Required Training for Managers and Coaches

District 33 Skills & Safety Clinics:

Each coach must attend the District 33 Skills & Safety Clinics at least once every 3 years (usually held in person on the same day). At least one coach on each team must attend in the current year.

Minors and above: Please make sure your team coaching staff meets this requirement or you will not be eligible for post season tournaments.

Required Certifications (all available online):

• Little League Abuse Awareness Training (required annually for all volunteers)
• Concussion Training (required once)
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Training (required once)
• Little League Diamond Leader Training Program (required once)

For these four online trainings, please email completion certificates to [email protected]. Sending all certificates in one email is appreciated.

We will store certificates electronically for access on the field and for future seasons.

Please print copies of certificates for your team binder.

For more details on accessing these trainings, please visit the Little League California District 33 website (scroll down on the main page).

Background Checks

Annual Little League Background Check (JDP):

All Little League volunteers, including administrators, coaches, umpires, and league volunteers (concessions, team parent, etc.), must complete an annual background check as required by Little League International’s Child Protection Policy.

Serra Mesa Little League uses J.D. Palatine (JDP) for these background checks. These must be completed each Spring season and will carry through to Fall for volunteers who continue.

To initiate a background check, please sign up to volunteer while registering your player or sign up on our website HERE. A background check questionnaire will be sent to your email address.

California Live Scan (AB 506):

California law (AB 506) requires Live Scan fingerprint-based background checks for volunteers who are 18 years or older and either serve as administrators (e.g., board members) or spend 16 or more hours per month or 32 or more hours per year in direct contact with or supervision of children (this includes managers, coaches, and others who spend the defined amount of time with players).

Live Scan is a one-time requirement and does not need to be repeated annually. This is specific to SMLL so Live Scans done for other organizations do not meet this requirement.

Serra Mesa Little League plans to host a Live Scan event each season for new volunteers. Live Scan can also be completed through a Live Scan provider. AD Live Scan in Mission Valley has our league information on file and will bill SMLL directly for the cost of you Live Scan.

Volunteers will need a government-issued ID and an SMLL Live Scan Form with the "Applicant Information" section completed.

Required annually

• JDP Background Check
• Little League Abuse Awareness

Required this season

• Safety Awareness (new)
• First Aid Awareness (new)

We are still waiting on guidance on whether Safety Awareness and First Aid Awareness will be annual or one time. For now, please complete both.

One time requirements (if not already completed)

• Diamond Leader Training

•  Concussion Protocol (Required once). California law requires that all managers/coaches, administrators and officials must complete an online concussion training at least once before supervising youth athletes.            

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol (Required once). California law (AB379) requires protocols to help protect young athletes from sudden cardiac arrest.

Dugout requirement

Please make sure at least one coach in the dugout is current on all required safety training.

In person training

There is currently no requirement for in person safety training. Instead, we will review the league Safety Summary with managers and coaches.

Questions

If you have any questions or are unsure what you still need to complete, please let us know. Email us at volunteers@serramesalittleleague.org.