Meadowvale Minor Hockey Association

 Coaching Staff / Volunteer Registration

In prior years, we asked that you go on-line to register yourself and your assistants.  Not so in 2009/2010.  This year, we’ll be doing it for you.  (Next year, not sure.)

Ideally, you’ll identify yourself and your staff (Head Coach, 2 Assistant Coaches, 1 Manager, and 1 Trainer, assuming the Trainer is properly certified), we’ll find you in the Hockey Canada Registration (HCR) database, we’ll register you, and we’ll assign you to your respective team(s).

In order to be properly “register-able”, we’ll need…

• Your name

• Your date of birth

• A valid Police Check

• Your proof of Speak Out (Harassment & Abuse) certification **

• A photo (head-shot) of yourself

• Evidence that at least one coaching staff member has either appropriate NCCP “Coach Level” certification.

If you’ve been an MHL Coach/Volunteer in the past, this stuff should all be on file.  Unfortunately, we’ve found that all the HCR files aren’t complete.  (We don’t really know why, but we’re working to fix them.)

Once we’ve been able to verify all of the above, you’ll be issued an MHL Pass, which will allow you free admission to MHL games AND allow you to work the bench for MHL games.  This Pass is proof that your “credentials” have been checked and that you’re authorized to be behind the bench.  Please have your Pass with you at all times.

In some cases (ie:  new coaches/volunteers who are still trying to “collect” the above documents), a temporary Pass (good to Dec 15) will be granted.  When you complete the missing steps, please let us know and we’ll update your profile.

Please note that free admission will NOT be granted without a Pass.  Further, once convening has ended, if you don’t have a Pass, you may be asked by a Referee to leave the bench.  Please don’t give our Referees (or Ticket Staff) any grief… it reflects badly on Meadowvale.  If you have a problem, please contact the Registrar at registrar@meadowvalehockey.com and we’ll endeavor to help you.

Police Check:

To coach/volunteer in the MHL, we ask that everyone submit a current Police Check.  Police Checks are filed at the MHL Office (confidentially) and are good for 4 years of uninterrupted volunteer service.

For the 2009/10 season, there are 3 ways of obtaining a Police Check…

1 – Complete the MHL/Peel Police-Approved Form (which can be obtained from the President’s mail slot in the Coach Mailbox at Meadowvale Arena), take it to the Peel Police, and 8-10 weeks later, you’ll be mailed your Police Check.  This service is free.

2 – Go to the Peel Police, fill out their form, pay $45, and they’ll provide your Police Check then and there.

3 – Go to the MHL website (www.hockey.on.ca) and follow the link to MyBackCheck.com.  This is a new, on-line service that, for $25 ($39 if you don’t do it through MHL) will provide you an electronic Police Check within 1-2 days.

Speak Out Certification:

Speak Out Certification, formerly known as Harassment & Abuse Certification, is obtained by way of a 3-hour seminar put on by MHL, GTHL, OMHA, or other hockey governing bodies.  Upon completion, you’ll be logged into the Hockey Canada database.  (In the past, you were given a number and a card.)  You only have to take this training once and the cost (around $35) is, at this time, reimbursed by Meadowvale Hockey.

Note that this certification can also be obtained through the more detailed IP or Coach Level certification courses.

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