division.
The link to the online application can be found by clicking one of the links below.
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. Once complete, contact the school liaison with your certificate and they will load it into the Raptor system so that you will be approved for three years.
The volunteer process usually takes about a week from start to finish.
The best way to begin volunteering is to contact the school directly to find out what volunteer opportunities are available.
To best support school staff and students, volunteers are expected to follow these procedures each time they volunteer:
We appreciate your interest in working with our students and our schools!
Dawn Smith
Volunteers, Partnership and Events Manager
2110 Washington Blvd, 4th Floor
Arlington, VA 22204
Email: dawn.smith@apsva.us
Phone: 703-228-2581
Alicia Zekan
Volunteer Applications
alicia.zekan@apsva.us
703-228-2005
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