Volunteer

Completing an application

All volunteers should first complete a volunteer application. (Please note, a completed application does not mean you are approved to volunteer! Please watch for a message from us.)

Wait to be contacted

Our Outreach and Engagement Supervisor will review your application and contact you via email to share current opportunities and next steps. Thank you for your patience — this step may take up to a week.

Video  and quiz

Before becoming a volunteer, you must watch an orientation video about our policies and complete a short quiz. This typically takes 15-20 minutes, and we ask all volunteers to review this video every year.

After you complete your short quiz, you may be all set to volunteer! We will tell you if this additional step is required based on your volunteer position.

If necessary, you will also receive directions to complete a background check through Trusted Employees, the district's background check vendor. Once you have submitted the requested information to Trusted Employees, the background check is typically completed within 48 hours. 

We cannot accept background checks that have been completed by other entities.

Once Trusted Employees has completed the background check, our Human Resources Department, Community Education Department and Sharing Inspiration Volunteer Program staff are notified.

Current Eden Prairie Schools students and current employees do not need to complete background checks.

*There is a $21 fee to complete the background check. We offer financial assistance and reimbursement to ensure the fee is not a barrier to volunteering. Once you complete a background check through Trusted Employees, you will not be required to complete an additional one as long as you volunteer once per year.

Sharing Inspiration Volunteer Program positions that require a background check include, but are not limited to:

• Classroom Volunteer
• Field Trip Chaperone
• Homework Helper/One-on-one Tutor and Mentor
• Media Center Volunteer
• Playground Volunteer
• Eagle Nation Station Volunteer

Positions that do not require a background check, assuming the volunteer will never be without supervision of a district employee:

• Guest Speaker
• Lunchroom Volunteer
• Special Classroom Event Volunteer
• Other Select Special Event Volunteer

Added to our approve list of volunteers

Thank you for becoming a volunteer! After you have completed all of the required steps, you will be placed on an approved list of volunteers. If you have already chosen a volunteer opportunity, our Outreach and Engagement Supervisor will reach out to confirm your start date.

You will remain on the approved volunteer list and be notified as opportunities become available, and we will provide additional onboarding or training tailored to the role in which you've been placed. Thank you for inspiring our students!