VOLUNTEER

Volunteer

This region is made up of volunteers

AYSO is a volunteer-run organization. Coaches, referees, and administrators all volunteer their time. This foundation of volunteers helps keep AYSO affordable and ensures that it's all about what's good for the kids.

AYSO has developed special trainings that help parents who may have little to no soccer experience quickly gain the age-appropriate knowledge and skills needed to become effective coaches and referees. AYSO also has unique administrative and management training. This ensures that each community program:

- Abides by the AYSO philosophies
- Offers a positive AYSO experience
- Continues to grow, offering the AYSO opportunity to more children

It only takes a few hours to become qualified as an introductory-level coach or referee. If you are not able to commit even that much time, there are other, smaller jobs that also need your help! Just a couple of hours each season are an important contribution to our teams and to our Region.

AYSO training doesn't stop as long as you're having fun! Clinics, workshops, and other advanced training opportunites are always available to referees, coaches, and administrators to help improve and further skills and knowledge.

OUR GREATEST AREAS OF NEED RIGHT NOW ARE REFEREES, COACHES, AND SNACK BAR HELPERS!

To sign up to Referee, email: [email protected]
To sign up to Coach, email: [email protected]
To volunteer an hour or two on Saturdays in the snack bar, email: [email protected]

The process to become an AYSO Volunteer is multi-step and does take time to make one's way through each step.
We cannot express enough our appreciation for the time and effort you put in to becoming a volunteer with us.
THANK YOU!

If you need support at any point, please don't hesitate to reach out to us!
We are more than happy to assist you!

Welcome to AYSO Region 165 - Mountain Resorts!

AYSO is an ALL-VOLUNTEER organization. We would not be able to run a quality soccer program that serves our mountain communities without volunteers. We hope you will join us!

To be considered for a volunteer position with AYSO Region 165, you must complete the following required steps:

1. Register/sign up as a volunteer via the Sports Connect Registration System
2. Submit, and pass, a Sterling Volunteer Background check
3. Get fingerprinted [LiveScan] - (except minors)
4. Complete the Safe Haven online training (except minors)
5. Complete SafeSport training online
6. Complete all volunteer-specific trainings, e.g. Coach, Referee

Details about each of these steps are below.

BEFORE YOU REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER! If you are a parent of a child, an adult without a child, or youth that wishes to volunteer, you must have a unique username/email address to access the system. If you already have a registered username/email address, but cannot remember your password, please do not create another account. Send us an email describing the problem so that we can assist you. Email: [email protected]

If another member of your family would like to volunteer, you can invite them to join your "family" account as an Additional Account Holder (AAH.) This will send them an email invitation to join your account. When they receive the email, they should click Accept Invite and the system will prompt them to create their username using their email. *Remember that each volunteer must have a unique username/email!

After they log in to their account, the can submit a volunteer application for a position they wish to apply for. As an AAH, they will be linked to your account and your clidren participating in our programs. Thi shelps our Registrars during the team creation process to know which participants are linked/related to a volunteer.

Details for each of the required steps to become a volunteer:

1. Sign up as a volunteer and submit your volunteer application
https://wiki.ayso.org/wiki/Register_as_a_volunteer

Login to the Sports Connect Registration Management System with your own username - www.ayso165.org
Please DO NOT submit a volunteer application for anyone other than yourself.

- When you login, you will be at the My Account screen
- Click Volunteer (on the left), then click +Find Volunteer Roles (towards the bottom of the page)
- Select the Program and Division for which you would like to apply, then select the position you are interested in
- When asked 'Who would you like to sign up for this role?', choose Signup a registered user and select yourself. Your name should appear as being selected.
- Click Continue to proceed

Note: Coaches must submit a volunteer application each season they wish to coach (i.e. Fall and/or Spring)
Note: Referees only volunteer once during a Member Year (MY). The MY begins during the Fall season and contiues through the end of the Spring season.

2. Submit and pass a Sterling Volunteer Background Check
https://wiki.ayso.org/wiki/Accept_Sterling_Volunteer_Invite

- Shortly after you submit a volunteer application, if you are a new volunteer or your background check has expired or near expiration, you will receive an email from Sterling Volunteers asking you to complete the AYSO Volunteer Application.
- YOU MUST CLICK THE LINK IN THE EMAIL to successfully complete this process.
- Look for that email (be sure to check your spam/junk folder) and complete this step as soon as possible!

3. Get fingerprinted - LiveScan

4. Complete the Safe Haven online training

5. Complete SafeSport training online

6. Complete all volunteer-specific trainings