Volunteer with PSD
Thank you for sharing your time and talent with PSD!
Please use the links below to register as a volunteer, see the latest volunteer opportunities, and find information about volunteer check-in system at schools.
Volunteer Opportunities
Register to Volunteer (English) (Spanish)
After registering, allow 5-10 business days for processing.
PSD's policy is to re-run background checks every three years. You will recieve a notification from our Raptor system 30 days before your registration expires. To be sure not to miss this notification, please check your junk mail or "other" email folders frequently.
Emails to volunteers
PSD sends frequent emails to registered volunteers, but which often go to junk mail folders. Please check your junk mail and mark those sent by "Volunteer Coordinator" as safe to receive.
Raptor Volunteer Check-In System
Nothing is more important than the safety of our students and staff, so Poudre School District utilizes a visitor and volunteer check-in system called Raptor, which is a nationally recognized visitor and volunteer management system used in more than 50,000 K-12 schools worldwide.
With Raptor, PSD can:
- Verify the identity of visitors and volunteers at all schools, ensuring that they're there for educational and approved support purposes.
- Know who is in a school building in real time in case of an emergency.
Checking In:
- Always enter schools through the secure front entrance. Do not attempt to go through side doors or prop doors open for others.
- If going beyond the school’s front entrance, follow these steps to check in:
First-time visitors and volunteers
- See front desk staff.
- Provide an ID to be scanned (driver's license, passport ID card, or another government- or military-issued ID card with a bar stripe).
- Don’t have one? See the front desk staff, who can manually confirm identification using passports, birth certificates, permanent resident cards, Native American tribal documents, voter registration card, and more.
- Raptor system runs a real-time check of the national registered sex offender database.
- PSD has protocols to promote safety and maintain the dignity and confidentiality of individuals, should this search yield any results.
- If there are no results, the individual will be given a badge and cleared to enter.
- Upon leaving, return to the front desk to sign out.
Returning visitors and volunteers
- Check in at the front desk.
- Returning visitors with an existing record can be checked in without scanning their identification card/verifying document.
- If there are no results, the individual will be given a badge and cleared to enter.
Questions about the check-in system? See more info here.
Volunteering in Charter Schools
PSD does not coordinate volunteering for charter schools; please contact the individual charter school's office for volunteer registration and information. PSD volunteer registration does not transfer over to charter schools, which include the following: Compass Community Collaborative School, Fort Collins Montessori School, Liberty Common School, Mountain Sage Community School, Ridgeview Classical School, and others.
- What's the difference between a visitor and a volunteer?
- Who can register to volunteer?
- What happens when I register to volunteer? Do I have to sign an agreement?
- Do I need to register if I only volunteer for one day or one event?
- Am I required to register each new school year?
What's the difference between a visitor and a volunteer?
Who can register to volunteer?
What happens when I register to volunteer? Do I have to sign an agreement?
Do I need to register if I only volunteer for one day or one event?
Am I required to register each new school year?
Contact Information
Volunteer & Partnership Coordinator
Dawn Feit | dfeit@psdschools.org | 970.218.9757