Volunteers

Volunteers are an essential part of Westwood’s comprehensive educational and enrichment programs. Together, the staff and parents of Westwood Charter School work hard to inspire our children with a love of learning and to provide them with the environment and tools to learn successfully. Without volunteers to lead activities and fundraise, many essential programs would not exist.

Maintaining Westwood’s tradition of academic excellence requires a commitment FROM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. Whether the amount of time and resources you have to share is small or large, there is a valuable contribution that you can make. Volunteering is a wonderful way to participate in your child's education and show him or her that you think school is important.

Step 1

To become a LAUSD volunteer, you must submit an application. The application will be reviewed by school staff and then forwarded to the central Parent and Community Branch for district approval.  In addition to the application, the volunteer commitment form and health clearances are required for all volunteers. You must submit a new application for every school year.

Step 2

Tier II and Tier III volunteers must also provide clearance of TB prior to starting volunteer service. New LAUSD volunteer TB results are valid for up to 60 days prior to starting volunteer services. TB clearance for continuing volunteers is valid for a period of up to four years.  Applicants should submit recent TB results, or TB Risk Assessment Questionnaire completed by their physician, along with the volunteer commitment form to our main office. The TB Risk Assessment Questionnaire is valid for only one year, so it must be renewed annually unless you proceed with a TB test (shot or blood drawn).

Tier III volunteers are identified by the school and only Tier III volunteers will need to provide finger print clearance.  LAUSD utilizes California's Megan's Law Database and all volunteers will be vetted by school staff in the database prior to their application being approved. If you are a new volunteer, please expedite this within 60 days of your application. You will need to provide this information to us in the office:

1) ATI #
2) Date of Fingerprints
3) Location of Fingerprints
4) Last 4 digits of your SSN

Step 3

You must turn in all of these materials in order for you to proceed with your volunteer application (do NOT turn them in one by one):

1) A printout of your volunteer application
2) A printout of your commitment form from your application OR sign a loose one in the office (commitment form also posted below)
3) A printout of your TB test results (valid for 4 years) OR TB Risk Assessment (valid for one year)
4) If Tier III: A printout of your fingerprinting information (4 things listed above) OR sign a half sheet of the fingerprint information in the office