The Eastern PA Youth Sports Association (EPYSA), our sanctioning body, considers all coaches to be mandatory reporters. As such, all coaches are required to complete an annual mandatory reporter training course. This course is provided by SafeSport and can be accessed via the GotSport website.

The first time you take the course it should take 1 to 2 hours to complete. The refresher course should take between 45 minutes and an hour to complete.

If you are already a mandatory reporter, you can use your existing certificate of completion as long as it was completed within the past 12 months. You will need to upload your certificate to GotSport.

To access the training use the following steps:

• Log into GotSport
• From your GotSport dashboard, click "Details" next to the "Safe Sport" option
  
• If you have completed mandatory reporter training for your job or with another volunteer organization, click the link "Show Safe Sport Upload Form" and upload your form using the instructions for submitting documents via GotSport.
• Select "Start Course" or "Access SafeSport"
• Sign up, or log into SafeSport
• If you have previously taken the course, you can opt to choose the refresher course.
  
  
• Once you have completed the course go back to SafeSport and click the "Check Records" button.
• You should see that the course is marked as Approved. If you do not, try again shortly. If it doesn't show as Approved, contact [email protected].
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