Training Opportunities
SAFE SPORT CLUB RECOGNITION
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
USA Swimming encourages member clubs to utilize this time away from practice and competition to complete the requirements of the USA Swimming Safe Sport Club Recognition program.
The Safe Sport Club Recognition program allows a USA Swimming member club to demonstrate its commitment to creating a healthy and positive environment free from abuse for all its members through the development and implementation of club governance measures, Safe Sport policies and reporting mechanisms, Safe Sport best practices and training to athletes and parents.
This resource is intended to provide guidance on the various remote Safe Sport Club Recognition training options available to athletes and parents while maintaining social distance. For additional information on the Safe Sport Club Recognition requirements, please visit www.usaswimming.org/ssrp.
USA Swimming Safe Sport Zoom Trainings
1. Starting April 2020, the USA Swimming Safe Sport staff has been hosting Zoom trainings for parents, minor athletes and coaches to assist clubs in completing the Training and Education requirement of the Safe Sport Club Recognition program.
- Please see the upcoming training schedule below which will also be communicated via email, newsletters, and social media.
2. Attendance at these sessions is limited to 500 participants. The training session will be secured five minutes after starting.
3. USA Swimming Safe Sport staff will record attendance and manually update the Club Portal.
TOOLS
- Reports for Online Education Completion - Parents and Athletes
(New system reports. Does not include Zoom trainings or trainings taken prior to 10/1/2022) - Sample email to encourage participation from parents & athletes
- Denying or revoking Safe Sport Club Recognition designation
What parents are saying about this training:
"I came because it was required, but I left feeling so grateful I came. I wish I had this training sooner. Thank you!!!"
"This was a very informative and important session. I absolutely agree that all parents should attend this training."
"Thank you! Great way to share good information-- the interactive questions were great too."
"Thanks for the meeting! Definitely a good reminder to always be aware and educated."
"Thanks for the great training and I look forward to my daughter taking the class as well."
"We have a dear family friend who went through some awful trauma in a different sport. It is comforting to know that USA Swimming takes this seriously!"
What Athletes are saying about this training:
"Thank you, this chat was very helpful."
"Thank you for educating me on this matter"
"This was a very good experience. I learned a lot from this and will take way some important lessons from this."
"Thank you for doing this, very important things to discuss!"
"Great explanation and very helpful for awareness."
"In my opinion, Mrs. Hahn does a great job of informing athletes about Safe Sport no matter how many times she has explained the information by talking with an engaging voice and taking things seriously when needed to. Please keep up the great work."
"Super informative and I learned a lot."
What Coaches are saying about this training:
"This was really great. I appreciate how informative this was but also that it was kept to a reasonable time frame."
"I appreciate the breakdown between bullying vs rude, tattling vs. reporting, hard workouts vs. physical abuse."
"The Burger King video is very powerful. It really shows the leader vs group mentality."
"Love this class!! can not wait to share that with my kiddos."
"Very well done. I thought this was a lot more interesting and helpful than I was expecting. "
"The presentation was professional and highly informational. The host was clear, cheerful, and very responsive to participants' questions. I enjoyed it very much."
Virtual Team Meeting
USA Swimming member clubs are seeking unique opportunities to remain connected with athletes and parents. One unique way to remain connected and complete the training component of Safe Sport Club Recognition is to host a virtual training.
- Schedule a virtual meeting for either parents or athletes to attend.
- Visit https://www.usaswimming.org/; Click on “Login/Register” to log in to your account.
- Select link below to do to the direct training.
- For a parent training, select Parent’s Guide to Misconduct in Sport.
- For an athlete training, select Safe Sport for Youth Athletes (13-17).
- For young athlete training, select SafeSport for Kids (5-12).
- To access the youth or kids training you will need to be logged into a kids or youth account. Another option is to go to www.safesporttrained.org and login to see and access all trainings.
- Select link below to do to the direct training.
- Conduct a virtual meeting with athletes or parents by sharing your screen and viewing the training course together. When you share your screen, ensure that you also share the sound from your device so those watching can hear the training audio.
- Record attendance. A simple way to do this is to have participants send their name to the training host using a chat function.
- Send the attendance record to ssrp@usaswimming.org. USA Swimming staff will manually update the Club application. (athletes will not receive a certificate and it will not be recorded on their individual accounts.)
Reminder: A virtual meeting with minor athletes is an electronic communication and the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy requirements apply:
- If you are meeting with only one athlete, that athlete’s guardian/parent must also be included.
- If you are meeting with multiple athletes, another adult must also be included.
- The meeting must be held between the hours of 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
USA Swimming Education Platform
For athletes: (Turn off pop up blockers on your web browser)
Athletes must be sure to complete all required training through their own login.
Go to https://university.usaswimming.org/landing?lmsCourseId=51.
- Click on View Info.
- Click on Start.
- Click on Login; You will be prompted to login or create a login if you are not currently a member.
- Click on Start.
- Once the course is complete click on the “Submit Button” and complete the survey at the end of the course.
- To download the certificate, click on view transcript and click on the course “Download Certificate” button. (Sometimes it takes the system a little bit to update. Click Ctrl+Shift+R to refresh the screen or you may need to log out and then back in again later).
For parents: (Turn off pop up blockers on your web browser)
Parents must be sure to complete the training through their own login.
Go to https://university.usaswimming.org/landing?lmsCourseId=49.
- Click on View Info.
- Click on Start.
- Click on Login; You will be prompted to login or create a login if you are not currently a member.
- Click on Start.
- Once the course is complete click on the “Submit Button” and complete the survey at the end of the course.
- To download the certificate, click on view transcript and click on the course “Download Certificate” button. (Sometimes it takes the system a little bit to update. Click Ctrl+Shift+R to refresh the screen or you may need to log out and then back in again later).
If you have any issues create a helpdesk ticket.
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