Before participating in any field experience or clinical practice, students must complete the following:

  • EduRisk Training: Protecting Children: Identifying and Reporting Sexual Misconduct.
    Access this training through your MyBallState homepage by searching “EduRisk Training” and logging in with your Ball State student account.
    Important: You must complete the course using your student EduRisk account to allow OTES-CP to verify your training.

  • Background Check:  A current Reference Services, Inc. (RSI) expanded background check must be completed before entering a school site. Background checks expire each July and must be completed for each academic year (fall through Summer Session II).

Use the link provided below to access the official background check website. Do not access RSI directly through an internet search, as OTES-CP will be unable to view your results, and your background check will be considered invalid.

Order Your Criminal Background Check

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Please note that this policy does not apply to student teachers.  Student teachers follow the school corporation employee criminal background check procedures.

About the Background Checks

Ball State Teachers College has partnered with Reference Services, Inc. (RSI) to streamline the management of your background check to include the following: 
 
  • Nationwide multi-jurisdictional database search
  • Global watchlist patriot search
  • Social Security number trace
  • Resident history search and verification
  • Alias name search across nationwide databases
  • Indiana statewide criminal records search 
  • Current county of residence search
  • National sex offender registries

Criminal Background Check FACTS

  • Students cannot enter a school building without a valid background check.

  • Background checks are valid for one academic year (Fall through Summer Session II).

  • Please allow ten (10) school days for processing.

  • Ball State University cannot accept background checks from other vendors. All checks must be completed through the approved vendor to be considered valid.

Video Training

The EduRisk training can be accessed through your MyBallState homepage.

  1. Log in and search for “EduRisk Training.”

  2. Click on the search tool and search for “Protecting Children: Identifying and Reporting Sexual Misconduct.”

Note: As a Ball State student, you already have an EduRisk account—do not create a new one.