AAPS Community Volunteer Program

AAPS welcomes people from our local community looking to help our students by offering their skills, talents and time.

Who can be a Community Volunteer?

Community volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and include retired teachers, college students, employees from local business, and much more. 

Ways Community Volunteers Can Help

We have a number of opportunities for Community Volunteers to work with our students including:

• Work in a Classroom Setting: assist a classroom teacher, specials teacher, English Language Teacher and more.
• Provide Assistance with one-time School Events: supporting schools by volunteering for one-time events such as a disability awareness day, school beautification day and more.
• Conduct or Help out with Donation Drives: providing needed items to students and teachers at our schools or helping us as we distribute these items to our schools.
• Be a Career role model to students: speaking to students about your career, volunteering for a one-time career-related event, judging a engineering, business, marketing or culinary arts competition  and more.

What is the Time Commitment?

The time commitment varies, depending on the opportunity. Volunteers can commit to as much as volunteering once a week or as little as once a year. We will provide you with the opportunities that best fit your availability.

1. July/August: Fill out the volunteer interest form. This form will be available in July/August. If you want us to email you when the form is live, please email us.
2. August/September: Attend an information session to learn more about volunteering at AAPS. Session dates coming soon.
3. August/September: Classroom volunteers will be asked to undergo a background check and orientiation prior to volunteering in the classroom.
4. October: We will match Community Volunteers to opportunities.  

Please note: We cannot guarentee you will be asked to volunteer after you complete this process.  Placement of volunteers depends on opportunities available.

Interested in Volunteering With AAPS this Summer?

Please view our current opportunities

Are you a parent who wants to volunteer at your child's school?

Please contact the school directly so they can assist you. Here is a link to school contact information.

Are you a U-M Student or U-M Student Group? 

Check out our U-M Students page.

Are you an employer/business that wants to get involved with AAPS? 

Learn more about our Strategic Partnership Program here. 

Questions? Contact Nancy Shore, Strategic Partnership and Volunteer Coordinator: partners@a2schools.org