Thank you for being willing to serve as a chaperone/driver for ISM field trips.  To serve as an approved ISM chaperone/driver, you will need to complete all of the following:
 

1. Submit a completed ISM LiveScan Fingerprint Form at a LiveScan provider office (every 6 years)
    
2. Complete the Volunteer Driver Application & Pledge Form (each year)
3. Complete an Online Defensive Driving Course (every three years)
4. Show copies of your license, registration, and proof of insurance to the teacher in charge before leaving on a field trip (every trip)
    

1.  LiveScan Fingerprint Form

We require each volunteer working directly with students, including volunteer drivers, to 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 check covers your time of service to ISM for seven years.  To meet this requirement, please download the LiveScan form (or obtain one from the front office), complete the "Applicant Information" section, and bring the completed form and a photo ID to a LiveScan provider office.

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

2.  Volunteer Driver Application & Pledge Form

As a field trip 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 online application and pledge form.

Please understand that this form must be completed, submitted, and approved by the administration to participate as a driver.
 

3.  Online Defensive Driving Course

At the request of our insurance provider, we require that you complete a short defensive online driving course every three years on the SafeSchools website.  You can start the process by requesting access to the course from the Office Manager.

After speaking to the Office Manager, all parent volunteers will be 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.
 

4.  Documents in Hand

Because state law requires that you have your license, vehicle registration, and proof of insurance with you whenever you drive, we have the teacher in charge of each trip check to ensure that you have these documents in your possession at the time of each field trip.  Because your license, registration, and insurance status might change at any time, we do not keep these required documents on file.