Programs & Opportunities - Klein Independent School District (2024)

Klein ISD has a District Volunteer Coordinator, Jenna Knight, who is responsible for recruiting volunteers at the district level, hosting an orientation meeting for campus Volunteer Coordinators, planning programs with district personnel at the district level, and assisting volunteers with the Raptor system.

In addition, each campus has a Campus Volunteer Coordinator who is responsible for recruiting volunteers for their campus, hosting an orientation meeting for campus volunteers, planning programs for the campus with the campus principal, and assisting volunteers with the Raptor system.

Click HERE for Campus Volunteer Coordinators

Bus buddies is a partnership between volunteers and Klein ISD to provide assistance to elementary students to help them get off the bus at the correct location. The program requires one “Bus Buddy” per elementary bus for the first three days of school. The approximate time commitment is from 2:45 - 5:00 PM.

For more details, please contact Christy Spisak, Director of Community Relations and the Education Foundation cspisak1@kleinisd.net.

Wunderlich Farm is an open-air interactive history park in Klein. Volunteer opportunities include school field trips, working on a Saturday with visitors, or just volunteering to spruce the farm up.

For more details, please contact Steve Baird, District Historian sbaird1@kleinisd.net.

Clinic Volunteers, under the direction of the school nurse are needed for student traffic flow to and from the screening area. Volunteers may also be asked to record results of the vision and hearing tests as directed by the school nurse and/or the certified screeners.

School nurses organize the vision and hearing screenings and supervise the volunteers. When vision or hearing problems are noted, volunteers know that students’ lives will be better because of their service for young learners.

If interested in volunteering click HERE to contact your Campus Volunteer Coordinator.

Working under the supervision of a school librarian, volunteers assist in operating an important learning center on each campus. Volunteers have the opportunity to assist with reading to students, supervising makerspace activities, assisting in the circulation process, setting up displays, and shelving books.

When volunteers assist in a school library, librarians have more time to use their professional training to work with students and teachers.

If interested in volunteering click HERE to contact your Campus Volunteer Coordinator.

The Klein ISD Music Appreciation Volunteer Program’s objective is to provide, through volunteers and invited guest performers, an enrichment program in music appreciation for the elementary school children of the district, so that students may increase their understanding of and love for music. Any interested volunteer may inquire and participate. Many campuses have a music appreciation volunteer coordinator to help organize the local school program. There is also a volunteer district music coordinator who works to help coordinate the various school programs.

The Klein Music Appreciation Program through volunteers, recruited within each school, offers grade-appropriate programs which introduce the instruments of the orchestra. Also offered is a Pre-K–3rd Grade forty-five-minute puppet show “The Musical Kid” which, with the assistance of an enthusiastic young puppet, introduces the families and instruments of the orchestra to the students. This is an upbeat puppet presentation requiring a narrating volunteer, volunteers for six puppets and someone to run the CD player. The same script is available in Spanish. There is also a Spanish CD which contains the entire script already performed; volunteers are needed to work the puppets, and someone to run the CD player.

For more details, please contact Carole Mason, Assistant Director of Fine Arts cmason@kleinisd.net.

Volunteers who participate in the art appreciation program provide enrichment for students to increase personal awareness and build feelings of competence and self-worth. Students view the art created by themselves and others in ways that promote the "value" of art as an important part of society.

The Art in Our Lives program reflects the interests and talents of each school’s volunteers and members of the community.

Mini-museums, sets of art prints and hands-on activities, allow students to learn about various periods of art in a discovery session format.

For more details, please contact Carole Mason, Assistant Director of Fine Arts cmason@kleinisd.net.

With just a small investment of time each week, you can make a big difference in the life of a young person in Klein ISD. You just need to listen, show that you care, and share what you have learned about life. Everyone is a potential mentor! Parents and individuals from the community, businesses, and local organizations, who are genuinely interested in supporting academic needs of Klein ISD students, are invited to join this program. All prospective mentors must attend a one-time mandatory training session and submit an online District Volunteer Application and Criminal Background Check.

Learn more about becoming a mentor!

For more details, please contact Jennifer Matus, Volunteer Mentor Program Coordinator jmatus@kleinisd.net | 832-249-4725.

Did you know that Klein ISD has over 500 foster students? You can make a difference by providing educational surrogate parent services. All prospective Surrogate Parents must attend a free 2-hour Surrogate Parent training session hosted in Klein ISd.

Surrogate Flyer - need Dr. Coleman to provide an updated flyer for 2021-2022 school year.

For more details, please contact Dr. Crystal Coleman, Assistant Director of Fine Arts foster@kleinisd.net.