Checklist for Programs with Minors
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PROGRAM REGISTRATION & DOCUMENTATION
Have you completed the Program Registration/ Approval Form?
Has your VP/Dean approved the Program by signing the completed Program Registration/
Approval Form?
Have you submitted the approved Program Registration/ Approval Form to the Office of Risk &
Compliance at least forty five (45) days prior to the start date of the Program?
PROGRAM STAFFING
Do you have enough Program Staff to meet or exceed the Minor Supervision Ratio established
in Wilkes University Minors on Campus Policy?
Have you submitted a complete list of Program Staff to the Office of Risk & Compliance?
Have all Program Staff (including volunteers) passed a criminal background check within the
past three years?
PROGRAM TRAINING
Have all Program Staff (including volunteers) successfully completed United Educators' Online
Training "Sexual Misconduct: How Teachers and Other Educators Can Protect Our Minors"?
Have you reviewed the behavioral expectations of the Program Staff, including the following
“Codes of Conduct”:
Outlines abuse/molestation reporting requirements
Identifies the Program Director responsible for all Program Staff
Roster of Program Staff broken down by employees, students, and volunteers
Review any additional Program Staff to minor ratios based on activity
Being alone with a minor
Bathrooms and Locker rooms
After hours and off-site activities
Use of Program Staff’s home (including volunteers)
Use of personal vehicles
Friendships and gifts
Use of physical restraint
Communication with minors
Sexual activities, remarks or materials
Tobacco, Drug and alcohol restrictions
Touching & restrictions
Personal behavior
Supervision of any overnight programs (Curfews, Visitation, Free time, Facility use)
MINOR PARTICIPATION DOCUMENTATION
Have you submitted all required administrative forms associated with this program to the Office
of Risk & Compliance Management? (Waivers, permission slips, medical emergency forms, etc.)
Release of Liability Form
Media, Photo & Video Release Form
Medical Information and Release Form
Self-Administration of Prescription Medication Form
Certificate of Insurance (Non-University Sponsors only)
Checklist for Programs with Minors
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EMERGENCY AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS
Do you have a written communication plan and have you reviewed it with all Program Staff and
volunteers:
Parent/Guardian contact information
Emergency contact information (other than parent/guardian)
Procedure to notify parents in the event of an emergency
Procedure for parents to contact participants
Do you have a written medical emergency plan and have you reviewed it with all Program Staff
and volunteers:
Authorization to transport minor to hospital
Authorization for emergency medical treatment
Disclosure of allergies or other medical conditions
Written incident or accident reports
Emergency procedures for likely emergencies
Do you have a written transportation plan and have you reviewed it with all Program Staff and
volunteers:
Establish procedures for pick-up and drop-off
Release of minors to parents/legal guardian only, unless given written authorization
otherwise
Required to check ID if person picking up minor is not known
Program Staff not to give minors ride home unless written authorization is given
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Have all Program Staff reviewed the notification requirements for and their duty to report child
assault, abuse and neglect?
Who to call and when?
Emergency notification phone numbers