Background Check Information

Any unit participating in WGAZ events is required to obtain a national criminal background check (or some satisfactory equivalent for country or locale) for all adult supervisors prior to working with students. Background checks must be completed at least once every two years.

WGAZ defines adult supervisors as “adults in a unit's managerial, instructional, design, creative, or volunteer team who spend considerable amounts of time with the unit or have a short-term interaction with the unit. Considerable is defined as a weekly in-person interaction with performers and short term is defined as two (2) total hours or more per season of in-person interaction.”

Documentation of background check completion for all adult supervisors should be kept on file by the unit – it does not need to be uploaded to the Director’s Dashboard in Competition Suite. During the season, WGAZ will conduct weekly random audits of registered units and units should be prepared to provide this documentation upon request. Units not in compliance will be removed from their registered event.

For scholastic units, school districts and educational institutions background checks can fulfill these requirements; however, if a school district/educational institution does not have a requirement for such background checks, the participating unit must comply with this WGAZ requirement.

WGAZ has teamed up with OneSource. OneSource provides quick, compliant, and affordable background screening and is willing to set up accounts for individual units or marching arts circuits.

SET UP YOUR ORGANIZATION'S ONESOURCE ACCOUNT

New account set-up fees will be waived ($99 savings), and you will have access to “partner pricing” for the TotalCheck Screening Package. The process of setting up your account may take several days, so please allow plenty of time.