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Mark PanDecember 6th, 2010
Thesis PresentationThe Illusion of Safety:
Background Checks for Philadelphia Public School Volunteers
AGENDAPREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
COST SAFETY VOLUNTEERISM EFFICIENCY EFFICACY
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATAchac surveyinterviews
RECOMMENDATIONScost
centralizingreform
PracticalityPREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
Lack of research
PracticalityPREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
Doable
Lack of research
PracticalityPREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
Frustration
Lack of research
Practicality
Doable
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
Safety
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Volunteerism
Safety
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Cost
Safety
VolunteerismPREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Efficiency
Safety
Cost
VolunteerismPREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Efficiency
Safety
Cost
VolunteerismPREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
EFFECTIVENESS ?
Efficiency
Safety
Cost
VolunteerismPREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
EFFECTIVENESS ?
How can we align background check practices and policies
with practicality and safety?
practicality
safety
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
How can we align background check practices and policies
with practicality and safety?
Efficacy
Checks’ efficacy are unproven
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
How can we align background check practices and policies
with practicality and safety?
Efficacy
Checks’ efficacy are unproven
VolunteerismChecks are a significant hindrance to volunteerism
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
How can we align background check practices and policies
with practicality and safety?
Efficacy
Checks’ efficacy are unproven
VolunteerismChecks are a significant hindrance to volunteerism
ExcessMany unnecessary checks are being conducted
PREFACE
INTRODUCTIONproblemquestion
claims
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
How can we align background check practices and policies
with practicality and safety?
Efficacy
Checks’ efficacy are unproven
VolunteerismChecks are a significant hindrance
to volunteerism
ExcessMany unnecessary checks are being
conducted
MisguidanceFears unrelated to volunteers
penalizing volunteers
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONSUnfounded fear
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
2003: Massachusetts begins requirements as Boston is seen as center for Church sexual abuse scandals
April 2007: PA requires all public school employees and student teachers to get checks
child molestation fears and concerns about liability on the part of schools
Unfounded fear
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
2003: Massachusetts begins requirements as Boston is seen as center for Church sexual abuse
scandals
April 2007: PA requires all public school
employees and student teachers to get checks
child molestation fears and concerns about liability on the part of schools
Unfounded fear
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Federal Criminal History
($35.50)
PA State Criminal
Record ($10)
Child Abuse ($10)
“about half of the nation's 15,500 public-school districts have background checks for volunteers”
- Ronald StephensExecutive Director, National School Safety Center
Centralization
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Centralization
Cost
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Liability
Centralization
Cost
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Liability
Centralization
Cost
Volunteer Quality/Quantity
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Volunteer Quality/Quantity
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
“Once we start down the path of morally judging who can and cannot go into their child's classroom, we are treading on dangerous ground."
Barbara ClarkPresident of Nevada's Parent Teacher Association
…might tend to discourage persons with questionable backgrounds from even applying for positions within the
organization.
Eliminates undocumented workers’ ability to volunteer, since
one needs a Social Security Number to undergo checks.
28 per cent of those who responded to an online survey said they knew someone who had been put off volunteering
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
You must act to over-prevent -- even at the cost of the relationship between parents and the school district.
…send an immediate notice to would-be volunteers with a background of misconduct that they are not wanted.
does not provide a guarantee that children will be safe with a particular adult. It merely
identifies that the person has not been convicted of an offence in the past. What
happens after the vetting procedure is unpredictable.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
You must act to over-prevent -- even at the cost of the relationship between parents and the school district.
…send an immediate notice to would-be volunteers with a background of misconduct that they are not wanted.
does not provide a guarantee that children will be safe with a particular adult. It merely
identifies that the person has not been convicted of an offence in the past. What
happens after the vetting procedure is unpredictable.
liability
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATUREhistory
currentlyuniversitiesgovernmentpub schoolsvolunteers
parents
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
…history?
The Catholic priest-molestation scandal and a series of lurid child kidnappings are combining to
stoke parents' anxiety as the new school year gears up. And that's prompting more and more districts to require parents to undergo criminal-
background checks.
SAFETY
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Approximately 2,462 Penn volunteers require background checks
Of these, an estimated 363 have duplicate checks
~$162,624 should be spent by organizations and individuals each year
No consistency for follow-up and storage
Time consuming
Volunteer deterring
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
How high of a priority is this issue to you and the rest of Penn?
What would an ideal infrastructure to support the process look like?
Can other models better inform the development of this infrastructure?
How can the UA encourage the university to support this infrastructure?
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mostly incomparable
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mostly incomparable
Centers process checks
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mostly incomparable
Centers process checks
Often overlooked
"I am new here and not sure yet of howthe issue is handled throughout the University"
Irene KingVillanova University – Campus Ministry Director
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
Mostly incomparable
Centers process checks
Often overlooked
High varyiance
Student Group Survey
UA Discussion
Paper
Data/Factual Research Interviews Meetings
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATAsurvey
discussionresearch
interviewsmeetings
RECOMMENDATIONS
SubsidizationPREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONScost
centralizingreform
Centralization
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONScost
centralizingreform
Subsidization
Centralization
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONScost
centralizingreform
DISCUSSION
Subsidization
Longer-Term Policy Recommendations
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONScost
centralizingreform
DISCUSSIONLonger-Term Policy Recommendations
• Align fears with policy
• Inform K-12 students
• Educate school districts
• Volunteer agencies centralize checks
• Differentiation
discussion
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE
METHODS
DATA
RECOMMENDATIONS
DISCUSSION
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