Renew or Update Your Volunteer Application
Thank you for your past volunteer service – we are excited you are interested in continuing to volunteer with Seattle Public Schools or take on a new volunteer role!
New: Two weeks minimum required for approval
For the following reasons, volunteers must update their applications at least two (2) weeks before the expected volunteer service start date :
- SPSSeattle Public Schools More receives up to 15,000 volunteer applications and renewals each year. Approval of each volunteer requires action both by your school’s Volunteer Program Liaison (VPL) and one central office staff member.
- Due to budget cuts and layoffs this year, many school office staff positions were cut by 50% and central office staff are absorbing additional duties.
- VPL duties are carried out by one member of the school office staff who has many other duties.
Please keep in mind that background check reports occasionally take longer than two weeks.
How to verify if you already have an application with SPSSeattle Public Schools More:
- Go to the application form
- Check the first two required boxes to access the User Information section.
- Enter the email address you were most likely to use 2-3 years ago and try to set a password.
- If a notification appears that a user with that email address already exists, please follow the steps below to be approved.
- If a notification does not appear, you do not have an application on file under the email address you entered. Please follow the instructions for new volunteers.
Steps to Renew Your Volunteer Application
Follow steps 1-3 below even if your application was approved prior to this school year.
1. Volunteer Handbook
Review our updated Volunteer Handbook to familiarize yourself with new volunteer program guidelines.
2. Renew and/or update your volunteer registration
Access your volunteer information through the volunteer portal where you can:
- approve a new background check if expired (required every two years),
- add or update your information,
- update your criminal history, if applicable,
- transfer your existing application to other SPSSeattle Public Schools More schools.
3. School Approval
Before your first volunteer shift at a new school, the school volunteer program liaison will verify your information. Please have the following available:
- A government-issued photo ID
If the school volunteer program liaison confirms your identity and verifies that you selected the correct background check type on your volunteer application, they will add you to their school’s “Approved Volunteers List”.
If you have questions about your application or background check, call the school office or email the school volunteer program liaison.
Leaving the volunteer program
If you don’t plan on returning to any SPSSeattle Public Schools More school as a volunteer, you can opt-out of volunteering via one of the following methods:
- Submit your resignation via an online form
- When you receive an email from our volunteer application system requesting that you renew your application, look for an “opt-out” link at the bottom of the message and click for instructions.
- Every two years, we will email you to give you the option to renew or opt-out of volunteering.
Expired applications are archived every two years.