OM Coaching Resources

Coach/Team Resources:

National Odyssey of the Mind Website: www.odysseyofthemind.com

Regional Odyssey of the Mind Website: http://ncpaodyssey.org/

Program Guide: : http://ncpaodyssey.org

Practice Spontaneous Problems Links

https://www.angelfire.com/wi/thinkingcaps/Aframe.html

http://www.swopnet.com/ed/OM/spontaneouses.html

http://nepaootm.com/spontaneous/

http://va.odysseyofthemind.org/weekproblemarchive.html

http://texasom.blogspot.com/

https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/practice/default_cat.php?Id=2

http://nepaootm.com/wp/?page_id=9

Required Clearances:

To qualify to be board approved as a volunteer for the Muncy School District you must submit the following clearances, training certification and medical form. These clearances are free when you apply as a “volunteer”.

Act 34 Requirement – Criminal Record Check Clearance (Valid for 5 years) https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp (Effective January 1, 1986, all Pennsylvania residents must submit with their employment application a copy of a report of “Criminal History Record Information” from the Pennsylvania State Police or a statement from the Pennsylvania State Police that the State Police central repository contains no such information. Out-of-State applicants must submit with their application for employment a copy of a federal criminal record report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The criminal record report must be no more than one (1) year old and upon hiring, the applicant must submit the original report.)

Act 126 / Act 31 Requirement – Mandated Child Abuse Training (Valid for 5 years) www.reportabusepa.pitt.edu (Please click on the link to access the University of Pittsburgh’s free web-training for Act 126 / Act 31 Mandated Child Abuse Training)

Act 151 Requirement – Child Abuse History Clearance (Valid for 5 years) https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home (Effective July 1, 1995, all Pennsylvania residents must submit with their employment application a copy of a report of “Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance” from the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare. The child abuse report must be no more than one (1) year old and upon hiring, the applicant must submit the original report. SPECIAL NOTE: We have been requested to use another web browser other than Chrome to apply for this clearance. They are having technical difficulties processing these requests when Chrome is used.)

Employee Physical Form (Click on link, print form and complete. You will need to make an appointment with your family physician to complete and request a TB test. Results of the TB test must be included in the physical form before returning.)

Disclosure Statement Application for Volunteers (In lieu of the FBI Act 114 Clearance) (Click on link, print form and complete.)