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Choose how volunteers sign up

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 6 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to choose how volunteers sign up

  1. 1Click Settings under Administration in the sidebar
  2. 2Click Volunteers in the settings section rail
  3. 3Choose "Office-scheduled only" if nobody should self-signup
  4. 4Choose "Open" so parents see opportunities in the family portal and claim spots themselves
  5. 5Tick "Show on-campus volunteers to all staff" to give every teacher a who's-checked-in card
  6. 6Click Save

Part of Volunteers & service hours

Post the jobs a term actually needs, let families claim a spot or answer a direct request, keep fingerprint clearances current, and hand the board an hours report at year end.

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Do it yourself in the live demo

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.

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