Rules & Responsibilities

Thank you for considering a volunteer opportunity with Temecula Preparatory School (TPS). Your help is instrumental in enhancing the educational experience of our students.

In order to help create a positive parent volunteer experience, please take a few minutes to read through this handbook. This handbook contains TPS volunteer policies and procedures. If you have any questions please contact one of the parent volunteer coordinators.

TPS Volunteer Procedures

Temecula Preparatory School and Board appreciate the valuable contribution made to the school by the volunteer assistance of parents and other community members. The following information outlines the procedures required to become a volunteer. Our primary concern is the safety of all our students and staff.

All Volunteers Shall:

• Complete a volunteer application
• Disclose whether they have been convicted of any crime
• Adhere to all school rules and support the mission and goals of TPS
• Sign a confidentiality agreement and refrain from discussing confidential performance or actions of students

On-campus Volunteers with Potential Contact with Students Must Also:

• Complete fingerprint clearance (live scan) as stated in the BOD volunteer policy.
• Obtain Tuberculosis clearance every 3 years.
• Provide TPS with a copy of his/her Drivers License
• Submit all required volunteer paperwork
• Complete volunteer orientation

TPS Shall:

• Provide volunteer orientation
• Provide instruction as to needed parent volunteer assignments
• Provide a parent volunteer badge which must be worn while volunteering on campus
• Provide a parent volunteer sign-in log located in the office
• Maintain all volunteer applications and documentation in a confidential manner in the Business Office
• Provide supervision for each volunteer position

  Lists of cleared volunteers will be provided to appropriate personnel upon request. Upon approval by the TPS Administration /Board of Directors, picture ID badge will be issued to the volunteer and must be worn while performing volunteer duties on school property.

Volunteer Responsibilities

The role of the parent volunteer is to augment the paid staff with various defined duties in select areas as determined necessary by the TPS Administration and Board. TPS volunteers are not paid employees. Volunteers shall at all times conduct themselves as a professional and ethical member of the school team. All volunteers shall have a person designated as their supervisor to keep all volunteers benefiting the mission of TPS.

Volunteers shall be subject to the policies, procedures, rules and regulations of TPS

1. No TPS volunteer may use the TPS name or initiate any fund-raising or other activity without specific permission of the TPS administration.
2. TPS volunteers shall be assigned job tasks in accordance with the school’s needs and desires.
3. All activities of TPS volunteers and volunteer groups shall be under the direction of a TPS representative.
4. TPS volunteers shall participate in any required training or orientation prior to being given an assignment or task.
5. TPS volunteers shall not use their association with TPS for personal gain, nor shall volunteers misrepresent their status of affiliation with TPS.
6. Termination of any TPS volunteer may be without cause, at the discretion of the TPS Administration or Board of Directors.