Volunteers
Volunteers
Hello Jensen Ranch Families,
We look forward to having volunteers on our campus this school year. There will be opportunities to volunteer in classrooms, in the office, on field trips, and for special school and PTA events and activities. You will learn more about classroom opportunities at Back to School Night and through our Jensen Ranch PTA.
Classroom teachers and school staff will share volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
- Volunteer opportunities vary by classroom. Teachers determine when volunteers are needed, how many are needed, and the times and activities that best support their classroom. Volunteer opportunities may be adjusted or ended as needed.
- Volunteers are here to support school and PTA programs. Volunteering is not an opportunity to observe your child or other students during the school day.
- All volunteers must complete the Megan's Law Form with Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement.
- All volunteers must complete the 67-minute Keenan Safe Schools Mandated Reporter Training and provide the completion certificate to the school office. This certificate may be used for clearance at other CVUSD schools.
- You will receive an email once you are cleared to volunteer. Jensen Ranch staff, PTA Board members, and PTA Committee Chairs will have access to the cleared volunteer list.
- Volunteer clearance is completed separately at each school site. Jensen Ranch clearance is valid through September 30 of the following school year.
- All volunteers must check in and out of the office while on site for safety reasons.
New Volunteer Requirements |
All Jensen Ranch volunteers who may come in contact with students must complete the following requirements.
WHY THIS TRAINING IS REQUIRED California Assembly Bill 1432 requires annual mandated reporter training. The course covers recognizing child abuse and neglect, mandated reporter responsibilities and reporting procedures, and the consequences for failing to make a required report. Keenan SafeSchools provides the annual regulatory and compliance training required for CVUSD volunteers.
CREATE YOUR TEMPORARY TRAINING ACCOUNT 1. Go to the CVUSD Keenan SafeSchools registration page: Keenan Safe Schools Mandated Reporter Training 2. Create a username using your first initial and last name or your first name.last name For example: Brad Pitt would be bpitt or brad.pitt. 3. Enter your first name, last name, and email address. 4. Select Jensen Ranch Elementary as your site location if prompted. 5. Click Register—the green button. 6. Open the assigned Mandated Reporter Training and accept the disclaimer to begin.
COMPLETE THE COURSES Your SafeSchools page will show the training assigned for the current school year. Complete every module in its entirety and pass the quiz at the end to receive credit. The course running time is approximately 67 minutes. Closed captions are available by hovering over the lower-right corner of the training slide and selecting the CC icon. Need to pause? SafeSchools will save your progress so you can log back in later and resume where you stopped.
KEENAN TRAINING QUESTIONS Technical questions: Alicia Mendoza, amendoza@cv.k12.ca.us 510-537-3000 ext. 1240 Other Keenan questions: Jaqueline Navarro-Maciel, jnavarromaciel@cv.k12.ca.us 510-537-3000 ext. 1274
SAVE AND EMAIL YOUR CERTIFICATE After completing the training, save your Certificate of Completion (select “Print,” then “Save as PDF”). You may bring in a copy of the Certificate of Completion to the Jensen Ranch office, or you may email a copy to: Rebecca Long: rlong@cv.k12.ca.us
MEGAN’S LAW REQUIREMENT Complete and print the Megan’s Law form and Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement, then submit them to the school office. You may attach a printed copy of your Keenan certificate. If you’ve already submitted your Megan’s Law form for the 26-27 school year at registration, you do not need to submit a new one to the office. Megan's Law Form with Volunteer Confidentiality Agreement
Mrs. Long and/or your child’s teacher will notify you once you are cleared to begin volunteering at Jensen Ranch this school year. |