The information below is provided for the District's current and prospective athletics coaches.
If you have any questions, please contact the Athletics Office.
Please note that all of the documents (clearances and training certificates) listed below should be submitted by email to the Athletics Office.
CLEARANCES
All coaches must provide the following three (3) clearances before the coach can be considered for approval:
1) Act 34 / State Police Criminal History clearance
2) Act 151 / ChildLine Child Abuse clearance
3) Act 114 / fingerprinting clearance
All clearances for new coaches must be less than 12 months old
Clearances expire five (5) years from the date of issuance
Coaches are required to update any clearance(s) that will expire prior to June 30 of the next school year in order to be reappointed for that school year
http://www.freeport.k12.pa.us/Content2/clearances
ACT 126 / MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING
Act 126 Mandated Reporter training certification must be less than 5 years old for all coaches
http://www.reportabusepa.pitt.edu/
SCHOOL PERSONNEL HEALTH RECORDS / TUBERCULOSIS (TB) TESTING
All new paid coaches are required to provide a completed School Personnel Health Record for a physical performed in the prior 12 months, with immunization history and TB test results from a TB test administered in the prior 3 months
All new volunteer coaches are quired to provide TB test resutls from a TB test administered in the prior 3 months
https://bit.ly/2zVLeq0_FASD_SPHR
CONCUSSION COURSES
Concussion training must be updated annually
Coaches may choose any one of the three training sites listed below
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/HeadsUp/online_training.html
http://concussionwise.com/Pennsylvania
http://www.nfhslearn.com/electiveDetail.aspx?courseID=38000
CARDIAC COURSES
Concussion training must be updated annually
https://nfhslearn.com/courses?utf8=%E2%9C%93&searchText=cardiac
FUNDAMENTALS OF COACHING
Fundamentals of Coaching Training is required for all new coaches
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61113/fundamentals-of-coaching
FIRST AID, HEALTH & SAFETY
First Aid, Health & Safety Training is required for all new coaches
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/26/first-aid-health-and-safety