St. Louis Park Public Schools District Volunteer Application

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with St. Louis Park Public Schools! To ensure a safe and positive environment, all who volunteer among students must submit an application, undergo a criminal background check, and review our Volunteer Handbook and Orientation before they begin. Please allow up to one week for your application to process. Once you are approved, you will receive an email with next steps.

Who Must Submit a Volunteer Application?

Volunteers are generally defined as someone 18 years or older (parent or other) who is providing direct support to teachers, staff, admin, or a class within St. Louis Park Public Schools. A volunteer application is not required for visitors (ie. lunch visits, event attendees, guest speakers), roles without student interaction, or activities that are not directly supervised by our school district. Reach out to the number below if you are unsure whether you should fill out this application.

Before You Begin

Please be sure to enter your full legal name where required and to provide a valid email address to facilitate future communications. Complete each section and hit the "Next" button on the bottom of the page in order to move forward. Do not close out of the application until you see the "Thank You" page, as your information will not be saved.

For questions or more information, please visit https://slpcommunityed.com/volunteer/ or call 952-848-5504.

Background Check & Personal Data Notice 

In accordance with Minnesota Statute § 123B.03, St. Louis Park Public Schools will conduct background checks on volunteers who will have contact with children as part of their volunteer duties. To do so, St. Louis Park Public Schools will ask you to provide personal data, which may include private information about yourself such as name, address, date of birth, and fingerprints. You are not required to provide personal data. However, if you do not provide the personal data requested, St. Louis Park Public Schools and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) will not be able to process the background check. Failure to provide the data requested may result in a denial of your volunteer application. The BCA requires this personal data to perform a search of its systems, tell you apart from other people with the same or similar name, to conduct a background investigation, and to determine eligibility. Any personal information you provide may be shared with people who need the data in order to do their jobs, as allowed by state and federal law, including: employees of St. Louis Park Public Schools requesting the background check, others you’ve given authorization to access the data, BCA employees, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the organization authorized to receive the records, the state or legislative auditor, to comply with a court order, and anyone else to whom the law says we must or can give the information. Unless specifically defined as “private” or “confidential”, all data is defined as “public” under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act and may be disclosed upon request.

Personal Information

Please select the schools at which you wish to volunteer

Please select the functions from the list below. (select all that apply)

Please select the organization(s) on behalf of which you are volunteering (if not applicable, select "None")

Please read the disclaimer below and provide your signature

By providing your signature, you are agreeing to the following statements:

I certify that the information I have given in this application is accurate and up-to-date. I understand that submitting this application does not guarantee my acceptance into the Volunteer Program, and that assignment of volunteer work is based on the assessment made by the volunteer site's needs. I understand that, in order to facilitate placement, my contact information may be shared with the appropriate personnel within my preferred volunteer site. Moreover, I recognize that the placement process can take time, and that there may not be enough available volunteering opportunities during a particular school year for all applicants. 

I agree to abide by the rules and regulations of the St. Louis Park Public School Volunteer Program as laid out by our volunteer handbook. This document can be found on our volunteer program web page.

I understand that if I have misrepresented application information, fail to clear our regularly run public background check, or fail to adhere to program guidelines, I may have my application approval withdrawn.

Thank You

Your volunteer application has been successfully submitted and will be reviewed per the district’s volunteer policy. Please allow for at least one week for your application to process, after which you will be notified of your volunteer status.

If you have any questions, please call the Volunteer Office at 952-848-5504.