Growing Stronger, Achieving Together

If you’d like to volunteer in-person during the school day with students, there is a process to become an SPS verified volunteer. Below, we’ve laid out the process for new and returning volunteers and included the extra steps required because of Covid-19. Currently, all volunteers must be willing the share proof of vaccination to be a part of the program.

GETTING STARTED

1. Review the SPS Volunteer Handbook

2. Be able to provide proof of vaccination

3. Complete the Covid-19 Health and Safety Training

   New to the program? Keep going. Returning volunteer? Log into Good Samaritan and update as needed, then skip to the Background Check process.

4. Complete SPS training to preventing sexual misconduct. You’ll need to save the email proving completion of this training.

5. Fill out your application in Good Samaritan. You’ll need 2 references, an emergency contact, and a photo of your government issued ID.

BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS

If you answer yes to any of these questions, you’ll need to get a national background check from Sterling Volunteers in Good Samaritan.

1. Will you be working one on one with students while unsupervised (or virtual). For most, this answer is no

2. Have you lived outside of Washington State in the past 3 years?

   If this cost is prohibitive, email president@blainepta.org and we can provide a payment code. Cost should not be a barrier to participation.

If you answered no to these questions, the school will run a background check using the information you’ve already provided and then review your application.

The last step is completing a Volunteer Orientation. Those will also look different this year (what doesn’t?) but we’ll get the list of volunteers and orientation dates as soon as we can.

Thanks so much for stepping up for teachers and students.