An Administrator's Guide to California Private School Law

Chapter 3 – Hiring

 Dates of employment  Names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of current and former employers  Job positions held  Job duties  Beginning and end rates of pay  Names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of direct supervisors, school or division heads, and mentors  Education  Types of licenses/certifications and dates obtained  Reason(s) that employment ended  Any convictions (with the exception of certain misdemeanor marijuana- related convictions more than two years old) 126  Whether any sealed documents in the applicant’s personnel file exist? If yes, why?  Is there anyone that the applicant would not like the school to contact in the background investigation? If yes, why?

Schools should also consider including the following questions on job applications:  Have you ever been asked to resign? If yes, why?  Are there sealed documents in your personnel file? If yes, why? Where an application reveals gaps in the employment history, the school should follow up and ask the applicant to explain the gaps. If an applicant asks the school not to contact his or her current employer, the school should ask for an explanation. As discussed further below if the applicant has not yet notified the current employer of his or her job search, the school should plan to check references and conduct a background check with the current employer later in the process if the applicant is not otherwise screened out. It is also advisable to ask the applicant to sign a written release and authorization for the school to access and review his or her personnel file. Alternatively, the applicant could provide the school with a sealed copy of his or her personnel file. LCW Practice Advisor

Each job application should explicitly state that any false, incomplete, or incorrect statements on the application may result in disqualification of the applicant or dismissal from employment with the school. Employers should review each application

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