Instructions for Clearances

1. Act 34 - Criminal Background Check. Reports may be obtained electronically from the Pennsylvania State Police at https://epatch.pa.gov/home. PATCH (Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History) accepts credit card payment OR you can fill out "Request for Criminal Record Check." Enclose a money order in the amount specified, payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Do not send cash or personal checks. The state will email you the results.

2. Act 151 - PA Child Abuse History Clearance. You can register and pay online at https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/keep-kids-safe/child-abuse-clearances/pa-child-abuse-history-clearance. Applying online expedites the application process and results can be provided electronically. These results will be mailed directly to you.

3. Act 114 - FBI Fingerprint Clearance. For the FBI Fingerprint based clearance, you may go to one of the places listed below. Before you go, please go to https://uenroll.identogo.com and click on schedule or manage an appointment and enter the service code 1KG6XN to schedule your appointment. Wayne County Sheriff's Office, 925 Court Street, Honesdale, PA 18431- Tuesday and Friday 8:30-4:00 (schedule appointment on-line only}; NEIU Archbald, 1200 Line Street, Unit 19, Archbald, PA 18403-1918 - Monday-Friday 8:30-3:30 - 570-876-9200; additional facilities may be found online. You will receive a paper with a UEID number which will start with UZSV. You may forward that paper to the Wayne Highlands School District Office, and we will use that number, or your Social Security number, to look up your fingerprint results.

4. Act 126 - Child Abuse Recognition and Training. Once you receive your school district email account, you may visit our website: https://whsdk12.com/about/careers and click  Act 126 - Child Abuse Recognition and Training. This online training is part of our Safe Schools System.  There is no charge involved and your certificate of completion will be provided for you to print upon completion of the training.

5. Act 71 - Suicide Awareness/Prevention and Child Exploitation Training. Once you receive your school district email account, you may visit our website: https://whsdk12.com/about/careers and click on Act 71 - Suicide Awareness/Prevention and Child Exploitation. There is no charge involved and your certificate of
completion will be provided for you to print upon completion of the training.

6. Act 55 - Trauma-informed Approaches Training. This training can be completed prior to your start date. Visit https://whsdk12.com and enter "Act 55 - Trauma- informed Approaches" in the search bar or click on Careers under the About Section and select Act 55 - Trauma-informed. There is one training that needs to be completed Module 2 | Trauma-informed - 83 minutes. There is no charge involved, and your certificate of completion will be provided for you to print upon completion of the training.