Seattle Public Schools Volunteer Opportunities

Locate each school on this map and learn more about your prospective volunteer sites here.

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary: Classroom Volunteer

Region: SE
Volunteer Role: Classroom Volunteer
Grade(s) you will be supporting: Kindergarten, 1-4
Subjects/academic areas: Math, Science, English Language Arts
Minimum age of the volunteer: 20
Scheduling:

4th grade M-F (except Wed)
8:40 a.m.-9:10 a.m. or 9:55 a.m.-10:45 a.m. – math
12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m.- writing

3rd grade M-F (except Wed)
8:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. – math block
10:45 a.m.-11:35 a.m. ELA
12:30 p.m.-1:15 p.m. ELA
1:45 p.m.-2:25 p.m. Science

2nd grade M-F (except Wed)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
9:20 a.m.-10:20 a.m. and 12 p.m.-12:40 p.m.

1st grade M-F (except Wed)
9:10 a.m.-10:10 a.m. ( high priority)
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
1:10 p.m.-2:10 p.m.

Kindergarten M-F (except Wed)
9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
1:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Volunteer role details:
Volunteers will support students one-on-one and in small groups. They will assist students with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, and other academic tasks. Volunteers will help students understand key concepts learned in the classroom.
Skills needed:
Good communication skills, math skills, writing skills, dependability, and patience, which is especially important.
About this school community:
MLK Elementary School is a diverse, multicultural community of learners. Our teachers and staff have created a welcoming environment where all cultures and backgrounds are respected and valued.
The impact your volunteer support will make:
We aim to build a strong school network that ensures every student succeeds academically. By engaging dedicated volunteers, we can enhance our students’ learning experiences, provide additional support, and create a nurturing environment that fosters growth and achievement.

Your involvement will be invaluable in helping us create meaningful connections within our school community, ultimately benefiting our students.
Number of volunteers needed: 10
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Home School Coordinator and classroom teachers

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Chief Sealth International High School – Volunteer Science Tutor

Region: SW
School: Chief Sealth
Volunteer Role: volunteer science tutor
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 10-11
Subjects/academic areas: biology, IB biology
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: MTuThF 9:50 a.m. -3:40 p.m. (lunch 12:45 p.m. -1:20 p.m.).
Volunteer role details: This person should work on building relationships with all of the students so they feel comfortable asking help from this person. And then this person should continuously check the progress of students (walking around checking students work) and work with students who seem lost or are falling behind on the tasks at hand.
Skills needed: Responsible, friendly, helpful, good role model (can show how to ask question, how to take notes, etc)
About this school community: Chief Sealth is working towards our school motto of Seahawk PRIDE = Passionate, Relationship-driven, Inspired, Dedicated, Engaged. We are also expecting kids to keep their phones “away for the day” in a non-punitive way. This has opened up the doors to student engagement, which is bringing back the challenges of yore (pre-covid). They need more hand-holding!
The impact your volunteer support will make: Hopefully a positive one if this person is a reliable source of help to the students.
Number of volunteers needed: 1-3
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Science Teacher

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Chief Sealth International High School – Japanese Classroom Volunteer

Region: SW
School: Chief Sealth
Volunteer Role: Japanese Classroom Volunteer
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 9-12
Subjects/academic areas: Japanese
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday
Volunteer role details: Just being a mature role model for students – helping students stay focused and answering basic questions regarding study skills or logical processes.
Skills needed: College-level study skills and willingness to engage with students to help them focus and study.
About this school community: Sealth is a school with a lot of socio-economic and ethnic diversity. We offer opportunities for study in the International Baccalaureate program to all students.
The impact your volunteer support will make: The presence of another studious adult in my classroom will raise the level of focus and study and also offer students a positive role model closer to their age range.
Number of volunteers needed: 1-2
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Japanese Teacher

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Meany Middle School – Homework Club Volunteer Tutor

Region: Central
School: Edward Meany Middle
Volunteer Role: Homework Club Volunteer
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 6th, 7th, 8th
Subjects/academic areas: Math, Science, ELA, and History
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 pm.
Volunteer role details: Assist students in a variety of subjects; help them understand the curriculum; guide them to answers without doing the work for them; hold them to the learning center’s behavior expectations; and communicate with facilitators in a timely manner.

You will enter the Meany Learning Center before the students and have time to get yourself and your space set up. Once students arrive, they will sign in and indicate what subjects they need help with. You will help students with whatever homework they need (typically math). Other things you might do include helping students organize their materials, breaking projects into simple steps, or proofreading essays. At all times, you will focus on building positive relationships with students by remembering their names and learning about their interests. These duties will bring your volunteer shift to an end.
Skills needed: Critical thinking, patience, organization, strong study habits, strong communication skills, and flexible learning methods.
About this school community:

Meany is a vibrant school community filled with a diverse array of learning styles. We have an enthusiastic staff that wants to see student success and is committed to putting in the time to support the next generation. Right now, the biggest need I see among our students is time to focus and build strong study habits. There is huge potential at this school, and I’d love to bring in tutors who want to foster a community of capable and curious young people.

The mission of Meany Middle School is to work in partnership with students, staff, families, and the community to ensure that each student acquires the knowledge, skills, and core values necessary to achieve personal success and to enrich the world. Meany is a very diverse school serving 455 students in the Central District. 47% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch, and 11% are experiencing housing instability and homelessness. This indicates that many of our families face ongoing food insecurity and financial challenges. We support many academic pathways. 21% of our students are Advanced Learners, 10% are Highly Capable, 17% grew up in a multilingual home, and 15% receive special education services.
The impact of your volunteer support: Many students at our school need extra help to meet the district’s educational standards. The district-mandated curriculum moves quickly and isn’t directly relevant to many students’ lives, which has contributed to a general apathy toward education. My hope is that any tutors interested in filling this role would help these students see that learning and growing are possible for them and ignite an intrinsic curiosity and excitement about these habits. You could potentially change a young person’s life with your efforts in this space. This program will run every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of the year, ending in mid-June!

Number of volunteers needed: 2-3 tutors for each day (Tuesday and Thursday)
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Art Teacher, Special Education Teacher, Science Teacher, Spanish Teacher

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Meany Middle School – Volunteer Math Tutor

Region: Central
School: Edward Meany Middle
Volunteer Role: Volunteer Math Tutor
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 6th, 7th, 8th
Subjects/academic areas: Math
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: Lunch & classroom tutoring: 11 a.m. through 1 p.m. or 1 p.m. -3 p.m. except Wednesdays because school ends at 2:30 p.m. on Wed.
Volunteer role details: Lunch tutoring in Rm 66 between 11:15 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. except Weds when the lunch tutoring would be from 1036 to 1157. Classroom/push in math tutoring from 1 to 3.
Skills needed: Math for grades 6.7.8 and Algebra 1.
About this school community: The mission of Meany Middle School is to work in partnership with students, staff, families and the community to ensure that each student acquires the knowledge, skills and core values necessary to achieve personal success and to enrich the world. Meany is a very diverse school with a population of students that go from highly capable to high needs and ELL students.
The impact your volunteer support will make: Raise student interest and competence in Math.
Number of volunteers needed: 6
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Assistant Principal

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Emerson Elementary – Academic tutor supporting Tier 1 instruction

Region: SE – currently temporarily located in the Original Van Asselt School Interim Site – 7201 Beacon Ave. S; Seattle, WA98108
School: Emerson
Volunteer Role: Academic tutor supporting Tier 1 instruction
Grade(s) you will be supporting: K-5
Subjects/academic areas: reading, writing, science
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. are times that would be beneficial.
Volunteer role details: Shifts would be an time in the classroom and then transition to recess supervision to engage in play with students. Classroom teacher would provide materials for in the classroom.
Skills needed: ability to connect with students, able to multi-task and be semi-independent.
About this school community: Our school community is a welcoming, diverse school. We welcome a wide variety of needs and including languages, ability, race. We are a neighborhood school that is very community orientated.
The impact your volunteer support will make: The impact of a potential volunteer would be to help develop the social/emotional and academic needs of our students.
Number of volunteers needed: 2 volunteers
Volunteer Supervisor Title: AP

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Emerson Elementary – Recess coach-teaching students games

Region: SE – currently temporarily located in the Original Van Asselt School Interim Site – 7201 Beacon Ave. S; Seattle, WA98108
School: Emerson Elementary
Volunteer Role: Recess coach-teaching students games
Grade(s) you will be supporting: K-5
Subjects/academic areas: Recess coach-teaching students recess games and or supervising play builds cooperative and problem-solving which builds cooperative and problem solving skills.
Minimum age of the volunteer:
Scheduling: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. are times that would be beneficial.
Volunteer role details: Shifts would be an time in the classroom and then transition to recess supervision to engage in play with students. Classroom teacher would provide materials for in the classroom.
Skills needed: ability to connect with students, able to multi-task and be semi-independent.
About this school community: Our school community is a welcoming, diverse school. We welcome a wide variety of needs and including languages, ability, race. We are a neighborhood school that is very community orientated.
The impact your volunteer support will make: The impact of a potential volunteer would be to help develop the social/emotional and academic needs of our students.
Number of volunteers needed: 2 volunteers
Volunteer Supervisor Title: AP

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Rainier Beach High School – Science Tutor Volunteer

Region: SE
School: Rainier Beach
Volunteer Role: Science Tutor Volunteer
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 9-12
Subjects/academic areas: Science (Biology, Environmental Science)
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: M, Tu, Th, F: 9:40 a.m. – 1:22 p.m., W: 9:20 a.m.-1:50 p.m.
Volunteer role details: Volunteers would be a science classroom, supporting students with completing daily work, or supporting them getting caught up. Many assignments have answer keys. There is some lab work that students would need support with.
Skills needed: Comfort with high school science, willingness to work with students, patience, kindness
About this school community: Students are diverse and supportive of one another. There are a wide range of languages spoken in the school, and a wide level of interest in science/confidence in science. Community truly feels like a family supporting each other.
The impact your volunteer support will make: Having a tutor in the science classroom helps elevate every students experience, getting more support or more opportunities for increased interaction with an adult and the science materials. Students routinely do better on tests and quizzes when there is another adult supporting them and rooting for them.
Number of volunteers needed:
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Science Teacher

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Rainier Beach High School – Science Tutor

Region: SE
School: Rainier Beach
Volunteer Role: Science tutor
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 9th & 10th
Subjects/academic areas: Biology
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 1:40 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. or 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. (for support in my last class while also giving afterschool support).
Volunteer role details: Provide students with individualized attention, read instructions and text to students, confirm correct answers, listen to the day’s lesson and give students support, etc.
Skills needed: Exp working with BIPOC students and students with diverse backgrounds.
About this school community: RBHS is the most ethnically diverse school in Seattle. The greatest challenge in the school is meeting the wide range of needs; where you will see some students reading at a college level while others at a 3rd grade level in the same classroom. A third of the student population are ML students, which adds to the challenge.
The impact your volunteer support will make: In addition to receiving science credit, my hope is that students see the value of education in their lives as a way to achieve upward socioeconomic prosperity while improving their communities.
Number of volunteers needed: 1
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Science Teacher
Additional info: The times can also be shifted back one hour if the tutor can provide afterschool homework help.

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Rainier Beach High School – IB Sports Medicine volunteer

Region: SE
School: Rainier Beach
Volunteer Role: IB Sports Medicine volunteer
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 11th and 12th
Subjects/academic areas: science–Sports Med is a mix of anatomy, biomechanics, and psychology
Minimum age of the volunteer:
Scheduling: Any times M, T, Th, F from 9:45 a.m. – 3:40 p.m. (with a long lunch break from 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.)
Any times Wed from 9:25 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. (with a long lunch break from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Volunteer role details: They will help students get settled at the beginning of class (reminding of notebooks and stamping warm-ups). They will listen to the introduction so they understand the topic. They will either move around the room and help students as questions come up, or they can choose to sit with a small group of the same students and work through all the questions. They will repeat with the next class.
Skills needed: Good communication.
Willingness to model learning (reading, re-reading if confused, explaining thinking, asking questions). Assuming best intent (not jumping to conclusions about a student’s behavior).

About this school community: Mostly BIPOC students, >25% are multilingual, IB for all (meaning we challenge all kids to try advanced courses, rather than tracking them based on behavior). Students are so talented and funny, but they often lack basic academic skills we take for granted. They think critically, but struggle with reading and writing.
The impact your volunteer support will make: More students will get more help and be confused for less time. Students want so badly to do well and to understand the work, but they have to wait for me a long time when they raise their hand. Many don’t ask for help and just sit in confusion.
Number of volunteers needed: Probably one 2 per class, so if they come at the same time, just 2. If they stagger, then 4.
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Science teacher (IB Sports Medicine)

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Rainier Beach High School – Math Tutor

Region: SE
School: Rainier Beach
Volunteer Role: Math Tutor
Grade(s) you will be supporting: 9 through 12
Subjects/academic areas: Grades 9/10 – Algebra 1 and Grades 10 to 12 – PreCalculus
Minimum age of the volunteer: 18
Scheduling: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday Classes are 50 minutes from 8:50 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. (specifically 8:50 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.; 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – 2 classes; then lunch; then 1:57 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.)
Wednesday classes are 30 minutes from 8:50 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. in the same order
It would be wonderful to have someone in any class doing problems with students, answering questions, helping them feel comfortable and heard. Much of the work is basic, and you can relearn the material along with the students.
Volunteer role details: Work in small groups with students as they work through math problems, help students who were absent catch up on old work, help students prepare for tests, retests, etc. I like to get everyone up at the boards at once sometimes so that they are all actively working. It helps then to have another person to check in with groups or to stick with a group that is struggling.
Skills needed: The ability to learn high school math (basic or more advanced, you can choose and you can just help students figure out what to do); interpersonal skills to help students walk through math problems calmly (the students are really nice but can be scared of math).
About this school community: The students are all really nice! The 2 classes are at opposite ends – with Algebra students often needing help with basic skills as they learn new material and PreCalculus students working on upping their level for college. Rainier Beach HS has a family feel. The building is brand new. The other math teachers are so supportive.
The impact your volunteer support will make: Having a volunteer in the classroom can really make more students feel seen and heard since there is someone else to either answer questions or free up the teacher to help certain students more. Plus, you will find interacting with high school students is uplifting. These students are dreaming about their next steps, trying to decide what their futures will be. Come listen to them and encourage them.
Number of volunteers needed: I would like 2 volunteers max.
Volunteer Supervisor Title: Teacher – High School Math
Additional info: The funding for extra intervention programs has dried up this year. We need community members to fill that gap, including volunteers. Thank You!!!

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