Volunteering at SES!

    MCPS Requirements for Volunteers

    We value and appreciate our volunteers who work in our offices, classrooms, or media center, as well as those who assist us on field trips.  All volunteers who support our school must take the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect online module by accessing the parent portal.  Upon completion, volunteers will receive notification in the portal of your completion.  You may bring a copy of your completion to the main office, before volunteering. Click on the link below for more information about volunteering in MCPS and to access the online module:

    https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/student-leadership/volunteer.aspx

    How often do I need to complete the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect Online Module?

    Volunteers are required to complete the training every three years. If you are new parents to Sherwood, or current parents who have not participated in volunteer training in the past, you must complete the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect online module before volunteering this school year.   If you completed the training between the 2020 - 2022, you do not need to take it in the 2022 - 2023 school year.  The schedule for renewed training is as follows:

    • Training completed in 2019 - 2020 or in earlier years:  Renew training in 2020 - 2023
    • Training completed in 2020 - 2021:  Renew training in 2023 - 2024
    • Training completed in 2021 - 2022:  Renew training in 2024 - 2025
    • Training completed in 2022 - 2023:  Renew training in 2025 - 2026

    New!! Accessing the Online Training Through the Parent Portal or Link

     As of July 2019, parents taking the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect online module will access the training through the Parent Portal found at the link above.  If you do not have a student in MCPS, you can access the module through the MCPS link listed above.  Directions for accessing the parent portal can be found in the Parent Portal Guide or in the Volunteers and Contractors Guide.  If you need further information on accessing the portal, you can email Ms. Yesi at Yesenia_LizetCuyaAlegria@mcpsmd.org or call her at 240-740-0960.

    Extended Day or Overnight Field Trips

    If volunteers are attending an extended day or overnight field trip, their participation must be approved by the Office of School Support and Improvement (OSSI).  Those volunteers must take the Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect online module and  are required to complete fingerprinting and background checks.  If you were fingerprinted before January 2019, you must be fingerprinted again to attend these field trips this school year. The following locations offer these services by appointment:  

    • MCPS Office of Human Resources Development
      45 West Gude Drive, Rockville, MD 20850
      301-279-3276
    • American Identity Solutions
      6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 110, Bethesda, MD 20817
      301-571-9479
    • American Identity Solutions
      12501 Prosperity Drive, Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20904
      240-670-7952
    • American Identity Solutions
      7361 Calhoun Place, Rockville, MD 20855
      301-296-4499
    • American Identity Solutions
      12800 Middlebrook Rd., Suite 112-B, Germantown, MD 20874
      301-383-9651