New Requirements/Process for School Volunteers!
Beginning August 2014, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District is implementing a new system for all adults who wish to volunteer on a school campus or drive/chaperone day and overnight field trips and athletic events. This new Volunteer Management System features a web-based software application that allows the District and all schools to better track and provide the appropriate level of clearance for school volunteers.
SRVUSD has partnered with Be A Mentor, Inc., to support the registration and screening process of school volunteers. Volunteers will now be able to register on-line through this system, which is hosted by Be A Mentor, Inc.
Please know that the District will NOT be asking parents to incur any of the costs associated with these clearance processes, and if you have already been fingerprinted for the purposes of volunteering in our schools, we will not ask you to do that again!
The new SRVUSD Volunteer Management System includes three (3) levels of volunteer clearance and tracking. During the online application process, you will be asked to choose the level or levels of clearance you will need based on your anticipated involvement. You may choose to select one, two or all three levels of clearance:
Level 1. Classroom Aides and other on-campus school volunteers: This is the most basic level, and includes completion of the Volunteer Online Application, and a search of the Sex Offender Registry.
*This level of clearance will allow you to act as a volunteer in classrooms, support campus activities and chaperone day field trips (as a non-driver).
Level 2. Field Trip Drivers: At this level, the District will obtain a 10-year driving history and DMV “Pull Notification” (“Pull Notification” allows the District to be notified any time there is a reportable traffic violation or incident that is registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles). It verifies that each driving record has fewer than two driver violation points on it. It also includes completion of the Volunteer Online Application, and a search of the Sex Offender Registry.
*This level of clearance will allow you to transport students as a driver for field trips, extra-curricular activities and athletic events. **Clearance for this level could take up to 14 days.
Level 3. Overnight Chaperones: We will be conducting background clearances on all Overnight Field Trip volunteer applicants. This is the most stringent level of clearance, and all volunteers who wish to chaperone on an overnight trip will be required to go through this process. It includes criminal background clearance through the FBI and Department of Justice. For additional requirements for chaperones who are also driving on a trip, see Level 2 above.
*This level of clearance will allow you to act as a chaperone for overnight field trips and activities. **Clearance for this level could take approximately 30 days.
To begin the application process, CLICK HERE!
Questions? Contact:
Be A Mentor, Inc.
510-342-7178, help@beamentor.org