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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the majority of folks just watching the video/taking the class or are they also filling out the background check paperwork?  Do they have to do this in public schools?[/quote]
You have to do the class and the background check/fingerprints.
I don't think they have to do this in public school. I've never set foot in a public school in my life so don't take my word for it but I don't think they do.[/quote]

I am a public school teacher.  My daughter attends an elementary Catholic school.  I've been fingerprinted through the state and have had an extensive background check done.  Even so, I still had to take Virtus training and have fingerprints done again in order to volunteer at my daughter's school.  If you have direct contact with kids, you need it (field trips and lunch duty, for example).  But if you work behind the scenes (volunteering with other adults to coordinate the Christmas Pageant) you don't need it.  Most people, however, volunteer in different roles.  So while one activity may require direct contact with kids, another may not.  So it's just easier to take the training.

Our principal said that after the sex scandals, the church wanted control over its volunteers.  And b/c entities don't speak to each other (my public school system and the Archdiocese, for example), the church - for quality control - had to mandate Virtus for its volunteers.

My friend who has children at her local public elementary did not have to have a background check.[/quote]

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