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Office of Clinical ExperiencesClearance Background Check Process
Find Out Your Status
Find out if your clearance background check process has been succesfully completed and entered in your record by using myODU Portal Login and then reviewing in Leo Online your Test Score page.
Candidates in approved professional educational programs are required to provide a clearance background check when registering for a course that requires a field experience. It is strongly recommended that all students have completed the background check process by DROP / ADD each semester due to the increased turn around time by the state departments involved. The process is currently taking 8-10 weeks.
The clearance background check process can take up to 8 weeks or longer.
The clearance background check process includes:
a social service/child protective service check through the Central Registry Release Information form ($10 fee)
fingerprinting ($27 state police processing fee/$15 fingerprinting fee)
a review of each candidate's name through the Virginia State Police: Sex Offender Registry
ALL search results must be received and reviewed by ODU to determine successful completion of the clearance process for placement
You can check your Leo Online secure page under Test Scores. A score of 1 means that you are cleared for placement.
Once a candidate is cleared by ODU, additional clearance background check will not be required unless there is a break in enrollment at ODU that requires the candidate to go through reactivation or readmission process with the Old Dominion University admissions office.
Follow the instructions below and complete each part of the form:
Purpose of Search, check "Volunteer"
MAIL SEARCH RESULTS TO: Name:Old Dominion University Address: Office of Clinical Experience, Education Building, Suite 1107, Norfolk, VA 23529 Contact Name: Jennessa Libby-Reynolds Telephone: 757-683-3348 Contact E-mail: oce@odu.edu
PART I - Complete in PART I all answers requested pertaining to YOU
Print your information in the white blank spaces (not in the grey spaces)
If any answer is none, write "N/A"
Print the form after you complete it front to back in one page. DO NOT print two pages.
Print this form in full size, 8.5 x 11 inches paper. This is required by the Virginia Department of Social Services
PART II and PART III
Sign the form, the presence of a Notary Public is no longer required.
Payment must be in the form of a money order payable to Virginia Department of Social Services. Credit Card, Personal check or cash will NOT be accepted
Submit in person or by postal services the signed form with $10 Money Order to (Please include a note with your UIN in your paperwork): The Office of Clinical Experience Education Building, Suite 1107 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529
**Please do not mail the form directly to the VA Department of Social Services.
Every candidate's name will be reviewed in the National Sex Offender Registry.
Every candidate MUST complete:
Washington State Candidates are required to complete a pre-certification process. For information on this process, e-mail the Office of Clinical Experience, oce@odu.edu
Military and Military Affiliated Students
Fingerprinting available at your nearest military base security office
Contact the security office to schedule an appointment
Bring two photo identification cards to your appointment (e.g. driver's license, military ID, or passport)
Fingerprinting must be completed using: APPLICANT FD258 (REV 3-1-10) 1110-0046 fingerprinting card
If the military base office does not have this fingerprinting card, you may request a blank one from Office of Clinical Experience, 757-683-3348
844-607-8473 (toll free in the U.S.A.) 00-800-600874 (toll free outside the U.S.A.)
757-683-4872 (fax)
oce@odu.edu (TEACH grant, college verification forms, and general questions)
csmith@odu.edu (background check questions)
bhouck@odu.edu (field experience questions and student teaching)
placements@odu.edu (field experience questions)
Norfolk Main Campus Office
Open Monday - Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm
(Drop box available whenever the building is open)
Availabilty at other Campus Locations:
OCE can have a representative at the ODU Virginia Beach Center, ODU Tri-Cities Center or ODU Peninsula Center by request for students who wish to meet with a representative or drop off materials / paperwork. Appointments must be made in advance. Please email OCE@odu.edu or call 757-683-3348 to schedule an appointment.
As of March 1, 2023, the Office of Clinical Experiences will no longer be accepting paper fingerprint cards, an electronic process is now available. Additional information is available under the Background check section of our website.
Starting March 1, 2023 the Office of Clinical Experiences will no longer be processing licensure packets. We will continue to process all college verification forms, please send to oce@odu.edu with your UIN in the subject line.
Student Teaching Fall 2024 Students applying to student teach, must have all assessments and certifications passed/completed/submitted at time of application. Applications are due May 1.
Student Teaching Spring 2025 Students applying to student teach, must have all assessments and certifications passed/completed/submitted at time of application. Applications are due November 1.
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