Background Check Process

To begin the fingerprinting and background check process, check in with the Main Office to inquire about any newly required procedures. Otherwise, student teachers need to be fingerprinted at EASTCONN. Please visit EASTCONN's website for more information. Emailing them is preferred.

Andover Elementary School:  (860) 742-7339

-10.22

Please contact Jennifer Truax to begin the fingerprinting and background check process and complete the following forms:

• DCF Form
• Volunteer Application

The forms can be dropped off in person or faxed to (860) 429-3651

Ashford Elementary School: (860) 429-6419

-10.23

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

Bloomfield Public Schools: (860) 769-4200

-5.24

Please fill out this volunteer packet and call the school to arrange the next steps.

Bolton Public Schools: (860) 643-1569

-4.24

Background Check: please contact Lori Gilpin at Human Resources.

Fingerprinting is done through EASTCONN. Please visit EASTCONN's website for more information. Emailing them is preferred.

Brooklyn Public Schools: (860) 774-9732

-10.22

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please do the following:

1. Complete and submit a CPS Non-Disclosure Agreement 
2. Send over your academic transcript (an unofficial one from eWebb is fine)
3. Send over your resume
4. Apply to Applitrack to apply as a Group Two Volunteer. This will notify Human Resources of the application.

Human Resources will then reach out to you regarding the next steps, including fingerprinting. 

Please submit materials and direct any questions to Ms. Michelle Flynn. 

Colchester Public Schools: (860) 537-7267

-12.22

Please click the link below to begin the Background Check and Fingerprinting Process.

Contact Ms. Brenda Morey, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, with any questions. 

Student Teacher/Intern Forms

Columbia Public Schools: (860) 228-8590

-10.22

Please click the link below to begin the Background Check and Fingerprinting Process.

Contact Ms. Kate Arey with any questions. 

Coventry Public Schools Student Teaching and Intern Forms

Coventry Public Schools: (860) 742-7317

-11.22

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

CREC: (860) 247-CREC

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Once you are accepted, Ms. DiMauro will reach out to you to fill out the appropriate paperwork for your fingerprinting and background check. 

View all of the applicable forms

Cromwell Public Schools: (860) 632-4830

-10.23

Please email Ms. Mary Seguine for more information, or contact the school district at the number below. 

 Eastford Public Schools: (860) 974-1130

-8.23

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

 East Haddam Public Schools: (860) 873-5090

-5.24

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

East Hampton: (860) 365-4000

-5.24

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

East Lyme: (860) 739-3966

-1.23

Students will need to contact Kim and set up an appointment with her for background check and fingerprinting procedures:  

Kim McFall, Administrative Assistant, (860) 896-2300 Ext. 110

Ellington Public Schools: (860) 896-2300

-12.22

To begin your background check and fingerprinting process, please make an appointment with Ms. Mindy MacCluskey. You will receive the most recent paperwork.

E.O. Smith: (860) 487-0877

-10.22

To begin your background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Ms. Robin Drobiak, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent, either via email or by calling (860) 372-7600. 

Griswold Public Schools: (860) 376-7600

-10.22

To obtain your forms and begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Ms. Michelle Gustavson by email or calling (860) 572-2160 between 8:30-4:00. 

Groton Public Schools: (860) 572-2100

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Complete Student Teacher Application in Frontline, including an uploaded mandated reporter training certificate from the state mandated reporter training.

1. Complete the DCF Form. 
2. Complete the NCPA Waiver Form. 
3. Complete the Visitors Acknowledgement Form.

Here is a sample/model of what the forms should look like filled out, for reference, linked here- please review to ensure your forms are filled out correctly the first time you submit, to limit delays. 

Please bring items #1, #2, and #3 with you to your fingerprinting appointment.
Your fingerprinting appointment is scheduled on ?  (PLEASE CONFIRM ACCEPTANCE OF THIS APPOINTMENT)

Your appointment will be scheduled at Central Office - Hartford Public Schools, 330 Wethersfield Avenue, Hartford, CT  06114 (This is Central office’s address at Bulkeley High School, park in back and enter through the Hartford Public Schools Administration entrance.)

You must pre-enroll through the Connecticut Criminal History Request System within 48 hours of this email. Please find the link here: https://ct.flexcheck.us.idemia.io/CCHRSPreEnroll/. The fee will be $11.25, and payment must be made via Visa or Mastercard. Your pre-enrollment service code is 8CF8-8D1F.

Onsite at Central Office - Hartford Public Schools you will need to pay the HPS Fingerprinting fee. HPS Fingerprinting fees can be paid with Money orders or Cashier’s checks and should be made payable to Hartford Public Schools. Fees are as follows: $6.75 Part-Time

Hartford Public Schools: (860) 695-8000

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Please email Ms. Rachel Clavette, Human Resources Specialist, to get started with the background check process.

Hebron Public Schools: (860) 228-2577

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The Student Teaching-Intern Packet contains the required documents needed: Student teaching application, National Child Protection Act and DCF Authorization documents are included and need to be completed and emailed to Ms. Theroux.  Please start this process early.

 Killingly Public Schools: (860) 779-6600

-8.23

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Ms. Chelsea Williams, Administrative Assistant. 

Lebanon Public Schools:  (860) 642-7795

-11.22

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Ivanna Hugo, Human Resource Assistant. You can email her (click on her name) or call her at 860-464-9255 x1100.

Ledyard Public Schools: 860-464-9255

-9.24

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information. 

Lisbon Central Schools: (860) 376-2403

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To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please complete the following forms and email them directly to Heather Gates before registering for fingerprinting. You have two options to get fingerprinted.

If you want to use the Local Police Department/State Police Barracks:

• NCPA Waiver
• DCF Form

If you want to go through CREC/EASTCONN/RESC (please let Heather know if going this route, additional paperwork will be needed):

• DCF Form

Once Ms. Gates receives the completed forms from you, she will contact you directly and give you the information you will need to go for fingerprinting at the local PD/Police Barracks/Biometrics or CREC/EASTCONN. She will need the completed forms before she can release the instructions for fingerprinting.

For your information, students will have 2 separate payments for fingerprints. 

1. Students will have to now pre-pay and pre-register before making the appointment and going to get prints done - this is the $11.25 that would have come to our HR department originally. They would pay for this online.
2. Students will also have to pay at the facility for services/actually print taking ($15 for State Barracks, $25 for local PD/biometrics, CREC/EASTCONN varies).

Manchester Public Schools: (860) 647-5041 

-10.22

To start the fingerprinting and background check process, please fill out these forms and make an appointment with EastConn. To do so, please email EastConn and visit the EastConn website for more information. (It is advised that you email them instead of calling them)

Mansfield also requires their student teachers/interns to take the Connecticut Mandated Reporter Training. 

Mansfield Public Schools: (860) 429-3350

-1.23

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please email Carmela Monte, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent.

Marlborough Public Schools: (860) 295-6236

-12.22

To start the process for your background check and fingerprinting, visit Middletown Public School's job posting website and "apply" as an external candidate for the Volunteer Position (JobID: 1357). This will allow the school to send you the proper documentation. After doing so, please email Briajh Harrel so they can find you in their system and send out the appropriate materials. 

Middletown Public Schools: (860) 638-1401

-8.23

Once your placement in confirmed, Montville Public Schools will reach out to you via email to begin your background check and fingerprinting process.

Montville Public Schools: (860) 848-1228

-10.23

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Ms. Rena Russell in the Central Office via email or phone at (860) 823-6284 ext. 2031. 

Norwich Public Schools: (860) 823-6284

-4.24

Please call Christine Lacy at (860) 425-5591 to begin the background check and fingerprinting process. 

Norwich Free Academy: (860) 887-2505

-10.22

Please contact the main office at (860) 645-1234 or email co-Principal, Jessica Swann to get started on the background check process.

Odyssey Community School: (860) 645-1234

12/24

Please call or email Becki Miller at (860) 564–6413 to make an appointment for a background check. 

Plainfield Public Schools: (860) 564-6403

-10.22

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

Portland Public Schools: (860) 342-6790

-5.24

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please email Jessica Rainville.

Please email CAREclinical@easternct.edu for more information. 

RHAM High School: (860) 228-9474

-10.23

To start the background check and fingerprinting process, please email Ms. Dina Senecal. This will ensure that you get the most up-to-date paperwork and/or the name of the contact person who will work with you for your background check. 

Somers Public Schools: (860) 749-2270

-10.22

No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

Stafford Public Schools:  (860) 684-2208

-5.24

Please contact Ms. Susan Forcellina, South Windsor District Facilitator and HR Supervisor, to get your background check and fingerprinted started. Please do so immediately so that you are cleared to begin your teaching placement in time. 

South Windsor Public Schools: (860) 291-1200

-10.22

Please email Ms. Pederson to begin the background check and fingerprinting process. 

Thompson Public Schools: (860) 923-9581

-10.22

To do your background check, you must fill out the STIA Google form and a signed/dated NCPA waiver consent form; completed forms can be returned to Ms. Suzanne Waterhouse via email.

You then need to get fingerprinted at a CREC or EASTCONN location. (Please note, if using EASTCONN it is advised that you email them to set up an appointment instead of calling them.)

Email Ms. Kristina Perleoni with any questions regarding the fingerprinting or background check process.

Find more information on their process

Tolland Public Schools: (860) 870-6850

-8.23

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please contact Michael Tyndall, HR Specialist.

-4.24

Once accepted, you will recieve information about visiting Waterford Public School's HR office for the onboarding process. During this time, you will recieve information about the background check and fingerprinting. Fingerprinting will be completed at their local police station. 

Waterford Public Schools: (860) 444-5801

-10.23

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please email Ms. Sally Dastoli. 

Wethersfield Public Schools: (860) 571-8100

-3/24

Background checks and fingerprinting are done through EASTCONN. Please email them to schedule an appointment to be fingerprinted. You will need to bring the following forms to EASTCONN and SIGN THEM THERE. Please contact Ms. LeFemina-Weber if you have any questions. 

Willington Public Schools: (860) 487-3130

-11.22

fill out the Volunteer II application. Once we have received the forms, we will send you an electronic packet that needs to be filled out. If you have any problems, please do not hesitate to call 860-465-2307 or email Ms. Maria Nazario.

Windham Public Schools: (860) 465-2300

-05.24

To begin the background check and fingerprinting process, please email Damaris Hernandez or call her at 860-713-6698 (desk) or 860-874-5960 (mobile). 

Windham Tech: (860) 456-3879

-12.24

Information regarding Windsor's background check and fingerprinting process

Windsor: (860) 687-2000

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No public information is available at this time. 

Please contact the school district at the number below for more information.

Windsor Locks: (860) 292-8696

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