Coaching Certification: All coaches must have completed Protecting God’s Children program and have an approved background check. In addition, coaches must comply with all requirements of the Diocesan Recreation Program(DRA), St. Paul’s Athletic Association, Safe Sport Act and OHSAA as required. Link to DRA policies:
Two Deep Strategy :(policy 200.30) - There must be at least two PGC certified coaches, per team, present for each practice. No practice/game can be held if there is only one coach per a team. If a coach leaves early and one coach is left, the practice/game must end. Link to Two-Deep Policy
Communication with minor: (policy 400.11, 400.12) – The Preferred Policy of communication is through the Parents/Guardians of the players. A coach may not initiate a one-to-one private conversation with a minor through phone, text, email, social media, etc. All interactions with minors must be a two (2) deep strategy. If a minor initiates contact the coach must move the conversation to a public forum and the conversation must be open public, and transparent. Copy conversations of this type and send to Coordinator of Youth Ministry, Athletic Director, and or Safe Environment Coordinator. Best practice – calls, text, and email parents with conversations. Coaches may not accept “friend requests “or “follows”, or post “likes”, or other media with minors related to personal social media platforms or apps. Coaches should not post any type of pictures or videos of your players on your personal social media accounts. Link to Communication Policy
Transportation: (policy 400.30, 400.31, form 400.33) Preferred Policy is not to have coaches transport players to games and to practices. All Coaches, who are transporting players, (who are not your children) must be in full compliance with Diocesan Policy. Link to Driver Policy. Driver must follow Two-deep policy, be at least 25 years of age, PGC compliant, has submitted to St. Paul School a driver form with driver license information and attached copy of proper insurance coverage. See Attached Form. In addition, all drivers must sign off on the Diocese of Columbus Cell Phone Policy Form. See Attached Form.
Social Media: (policy 400.13-400.15 Social Media account for a team(s). To create a social media account for an athletic team, you must have permission from Parish Coordinator of Youth Ministry, Athletic Director, Safe Environment Coordinator, and the Pastor. There must be at least two adult administrators and at least one of these should be the Parish Coordinator of Youth Ministry, Athletic Director, or Safe Environment Coordinator. Sites are to be public and transparent. Parents and guardians must be made aware of the site and encourage to join. All social media sites are to be review on a regular basis.
Identifiable information of minors: (policy 400.15) – You may not post pictures of your players, (other than your own child) on your personal social media sites. To post pictures or videos of your players on the Parish, School, or Teams website, the coach must have a signed consent form from the player’s parent or guardian to post picture, video, or information concerning a minor.
Parent/ Guardian Access to observe event: All practices and games are to be accessible to parents and guardians.