Unsupervised Volunteer

Job Description

All UNSUPERVISED volunteers are REQUIRED to complete a criminal background check annually.

An UNSUPERVSIED volunteer is someone who works with student(s) without direct supervision of District staff, on or off school grounds, volunteers who act as drives, and volunteers who act as overnight student trip chaerpoens. (Policy/Regulation IJOC/R)

Those who occassionally visit their child's classroom, eat lunch at their school with their child, and do not assist in instruction or independent supervision of other students are NOT considered unsupervised volunteers under this policy.

Steps for Completing the Criminal Background Check

If you have only lived in South Dakota:

Your background check is completed online at no cost. To complete this, click \"Apply for this job!\" and complete the online application.

If you have lived outside of South Dakota in the past 7 years:

You must undergo an FBI fingerprint screening at the Instructional Planning Center (201 E 38th St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105) in addition to the online background check. You are responsible for the $43.35* fee at the time of fingerpritning. This is a one-time cost and does not need to be repeated annually.

*An additional service charge will be applied to all electronic forms of payment. For your convenience, you may avoid this extra fee by paying with cash or check made out to the Sioux Falls School Distirct.

Please complete this online application prior to scheduling your FBI fingerprint screening. To schedule your FBI fingerprint screening, please call (605) 367-7661.

All City Elementary - Parent/Guardian Volunteer Committment

If you are completing this background check as part of your mandatory volunteer requirement for All City Elementary and have lived outside of South Dakota in the past 7 years, you will not be responsible for the fingerprint screening fee. The District will cover this cost for volunteers fulfilling their commitment at All City Elementary.