Fingerprinting & Criminal Records Check for Student Teachers   1/08

The process must be completed in Vermont.

 

F08 Student Teachers must complete the fingerprinting/criminal records check process before leaving campus in May.

 

S09 Student Teachers must complete the fingerprinting/criminal records check process during the F08 semester.

 

If you had fingerprinting and a criminal records check done previously for a Vermont school district or supervisory union, see information on page 2 of this handout.

 

1.           You must go to the school district/supervisory union office you will be student teaching in to complete the Fingerprint Authorization Request and Request for Criminal Record Check .  Call the school district/supervisory union office for their hours and directions.  See the attached list of school district/supervisory union addresses and phone numbers.  You will be required to pay the school district/supervisory union $19.25 to cover the cost of the Criminal Record Check processing (Personal check or cash only -- credit and/or debit cards are not accepted).

 

2.           Make an appointment to have your fingerprints taken.  There is a $15.00 charge which is paid directly to the Identification Center.  Personal check or cash only –-
         credit/debit cards not accepted.  The Chittenden County Identification Centers are: 

 

a.      Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office:  Appointment required.  Call 863-4341.

b.     Burlington Police Department:  Appointment required.  Call the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office at 863-4341 to make an appointment -- CCS technicians perform the fingerprinting process for the Burlington PD). 

 

The Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office is the closest identification center to SMC and located at 70 Ethan Allen Drive, So. Burlington, VT.  At the intersection of Lime Kiln Road and Airport Parkway, turn on to Ethan Allen Drive and the Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office is the second building on the left. 

 3.         You must bring the Fingerprint Authorization Request form and two forms of identification with you in order to be fingerprinted.  The primary form of ID  must be one of the
       following: valid, State approved photo ID, valid photo driver’s license (any state), valid photo non-driver’s  license (any state), or valid photo government ID.  The second form of
       ID can be any of the following:  social security card, valid passport, valid birth certificate, valid student ID with signature, or valid credit card with signature.

 

4.      The Identification Center will submit your fingerprints electronically to the Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC) for processing.  VCIC will send the school   
      district/supervisory union the results of the criminal background check. 

 

If you completed fingerprinting and a criminal records check previously for a Vermont school district or supervisory union, you do not have to complete the process again if:

 

there has not been a period of one year or more since the record check during which you have not worked or student taught for a Vermont school district or supervisory union.  Verification of employment/student teaching is required.

 

1.           You must obtain an Authorization to Release Criminal Record Check form from the district you will be student teaching in

 

2.           Complete the form and mail or drop the form off to the school district/supervisory union that originally processed the prints and criminal record check, and request that a letter of employment/student teaching verification be attached to your records

 

Contact the school district or supervisory union you will be student teaching in if there is any question as to whether you must complete the background check and fingerprinting again.

 

 

Burlington School District

150 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT  05401

864-2159 (Dolores Cox, HR Specialist)

Lawrence Barnes, Burlington High School, Champlain, C. P. Smith, Edmunds Elementary, Edmunds Middle School, Flynn, H. O. Wheeler, Hunt Middle School

Chittenden South Supervisory Union

5420 Shelburne Road, Suite 300, Shelburne, VT  05482

802-383-1234

Allen Brook School, Charlotte Central School, CVU High School, Hinesburg Elementary, Shelburne Middle School

Chittenden East Supervisory Union

211 Bridge Street, Richmond, VT  050547

434-2128

Brewster Pierce Elementary, Browns River Middle School, Camels Hump Middle School; Richmond Elementary; Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Richmond Elementary, Smilie Elementary, Underhill I.D., Underhill Central School.

Chittenden Central Supervisory Union

21 New England Drive, Essex Junction, VT  05452

879-5579

A. D. Lawton Middle School, Essex High School, Essex Technology Center, Fleming Elementary School, Hiawatha Elementary School, Westford Elementary School

Colchester School District

125 Laker Lane, Colchester, VT  05446

264-5999

Colchester High School, Colchester Middle School, Malletts Bay Elementary School, Porters Point Elementary School, Union Memorial School.

Essex Town School District

58 Founders Road, Essex, VT  05452

878-8168

Essex Elementary School, Essex High School, Essex Middle School, Founders Memorial School

South Burlington School District

550 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT  05403

652-7250

Chamberlin Elementary School, Marcotte Central School, Orchard Elementary School, Frederick Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington High School

Winooski School District

60 Normand Street, Winooski, VT  05404

655-0485

Winooski Elementary School, Winooski Middle School, Winooski High School