Sacred Heart CYO

Pennsylvania State Police Background Check

This is the web site to perform criminal record check. Make sure to print both the receipt (so CYO can reimburse you) and the actual background check certificate.

 

PA State Police Backgound Check

 

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance

This is a form that must be printed, filled in and mailed to Harrisburg with a Money Order. Once again, get a receipt for the Money Order and CYO will reimburse you once you receive the report in the mail, which usually takes several weeks.

 

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance

 

Protecting God's Children

This is 2½ hour session that is offered throughout the Archdiocese every few days, so pick one close by. You must pre-register through this web site and there is no cost to this session. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early since there is a registration process and they do not like to get these sessions started late. Part of the packet that you will get includes a form that must be signed and turned into the parish business center.

 

Register for Protecting God's Children

 

Mandated Reporter Training

This one hour in-person training session also required for all clergy, deacons, volunteers and employees of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, who come into regular contact with children. Participants may register online at http://bit.ly/AOPMandatoryReporterTraining.

 

CYO Coaches Clinic

Before coaching any CYO team, all head and assistant coaches must:

•Attend the Coaches Orientation seminar in person during the first year prior to the start of the sport (see schedule below).

 

The CYO Coaches Orientation is a half-day seminar that provides assistance and training for coaches. It is designed to inform and develop the Catholic Coach. It consists of three parts:

1) Philosophy & Mission – Discusses the CYO sports philosophy of coach as athletic minister. Addresses the Mission Statement and provides tips on how coaches can create their own mission statement, define a “successful season” and communicate them effectively, as well as practical tips to manage a CYO team.

2) Sports Medicine & CYO Christian Values – Discusses growth patterns, injuries and youth development in relation to participating in sports. Addresses the responsibilities and blessings of being a Catholic coach.

3) Coaching from the Heart – Discusses the importance of being a baptismal coach in light of the current present realities of the American sports culture. Also gives references and suggestions that give us the freedom to “coach from the heart” both spiritually and practically.

View Schedule for Coaches Orientation

•OR If you are a FIRST YEAR COACH and cannot personally attend Coaches Orientation prior to the beginning of the sport, you must take the Online Catholic Coaching Essentials (before coaching at all) AND also attend the next available Coaches Orientation during the first year of coaching any CYO sport.

The online Catholic Coaching Essentials course is designed to familiarize coaches with both the basic approach to being an effective youth sports coach and the Catholic framework from which we carry out this ministry.

Goto On-Line Catholic Coaching Essentials course