2024-25 Community Volunteer Application for Classroom Support and Tutoring

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the Oakland Public Education Fund for the 2024-25 school year. We support Oakland schools so that all students can learn, grow & thrive. As a volunteer, you will encourage students to reach their goals and maximize educators' capacity in the classroom. Volunteers are needed more than ever!

Fill out this application if you're interested in volunteering as a classroom assistant, tutor, or general school support volunteer. Typically, these volunteers are working with students in a 1:1 or small group setting to practice academic skills. Volunteers can also provide general classroom support to a teacher.

Additionally, if you are looking to volunteer to meet a course requirement and already have a placement, please continue to fill this application out.

To ensure the safety and well-being of our community, we require all volunteers to complete a clearance process. Once your application has been approved, you will receive instructions on how to submit the requirements. These include:

Attending a virtual Volunteer Orientation
Background check (Live Scan fingerprints)
TB clearance
Mandated Reporter Training
Photo (for volunteer badge)

If you have already submitted an application, you can check your volunteer clearance status here. If you are a returning volunteer, please email osv@oaklandedfund.org to let us know what school and educator you will be supporting this school year.

Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Pronoun

They/Them/TheirsShe/Her/HersHe/Him/HisCustom

Date of Birth

Required for background check. Must be 18 years or older.

Ethnicity

If other please indicate:

If your pronoun is not accurately listed above, please type it in here:

Personal Email

Work Email

Preferred Email

Phone

Mobile Phone

By providing your phone number, you agree to receive text messages from the Oakland Public Education Fund related to volunteer opportunities. Message & data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Reply HELP for help and STOP to cancel.

Home Phone

Work Phone

Preferred Phone

Address: Where would you like us to mail the Volunteer ID Badge?

Mailing Street

Mailing City

Mailing State/Province

Mailing Zip/Postal Code

Language Information

Primary Language

Primary Language If Other

Additional Language

Additional Language Level

Emergency Contact

Emergency Contact Full Name

Emergency Contact Email

Emergency Contact Phone

Vaccination Confirmation

Please upload a photo or scan of your COVID-19 Vaccine Card:

Which type of vaccine did you get?

Johnson & JohnsonModernaPfizer

Vaccination Date

First Dose Vaccination Date

Second Dose Vaccination Date

Work History

Which describes you? (Please select all that apply)

EmployedFull time parentRetiredStudentNone of the above

Employer:

Job Title:

School Name:

Does your employer have a volunteer hours matching program that you'd like to take advantage of?

YesNo

Briefly explain your employment and education history:

Volunteer Interests

Why are you interested in volunteering in Oakland schools? Do you have any professional or personal connection to Oakland schools?

Please list any special skills that you have and would be willing to use while volunteering.

Please list your past volunteer experience and your role in the position(s).

Logistics

What types of volunteering are you interested in?

Academic Tutoring at an Elementary School	Academic Tutoring at a Middle or High School
Classroom Assistant	Coaching (Athletics + Sports)
Library Support	The Arts
Helping in the Office	I'm flexible! Happy to help with anything the school needs

How often are you able to volunteer?

When are you available to volunteer?

Monday mornings	Monday afternoons	Monday evenings
Tuesday mornings	Tuesday afternoons	Tuesday evenings
Wednesday mornings	Wednesday afternoon	Wednesday evenings
Thursday mornings	Thursday afternoons	Thursday evenings
Friday mornings	Friday afternoons	Friday evenings

Do you know the school where you'd like to volunteer?

YesNo

Do you have a preference for where you'd like to volunteer? (Please start typing the school name and the school name will pop up.)

School ID

Do you have a preference for which region of Oakland you volunteer in?

Central OaklandEast OaklandNorth OaklandWest OaklandNo Preference

How did you hear about Oakland School Volunteers?

By submitting this application, I affirm that the facts in it are true and complete. I understand that if I am accepted as a volunteer, any false statements, omissions, or other misrepresentations made by me on this application may result in my immediate dismissal.

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WAIVER & RELEASE AGREEMENT TO VOLUNTEER IN-PERSON

At an Oakland Public School or Locations Requested by the Oakland Public Education Fund

The Oakland Public Education Fund (OPEF) leads the development and investment of community resources into Oakland public schools so that all students can learn, grow, and thrive.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering to help Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) offer high-quality in-person education for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. In order to be eligible to volunteer in-person at Oakland public schools and/or other volunteer locations as requested, please read and sign this waiver.

Volunteer opportunities at OUSD will be offered at various locations and on dates to be determined. We expect the timeframe to be between today’s date and June 30, 2026. In addition to this waiver, all Oakland School Volunteers must complete state-required health and safety clearance outlined in the California Ed Code. OPEF staff will help volunteers through the onboarding process, and prospective volunteers may also visit our website to learn more: https://www.oaklandedfund.org/programs/volunteer/.

As a condition to participating in OUSD as a volunteer, you must be willing and able to make the confirmations starting on the following page (except where a confirmation is expressly indicated as optional), by signing your initials in all the spaces below as well as by signing the signature page at the end.

Please note that the term “Releasees” in the confirmations below means (i) Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Public Education Fund and each of their affiliates, successors and assigns, as well as (ii) their respective directors, officers, employees, trustees, agents, independent contractors, subcontractors, OUSD equipment suppliers, OUSD participating companies, volunteers, and representatives, including the heirs successors, administrators, affiliates and assigns of the foregoing.

1) I am willing and able to follow all federal, state, local, and OUSD health and safety protocols. I will, during my participation in the OUSD, act in a reasonable and safe manner and shall take all reasonable precautions when using OUSD equipment. I will complete all training, follow safe practices/protocols and the rules of the OUSD, and will wear safety equipment, as instructed. I will stop my participation in OUSD program and notify OPEF Oakland School Volunteers Staff (osv@oaklandedfund.org) and the OUSD staff member if I sense or observe any unusual hazard or unsafe condition, or if, at any time, I feel or am unable or unfit to safely continue for any reason in volunteering. I understand and acknowledge that my safety during volunteering with OUSD is solely my responsibility.

I confirm

2) I agree to remain home and promptly to inform the OUSD staff member I am assigned to if I feel unwell or test positive for a communicable illness.

I confirm

3) I understand that, as a volunteer, I may be involved in any number of the activities on any number of days I am volunteering, including without limitation the following:

OUSD meal distribution

Cleaning school premises

Campus beautification

Organizing school supplies/materials

Lifting boxes and/or operating machinery

Interacting with any number of other individuals

Operating my own motor vehicle (as applicable)

Traveling to and from volunteer sites

Academic activities as assigned by an OUSD educator

I confirm

4) I understand that volunteering for OUSD will involve my participation in in-person activities, and that there are risks associated with in-person activities, including economic/financial loss, bodily injury, disability, illness, or death.

I confirm

5) A licensed medical provider has (a) verified my physical capability and fitness to safely participate and volunteer in OUSD activities and (b) confirmed that I have no medical conditions, illness, or impairment that would prevent my participating in OUSD activities. Furthermore, I have the skill level, health, and physical fitness necessary to participate in OUSD activities.

I confirm

6) Insurance. I understand that the Releasees do not carry or maintain health, medical, or disability insurance coverage for any participant, including myself, and that I am expected to arrive at my volunteer event(s) with my own medical or health insurance coverage in effect.

I confirm

7) Authorization of Releases to Obtain Medical Treatment for Me. In the event of an accident, injury, or medical emergency, I authorize the Releasees or their service providers to obtain medical assistance for me deemed necessary in their discretion. I assume responsibility to pay for all medical and emergency expenses, including transport, in the event of any accident or injury I incur because of OUSD participation, regardless of whether I have authorized such expenses in advance of their incurrence.

I confirm

8) Waiver of Workers Compensation Claims. I intend to participate in OUSD activities voluntarily, and I understand and agree that I will receive no compensation or remuneration for doing so. I understand and agree that neither the Oakland Public Education Fund nor OUSD will provide worker’s compensation insurance for me in this capacity.
(Do NOT initial this paragraph if you are an employee of the Oakland Public Education Fund.)

I confirm

9) General Waiver and Release. I agree and understand that, on behalf of myself and each of my assignees, heirs, distributes, guardians, and legal representatives, I hereby knowingly and irrevocably waive any and all claims that I or my next of kin may have against the Releasees (as defined below), and release and forever discharge the Releasees from and against any and all liability for any loss, claims, suits, damages, expenses, or demands, arising or connected with personal injuries, including disability, death, and property damage, howsoever caused, that I or my next of kin or third parties may suffer, whether such liability arises by negligence, by reason of breach of a legal or statutory duty of care, or otherwise, on the part of the Releasees arising out of or in connection with my participant in OUSD. I shall indemnify and hold harmless the Releasees from and against all liability for any loss, damage, injury, expense or costs (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) suffered or incurred by any third party resulting from my participation in OUSD. I agree not to sue or otherwise make any claim against the Releasees for injury or damage however caused, whether by negligence or otherwise, because of my participation in OUSD. I further understand and hereby expressly waive all rights and benefits conferred upon me now or in the future under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California, as amended (“Section 1542”), and any similar law of the United States or any state or territory thereof. I understand and acknowledge that Section 1542 reads as of the date hereof as follows: A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.

I confirm

10) Release of My Image and Likeness. I hereby knowingly and voluntarily give each of the Releasees the absolute, irrevocable and perpetual right and unrestricted permission to use, distribute, sublicense, reproduce, and publish my name, biographical information provided by me to the Releasees, my image, photograph, and likeness in any manner, by any means and in any and all forms of media now or hereafter known, including (without limitation) by publishing such information on any medium now known or hereinafter devised, including without limitation, online, print, digital, television, any social media channel (“Release for Image and Likeness”). I understand that the Releasees respect my privacy. I have not disclosed and will not disclose any biographical information to the Releasees that I do not wish to disclose. I also knowingly and voluntarily agree that the Oakland Public Education Fund will be the exclusive owner of any and all copyrights related to any content obtained by the Oakland Public Education Fund pursuant to this consent and release. I understand that I will not receive any royalty, payment, or compensation for any usage by any Releasee of my image, likeness, name, or any information about me. I understand and agree that the Releasees shall not be obligated to use any image or other information provided by me and that if the Releasees use my image or narrative, they may cease such usage at any time and for any reason, at their sole discretion. I further understand and agree that the Releasees may quote, paraphrase, or use any portion of any biographical information I have provided. I hereby release, discharge, and hold harmless the Releasees (including all owners, officers, employees, shareholders, representatives, subcontractors, independent contractors and agents of the Releasees) and all other persons involved in obtaining, using, or publishing information pursuant to this consent and release form, from and against any claims or actions relating to any such activity, including, but not limited to, claims relating to copyright infringement, defamation (including libel and slander), invasion of privacy, right of publicity, or any other causes of action arising out of the creation, use, distribution, reproduction or publication of any such material.

I confirm

11) General. I acknowledge and expressly agree that this Agreement is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws of the State of California, and that this Agreement and all claims arising out of or from this Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California. I agree that if any clause or provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such clause or provision shall not otherwise affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which shall continue to be enforceable. The title of this Agreement and all captions and headings of this Agreement are intended for reference only and shall not affect the legal interpretation of this Agreement. If this Agreement is translated into a language other than English, I agree that such translation is offered for information purposes only, and that the English-language version shall be controlling.

I confirm

12) I represent that I am at least 18 years of age.

I confirm

I HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENT, I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND TO CONSULT WITH MY OWN ATTORNEY, AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF ITS CONTENTS. I HAVE INITIALED MY OWN INITIALS IN EACH OF THE ABOVE SPACES TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING OF, AND AGREEMENT WITH THE STATEMENTS SET FORTH ABOVE. I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS A RELEASE OF LIABILITY AND A CONTRACT BETWEEN MYSELF AND OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE OAKLAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND, AND EACH OF THE RELEASEES, AND SIGN IT OF MY OWN FREE WILL. I AM NOT RELYING ON ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT, HOWSOEVER MADE BY THE RELEASEES, TO INDUCE ME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OUSD ON ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER.

Volunteer Name

Today's Date

Contact Information