REGISTERING AS A VOLUNTEER
Every Coach, Referee, Team Manager, Board member are required to register as a volunteer each season. The volunteer Certifications and Licenses required differ depending on the positions, previous experience, and required frequency of the certification. These cover 1) Background Clearance, 2) Safety Education, and 3) Skills Training.
SELECTING A REGISTERED VOLUNTEER POSITION
In your Account you have the option to volunteer as a Coach, Referee, Team Manager or Board Member. You can do this by clicking on Volunteer on the left menu or when registering a player and clicking Volunteer. Remember all Team Role positions are selected at Team meetings or via communication with your coach.
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR VOLUNTEER (download PDF here)
This guide provides step-by-step instructions and screenshots for how register as a volunteer and achieve the required certifications and licenses for a given position. It covers Background Clearance, Safety Education and Skills Training.
PLEASE NOTE
Registered volunteers from previous seasons may have completed many of the steps listed below. Steps 3-9 can be completed in any order (if needed).
BACKGROUND CLEARANCE - do immediately
1) Volunteer Application [every year]
2) Background Check [every year; permission email trigged by volunteer application]
3) ID verification [one time ever] Upload both a “selfie” and photo of government ID to your Volunteer account
4) Fingerprinting (Live Scan) [one time ever if through AYSO] [See details below if needed]
SAFETY EDUCATION - complete in May if possible
5) SafeSport Online Training [refresher required every year, full course once every 3 years]
The three online courses listed below (#6-8) can be found on eTrainU under the "Safe Haven" series of classes [See more details below]
6) AYSO’s Safe Haven [one time ever]
7) Concussion Awareness from the CDC [one time ever]
8) Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)/“Simon’s Heart” [one time ever]
SKILLS TRAINING - complete in July or August
9A) Coaching License [one time ever for each age group]. See coach page for details on the specific Licenses.
9B) Referee Grade [one-time ever with upgrades possible]
9C) Team Manager/Parent See Team Manager page.
9D) AYSO Skill Development [optional] - The ETrainU portal and AYSO EXPO events offer online and in-person instruction for furthering expertise in coaching, refereeing, and management such as Dispute Resolution, and Leadership