2.10 — Volunteer Code of Conduct

2.10 — Volunteer Code of Conduct: Overview of Liberty Common School

Volunteers at The Liberty Common School shall:

• Be on time and reliable in fulfilling volunteer commitments.
• Exercise kindness while volunteering for Liberty Common School.
• Respect and abide by the confidential nature of anything they might see or hear while volunteering.
• Be prompt and dependable for the times they agree to volunteer
• Conduct themselves in a businesslike and fair manner, without partiality to individual students.
• Motivate children to work and help them succeed in school.
• Graciously accept direction and constructive criticism from staff members for which they are volunteering.
• Acknowledge the teacher as the authority in the classroom.
• Not confront a teacher regarding disagreements or differences of opinion in the presence of children
• Be respectful of the classroom by not disrupting a teacher’s instructional time or student learning.
• Schedule all in-classroom volunteer hours through the classroom’s volunteer coordinator (CVC) or the teacher.
• Dress modestly and appropriately for a school environment (i.e. Midriff covered, no short shorts/skirts, shoulders covered).
• Wear a current volunteer name tag at all times when volunteering at the school.
• Sign in and out at the front office when volunteering at the school.
• Record all LCS volunteer hours, including those worked outside of school, at the volunteer kiosk or the log sheet in the front office.
• Ensure each child in the car has a properly functioning seatbelt when transporting students.
• Provide a copy of a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to the front office if transporting students.
• Ensure all children (e.g. younger siblings, non-students) accompanying the volunteer on school premises are supervised at all times. Children may only accompany volunteers in the resource room, health office, lunchroom, hallways and at recess.
• Arrange for a replacement in the event the volunteer cannot meet their scheduled obligations.
• Call or email the school 24 hours in advance and inform appropriate staff of any volunteer replacements.