Become a Volunteer

Head Start volunteers help teachers and staff members do the following activities with children:

• Create art
• Play with blocks or table toys
• Complete science activities
• Dance to music
• Read books
• Pretend to play house

Volunteers also help to supervise children while they learn to do the following:

• Work in a small group with other children
• Play outdoors on safe playground equipment
• Wash their hands before meals
• Eat nutritious snacks and meals
• Brush their teeth after meals

Parent volunteers are also invited to become involved in developing the program’s curriculum and approach to education. They receive opportunities to increase their child observation skills and share assessments, from which new learning experiences are planned.

Volunteer Today, Find a Career Tomorrow

Volunteering for Head Start and Early Head Start programs can lead to career opportunities, as Head Start volunteers gain access to related educational services and job openings.

What is Needed to Be a Volunteer

Regular volunteers providing child care and support services in a program licensed and/or funded by the Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC) will undergo a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) check and a Department of Social Services (DSS) Background Record Check prior to participating in the program.

All regular volunteers need to show proof that they are free of communicable disease, as evidenced by certain immunizations and a tuberculin screening.