Locker Room Monitoring (LRM)
The Wayzata Youth Hockey Association (WYHA) is committed to following the guidelines set forth by USA Hockey’s SafeSport Program to help protect our participants from physical abuse, sexual abuse and other types of misconduct, including emotional abuse, bullying, threats, harassment, and hazing. To ensure that these goals are met, WYHA has committed to the following Locker Room Monitoring Policies and Procedures, which are designed to maintain personal privacy as well as reduce the risk of misconduct within locker rooms.
The Locker Monitoring Policy & Procedures contains the following information:
- Overview
- Responsibility and Enforcement
- Administrative Process Requirements
- Additional Best Practices
- Guidelines for Parents in Locker Rooms, Mixed Gender Teams, Mobile Devices, Prohibited Conduct and Reporting, and Compliance
For easier viewing on mobile, the Locker Room Monitoring Policy & Procedures can be viewed below. To access the document as a PDF, click the link directly below.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS
IMPORTANT: Any parent/guardian that volunteers for LRM duty must first meet the following criteria:
1. Register as a volunteer through USA Hockey.
2. Become certified through the USA Hockey SafeSport program. This consists of participating in several hours of online training provided by the U.S. Center for Safesport Training.
3. Complete the USA Hockey Background Screening.
- LRMs need to complete the background screening BEFORE being confirmed as a LRM. The new process implemented by USA Hockey several years ago has a $30 fee, but screenings are good for 2 years.
- The eight digit self-registration ID number for USAH to initiate your screen is 35615801.
- Once you complete the screening process, we will be able to track it through the SafeSport and Background Check Confirmation Report on the WYHA website.
4. Register as a LRM/Team Manager Volunteer on the WYHA website under Registration
5. Once teams are formed, Coaches will receive an email asking for their team to confirm their LRM(s). It is strongly advised to complete steps 1-4 as early as possible. Failure to do so may result in the inability to roster a LRM(s) on your official USA Hockey roster. Only LRMs listed on the official USA Hockey roster can ever enter the locker room as an LRM. Coaches will be listed as coaches on the official USA Hockey roster and can act as an LRM. Coaches will not be listed as an LRM on the official USA Hockey roster.
6. Each Team Manager must provide WYHA with a written statement describing the Enforcement Option their team is taking for locker room monitoring Responsibility & Enforcement, including affirmation that Safesport certification has been obtained if parents are serving as LRMs. This email needs to be sent to ProgramAdmin@Wayzatahockey.org
