Field+Trips

=Field Trips= __Volunteers and Criminal Background Check__ Criminal Background Check must be completed and approved by law enforcement prior to leaving on your field trip. There is usually a two week turn around time from when we send the forms in and when we get the results back.

It is highly recommended that teachers have all parents and potential volunteers fill out a Criminal Background Check at the beginning of the year. Once the background check is completed, volunteers may work or help around students. If teachers can get all their volunteers approved at the beginning of the year, it would help to avoid certain problems that have come up in the past.

__Criminal Background Check__ This form is to be completed no later than two weeks prior to your field trip.

As stated earlier, it is best to get as many of your parents and family members approved at the beginning of the year. However, if you have a new volunteer who has not yet completed a Criminal Background Check form, we MUST have the form completed and approved by law enforcement prior to them helping on your field trip. There is a two week turn around time from when we send the forms in and when we get the results back.

__Permission Slips__ These are to be completed prior to leaving on your field trip.

All students leaving school ground must return a permission slip signed by their parents/guardian before they may go. Verbal permission either in person or over the phone is also acceptable.

__Staff Notification__ You must notify staff no later than one week prior to your field trip. You can send an email to **howard_staf** regarding your trip. Include in your email: date of trip, time leaving and returning, destination of trip, and room(s) going. You must also record your trip on the main staff calendar near the office.

Be sure to make arrangements with the Kitchen Staff if you require lunches to be served differently than normal (ie. different time, different location, sack lunches, etc...) You can send an email, but it is always best to double check with them personally.

=Bus Field Trips= __"Bus Request for Field Trips" Form__ This form is to be completed no later than two weeks prior to your field trip.

"Bus Request for Field Trips" forms are available in the filing cabinet in the mail room. Fill out the form and return it to the secretary.

=Parent Driver Field Trips= __"Field Trips Using Personal Cars or LTD" Form__ This form needs to be completed no later than seven days rpior to your trip.

"Field Trips Using Personal Cars or LTD" forms are available in the filing cabinet in the mail room. Fill out the form and return it to the secretary.

__Criminal Background Check__ This form is to be completed no later than two weeks prior to your field trip.

As stated earlier, it is best to get as many of your parents and family members approved earlier in the year. However, if you have a new volunteer who has not yet completed a Criminal Background Check form, we __MUST__ have the form completed and approved by law enforcement prior to your field trip. There is usually a two week turn around time from when we send the forms in and when we get the results back.

__Drivers License and Insurance__ All volunteer drivers must have a current Driver's License and Proof of Insurance on file in the office prior to driving students on a field trip. This will not be done immediately before departure time. This information must be completed prior to leaving on your field trip.

Review following websites regarding car seat and seat belt use laws. ALL drivers MUST be capable of meeting these mandates. Booster care seats are available for use in Room 10.

[|Child Safety Seat Laws]

__Walking Field Trips__ Follow the same procedures as the "Parent Driver Field Trips", minus the Drivers License and Insurance section.