Clearances and Documents for Employment

• Standard PA Teaching Application:  PA Standard Application
• Copy of your professional certificate
• PPID number
• Letter of Interest
• Reference Letters
• Transcripts (If offered employment, original transcript may be required.)

 

Support Staff Applications

must include:

• District Support Staff Application:  Support Staff Application
• Resume
• Letter of Interest

 

 

REQUIRED CLEARANCES, TRAINING, & FORMS

• You must have or log onto a Keystone ID account.  If you don’t have an account, it will prompt you to create one.  Use an alphabet character when you create your account.  Example:  N241968
• Check the box “School Employee Governed by Public School Code.”  Volunteer clearances cannot be accepted for a paid position. 
• The clearance may take a week or so to process.  You will receive an email when it is ready, and can then print your clearance certificate. 

 

 

PA State Police Criminal Record Check ($22)  CLICK HERE

• Select "Submit a New Record Check." Volunteer clearances cannot be accepted for a paid position. 
• Read and accept the terms and conditions.
• Select "Individual Request."
• Select "Employment" for "Reason for Request."  Fill out the next pages with your information as indicated and complete the purchase page. You do not need the certified option.   
• The clearance will be processed immediately and you can print the certificate by clicking on "Certification Form," or you can provide us with your Control Number, exact name that you used, and the date you completed the clearance online so we can access the clearance. 

 

 

FBI Fingerprint Clearance ($24.95)   CLICK HERE

• Enter the following service code to get started:
  • EMPLOYEES/ COACHES USE- 1KG6XN
  • VOLUNTEERS USE- 1KG6ZJ (only needed if you have not lived in PA for the past 10 years).
• Register online, and make an appointment at the location of your choice.  (The closest locations include Tableland in Somerset, The Learning Lamp in Geistown, and Alleghenies Unlimited Care Providers on Jari Drive in Richland.) 
• Take photo ID to the fingerprint location, and pay onsite. 
• After you are fingerprinted, provide us with your UEID registration number so we can access the clearance.    

 

 

Act 126 Recognizing & Reporting Child Abuse Mandated Reporter Training  CLICK HERE

• Take the free online training, and print the certificate.
• You may need to make an account if you haven't done so already.    

 

 

Act 168 PA Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release  CLICK HERE

• You may need to complete several forms.  You will need separate forms for:
  

1. Your current employer; AND
2. All former employers that were school entities; AND
3. All former employers where you were in a position that involved direct contact with children.

• If none of these apply, complete Section 1 and check the box "no applicable employment."

 

Act 24 (PDE Form 6004) - Arrest/Conviction Report  CLICK HERE

 

PA Dept of Health School Personnel Health Record  CLICK HERE

• You must have a current physical (within one year old) and TB test (within 3 months old).

 

Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification  CLICK HERE

• You must show two original forms of ID for us to complete our part of this form. 
  • • Acceptable forms of ID are listed on the form - usually a driver's license AND social security card or birth certificate; OR a passport.

 

• Further information concerning Background Checks is available on the PDE website
  
• Other district related forms and payroll forms will be given to you during the hiring process. 
  
• Hiring Packets:  CLICK HERE

 

 

 

Applications should be emailed to:

Mrs. Nina Miller; Superintendent / School Board Secretary at