Administrator and Board of Directors of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Become a GC Volunteer

At Good Counsel, we rely heavily on our volunteers who offer significant contributions to the success of our students and the future of our school. We are incredibly grateful for your time, expertise and talent. There are many opportunities and ways to get involved. By following the steps below, you can sign up to help with specific events and provide us with information about your skills and interests so we can contact you with opportunities that might be of interest.

Step 1: Fill out the volunteer interest form

Step 2: Obtain volunteer clearance

Step 2: Obtain volunteer clearance*

(*Required only for persons with substantial contact with children)

If you believe that you are likely to volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in a context that would involve substantial contact with students, please review the following information.

The Annotated Code of Maryland is very clear about the need for criminal background checks for school employees and volunteers. The purpose of the policy is to protect our children and our school.

Prudent practice dictates that we have background checks done for volunteers on our campus (or extensions of our campus) who will have substantial contact with children under the age of 18 years.

Substantial contact is defined as: Contact with children in which the duration and scope in both time and exposure to children is neither rare nor limited and may occur in a routine and/or ongoing basis. This includes all overnight activities with children. Examples of service to the school which will require persons to meet our volunteer screening requirements are chaperones on school trips, sales assistants in the school store, drivers to extracurricular events, and so on.

If you believe that you are likely to volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in a context that would involve substantial contact with students, please begin the process by completing the Application for Volunteer Service and return the application to us at school as soon as possible.

Note: Volunteers are permitted to serve while the reference check and criminal background screening are being performed. Continuance as a volunteer is contingent upon results of these screenings being acceptable to the School.

Policies and Procedures for Our Volunteers

1. Application for Volunteer Service

2. Reference Check

3. Criminal History Screening | Fingerprinting

We require volunteers who will have substantial contact with children to have fingerprinting done through a CJIS authorized provider that uses Livescan services. Below are several locations where these services are offered:

American Identity Solutions:

7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 485, Rockville, MD: 301-296-4499
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 110, Bethesda, MD: 301-571-9479
12501 Prosperity Drive, Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD: 240-670-7952

Maryland Livescan Fingerprinting

7310 Ritchie Hwy, Suite 610, Glen Burnie, MD: 410-761-6700

Live Scan Fingerprinting

5465 Randolph Rd. Suite C
Rockville, MD: 301-501-5785

When completing your fingerprint information, please include:

Good Counsel’s authorization number: 9000026980

And

ORI # MD920523Z

The cost of the criminal history screening (i.e. fingerprinting) will be the responsibility of the person being fingerprinted.

Volunteer Screening Information

All persons seeking to volunteer at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School must complete the screening process outlined above. We do not accept clearances gained elsewhere.

Good Counsel takes the matter of your privacy seriously. All volunteer personnel information is kept confidential and stored in a secure location.

If you have questions related to background checks, please contact Evelyn Nicholas, Human Resource Manager.

If you have questions about a specific volunteer opportunity or the status of your placement within a particular activity (e.g. music trip, service trip, etc.), please contact the coordinator of the activity directly.

Step 3: Receive volunteer information

How will you be contacted to participate in volunteer activities?

If you have volunteered for a specific event or activity, your contact information will be sent to the volunteer supervisor.
If you have filled out the form to be added to our volunteer list, we will review your information and forward opportunities based on your interests and skills.
Filling out the form does not guarantee that you will be contacted to volunteer.
Volunteer opportunities will be posted on this page and in the Weekly News, so feel free to inquire about these activities if you have not been contacted.

Step 4: Track volunteer hours

It is very important to know who is volunteering and for what activity for the following reasons:

We will be able to contact you in the future should similar opportunities arise.
Giving of your time not only helps the school to save money, but by having this information, we can apply for specific grants that place an importance on volunteerism.
We are able to recognize and thank our volunteers.

Once you have completed your volunteer project, please fill out the Volunteer Tracking Form.

Step 1: Fill out the volunteer interest form

Step 1: Fill out the volunteer interest form

Step 2: Obtain volunteer clearance

Step 2: Obtain volunteer clearance*

Policies and Procedures for Our Volunteers

1. Application for Volunteer Service

Volunteer Application

2. Reference Check

3. Criminal History Screening | Fingerprinting

American Identity Solutions:

Maryland Livescan Fingerprinting

Live Scan Fingerprinting

Step 3: Receive volunteer information

Step 3: Receive volunteer information

Step 4: Track volunteer hours

Step 4: Track volunteer hours

Step 5: Celebrate with us

Step 5: Celebrate with us