Volunteering

Visitors: Pink Badge

Ridgeline issues pink badges for people making a limited visit to campus who are not serving in an assigned volunteer role. Visitors remain escorted or under direct staff/approved-volunteer supervision, are never responsible for students, and do not accompany students off campus.

Volunteers:

All volunteers are required to complete a background check and review the Ridgeline Volunteer Code of Conduct and complete the form linked in the presentation.

Volunteers who have supervised contact with students will be issued a Bright Green Badge after they have completed the following:

Ridgeline Montessori requires criminal background checks for any volunteers (including parents) who:

• Assist in the classroom while supervised; 

• have a regular and ongoing assignment at the school; or 

• are unknown to the school or department staff.

To complete a background check for a bright green badge, do the following:

1. Fill out a background check form 

2. Provide a copy of your driver's license

3. Complete the volunteer interest survey.

4. Complete the Ridgeline Volunteer Code of Conduct and complete the form linked in the presentation.

Volunteers who have direct, unsupervised contact with students: Dark Green Badge

Ridgeline Montessori requires criminal background checks and Sexual Misconduct Training: Staff to Student for any volunteers (including parents) who:

• have unsupervised contact with students; 

• will be off campus with students in an unsupervised situation;

• overnight trips or events (will also require fingerprinting);

• are mentors to a student or students; 

• act in the capacity of coach or activity director

To complete a background check for a dark green badge, do the following:

1. Fill out a background check form  Background checks are taking a longer time than usual to process so please turn in your forms right away!

2. Provide a copy of your driver's license

3. Complete the volunteer interest survey. 

4. Complete Sexual Misconduct Training for Volunteers: https://pacetraining-or.safeschools.com/login

5. Instructions:

   1. Go to the training site.

   2. Fill in your name, then your appropriate code, and then finally your district.

   3. Codes:  Volunteer: 093efff6

   4. Start the training at your convenience.

   5. Receive your certificate of completion and turn it into the volunteer coordinator

6. Volunteers for overnight trips also require fingerprinting. Please see the office for that process.

Please be familiar with the following:

• Policies regarding sexual abuse of a child, sexual conduct with students, and sexual conduct report procedures (JHFE, JHFF/GBNAA, GCAB).  

• Abuse and sexual misconduct and reporting requirements

• Suspected Sexual Conduct Report Procedures and Form

The possibilities are endless! Here is a sampling of the HUGE list of activities our families help out with:

• Classroom help: 

-Sign up to read with students, make materials, chaperone field trips, lead special projects, and assist with classroom maintenance.

• Consider joining an On-going or Event Team:

-Event Teams: Middle School Events, Stone Soup, Student Talent Show, Parent Education Nights, Jog-a-thon, Walk, Bike, & Roll to School, and Student Marketplace

-On-going Teams: Library team, Community Engagement, OBOB, Hospitality, Office Support, Crossing Guard, and more.

• Serve on a Committee: 

-Committees: Site Council, Board of Directors, Budget Committee, Equity Committee,  and the Fundraising Committee

• Our weekly eNews

• Read teachers' weekly newsletters

• Contact Bethany Dilla, Ridgeline’s School Community Coordinator

• Stop by or call the office to talk to Bethany about volunteer opportunities

Whenever parents or other family members put in volunteer time at Ridgeline, we want to know about it! This is vital information, especially when we are applying for grants. The greater the participation and support for our school that we can document, the greater chance we have of receiving generous grants. Even when you reach your 40-hour goal, please continue to record your hours. Some years our families log more than 10,000 hours.

Please log your volunteer hours on Track It Forward.

To volunteer with students or at school during school hours, you need to have an approved background check. Forms are available in the office. Once you are cleared, you will receive a green name tag. Keep this in the volunteer-name-tag binder, and wear it whenever you volunteer. If you do not have your name tag, you will need to be escorted throughout the building.

Thank you for joining our community of volunteers! If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We look forward to working with you!