Fingerprinting
New York State law requires that all persons seeking employment in a school district must be fingerprinted, have background checks and be issued a clearance by the state education department prior to starting work.
New employees who have not completed this process in
another school district must request a fingerprinting packet at the
Guilderland Human Resources Office immediately upon returning all paperwork.
A fee is charged and must be forwarded in the form of a certified
check or money order made payable to the “New York State Education
Department.”
The fingerprinting process takes about three weeks to complete, and it is
therefore important that prospective employees complete this process as soon
as possible. At the present time, fingerprinting is available by appointment
at the locations listed below.
Fingerprinting locations
Please call ahead for an appointment
• Guilderland School District Transportation Department – 861-6434
• Brian Forte, Guilderland High School Resource Officer – 861-8591, ext. 3020
• Nick Ingle, Farnsworth Middle School Resource Officer – 456-6010, ext. 3014
• Guilderland Police Station – 356-1980 (Only processes fingerprints on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Fridays from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Fingerprinting packets
Contact the Guilderland Human Resources Office, 456-6200, ext. 3117, for a
fingerprinting packet, which consists of two fingerprint cards, fingerprint
instructions and a consent form. Also available online is the
Security
Background Check form (PDF), which must be filled out and turned in at the time
that you return the fingerprint packet to the personnel office.
After you have been fingerprinted, please bring all completed information to
the personnel office. It is important that you do not seal the envelope
included in the packet.