A volunteer may register at the school site or work location where he/she would like to provide services. The volunteer must present picture identification and complete and sign the School Volunteer Program Registration form (FM #1764E).

Volunteers may not begin service until the School Volunteer Office, through the Intranet database system, has cleared them as active.

Background checks area done once a week and if there is no criminal history record, the volunteer will be cleared 24 hours later. If the record shows a background issue, the SVP office and/or the Office of Human Resources and Office of Professional Standards will review it. Additional documents will be requested of the volunteer at that time.

Completed applications will be entered into the Miami- Dade County Public Schools’ CICS School Volunteer/Dade Partner database (WDPV) by the school site and submitted electronically to the district office for clearance. (For assistance with database, contact the School Volunteer office at 305/995-1445).

The volunteer will receive a background check and schools will be notified electronically through the database system when the volunteer is cleared and active.

Once cleared, volunteers must receive the following at the school site or work location:

If the volunteer requests one of the following high security positions, they must go through the Fingerprint Procedure:

     High Security Positions

• Mentor
• Listener
• Oyente (Spanish Listener)
• Overnight Chaperone*
• PE Assistant (all grades) or Athletic Assistant (middle grades)
• Certified Volunteer

*The definition of overnight indicates sleeping arrangements. Grad nights whereby students return without "spending the night" are not considered overnight.