Gilmer ISD

• The most important part of the Code of Conduct is confidentiality. This includes, but is not limited to, student performance, student behavior, conversations heard among staff, concerns with teachers and staff, incidents with students, health and medical issues, and parent information.

•Understand that as a volunteer, you are a member of an educational team. All information concerning children, teachers, and the school is confidential and should remain in the school setting.

•Volunteers shall maintain the dignity necessary to gain the respect of students and set a good example at all times.

•Volunteers are prohibited from knowingly communicating with students using any form of electronic communications, including mobile and web applications, that are not provided or accessible by the district unless a specific exception is noted below.

•Complete and submit a new Volunteer Application each school year

•Wear volunteer name badge at all times while on campus

•Agree to never be alone with individual students who are not under the supervision of teachers or school authorities

•Maintain confidentiality of all student, school, and classroom information Hands in a circle

•Share with teachers and/or school administrators any concerns that you may have related to student welfare or safety

•Follow the teacher’s instructions about assisting in student learning or the classroom

•Serve as a role model for students

•Agree to do what is in the best interest of every child with whom you come into contact

•Agree to follow the Code of Conduct at all times or risk being dismissed from your Volunteer placement

Volunteer Code of Conduct