Coach Clearances and Training Requirements
We are glad to have you on board with the Hampton Athletics Department! Welcome! In order to coach in the district, every coach needs to have updated clearances on file.
Please make sure that you are applying for "employee" and not "volunteer" status for your clearances. Once you have completed these, if you can send them in, that would be great. Please let me know if you have any questions. If you have any of these clearances within the last year, those are considered valid and can be submitted.
Pennsylvania State Police Clearance – use this link to apply online or this link to download the free form for printing and mailing.
Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance – use this link to apply online or this link to download the form for printing and mailing.
FBI Background Check – use this link to begin the application process. The Pennsylvania Department of Education has partnered with IDEMIA to provide a secure capture transmission of applicant fingerprints at IdentoGO Centers, which are located throughout the state. Additional information for this process can be found here. To begin the fingerprinting registration process, please follow these steps:
1. Enter the service code for Pennsylvania school district employees. The code is 1KG6XN. Before proceeding, ensure the top of the web page says “PDE School Districts.”
2. Complete the online registration process.
3. Following online registration, use the code provided during the registration process and report to an IdentoGO fingerprinting facility. Facilities and hours of operation can be found online here.
2. Complete the online registration process.
3. Following online registration, use the code provided during the registration process and report to an IdentoGO fingerprinting facility. Facilities and hours of operation can be found online here.
Act 168 Disclosure Release – for all new applicants, you must complete this required Act 168 Disclosure Release prior to employment.
Mandated Reporter Training Certificate of Completion
All new coaches and volunteer coaches are required to either provide proof of the Mandated Reporter Training (Act 126), or complete the free training on their own time (link provided here): reportabusepa.pitt.edu (type in to access this) This training must be completed every five years.
In addition to the clearances that the district needs, coaches need to have one of each of the following certificates every year on file with the athletics department. If you have not already completed both a concussion training and a cardiac training, please do so at your earliest convenience and send me the certificate. Again, you only need to complete one training from each category :
CONCUSSION COURSES: (Only need to take one of the concussion courses.)
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61151/concussion-in-sports
https://sportsafety.com/pennsylvania/
https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html
CARDIAC COURSES: (Only need to take one of the cardiac courses.)
https://nfhslearn.com/courses/61032/sudden-cardiac-arrest