International School of Monterey

Requirements (since the 2010-11 school year)
Redo the application and pledge process each school year and every three years the online defensive driver course.

Dear ISM Parent Chaperone / Volunteer:

Thank you for being willing to serve as a chaperone / parent driver for ISM fieldtrips and for inquiring about the procedures to become an approved ISM chaperone / driver. Please note: We no longer require that you provide copies of your license, registration, and proof of insurance to the office. Rather, you will now need to show the actual documents to the teacher in charge before leaving on each fieldtrip. Because state law requires that you have these documents in your possession when you drive, this actually makes things simpler.

The required documents for volunteers include:
1. LiveScan FingerPrint Form
2. Volunteer Driver Application & Pledge Form
3. Online Defensive Driving Course

1. LiveScan Fingerprint Form:
First, we require that each volunteer working directly with students, including volunteer drivers, complete livescan fingerprinting that generates California Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) criminal background checks. Because it includes automatic reporting of criminal record changes in the future, this one-time check covers your entire time of service to ISM. To meet this requirement, please download the Livescan form (or obtain one from the front office), complete the "Applicant Information" section in full, and bring the completed form and a photo ID with you a LiveScan provider office (listed here).

NOTE: The following forms of ID are acceptable: valid state driver's license, state ID cards, military ID's, green cards, and passports.
==> The following are unacceptable: Mexican consular ID's, school ID's, or ID's with holes in them. If you are unable to provide proper identification at the time of your appointment, you will not be fingerprinted.

2. Volunteer Driver Application & Pledge Form:
As a fieldtrip driver, you will provide a highly valued service to ISM students. The availability of volunteer drivers allows ISM to plan exciting off-campus learning opportunities that greatly enrich the student experience. However, that enrichment cannot come at the cost of student safety. Ensuring the safety of students, and all participants, on every trip is paramount. Toward that end, we require that all volunteer drivers submit an application and pledge form, which can be completed at the link below:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDd0ekIyb2pOVDM3d1FEYUtKVjlIdWc6MA..

Please understand that this form must be completed, submitted, and approved by Administration in order to participate as a driver.

3. Online Defensive Driving Course:
At the request of our insurance provider, we now require that you complete every three years a short defensive driving course -- original deadline was January 31st, 2010 -- on the SafeSchools website. Follow this link (http://ismonterey.ccsa.safeschools.com/register/26a7dd00) to self-register.
To complete the self-registration, please create a user name of your first initial of your first name and first four letters of your last name and a password of your choice. In addition, at the SELECT YOUR BUILDING prompt, please click to choose INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MONTEREY as the relevant building.
All parent volunteers have been assigned the mandatory Defensive Driving (CA Full Course) to complete and will be "greeted" with this course upon entering the site. Then, once you have completed all sections of the course, it will record your completion for verification purposes. You can do this anytime, anywhere, using any computer and web browser. The entire process will take you 20-25 minutes to complete.