Safe Sport
Safe Sport Chairs and all Clubs should read through the latest US Figure Skating Handbook
www.usfigureskating.org/content/safesport%20handbook.pdf (click link)
www.usfigureskating.org/content/safesport%20handbook.pdf (click link)
All Clubs need to remember, that all sanction events including Holiday shows, need to have a Safe Sport monitor for locker rooms. Rooms should be labeled and policies for each room. Is it a boys or girls room?, 11 and under?, Same sex gender allowed to assist or no parent or coaches allowed?, where can they call or email if a problem does happen?
Safe Sport page on USFSA.org (usfsa.org/clubs?id=84197), has these answers. It also has examples of what your signs should look like. It also has solutions on solving problems if you don't have enough locker rooms. Maybe you need a boys locker room 11 & under, then at a time posted, it changes to 11 & over. Your LOC or Show/ Event Chairs need to talk to Safe Sport Chair and look for possible problems. It would also help, since this is still new to some, that you send emails out to your members before an event, so it's not a shock. The big one that I have read, Coaches are NOT allowed in locker rooms unless- they are a same sex parent or legal guardian to skater, or team coach /manager for a team room.
Safe Sport page on USFSA.org (usfsa.org/clubs?id=84197), has these answers. It also has examples of what your signs should look like. It also has solutions on solving problems if you don't have enough locker rooms. Maybe you need a boys locker room 11 & under, then at a time posted, it changes to 11 & over. Your LOC or Show/ Event Chairs need to talk to Safe Sport Chair and look for possible problems. It would also help, since this is still new to some, that you send emails out to your members before an event, so it's not a shock. The big one that I have read, Coaches are NOT allowed in locker rooms unless- they are a same sex parent or legal guardian to skater, or team coach /manager for a team room.
