Help!!! We need volunteers-AYSO is an all volunteer organization.
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations in this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself"-Ralph Waldo Emerson
When parents help out, everyone wins! As you may already know, AYSO is an all volunteer organization. With every new season comes a need for your help as a volunteer. You can help out today by becoming a coach, referee, board member or team parent. There is also a need for registration helpers, snack shack manager and field maintenance. If you are interested in donating your time and energy fill out a volunteer form @ http://www.eayso.com/. Open board positions can be viewed under Region 94 Directors tab. To inquire about volunteering, contact Region 94 @ (562) 690-1200 or use the contact us tab to email.
During the season each team must help with the snack shack, fields or picture day. All teams will be assigned a day and time to volunteer. We will continue the use of volunteer points, each hour of volunteer time is one point (per volunteer). If your team completes 8 hours of service your team gets $50 (reimbursed for any team expense).
Volunteer Protection
All volunteers must also complete Safe Haven Certification which can be done online! The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 provides certain legal protections for volunteers who have been trained and certified, and act in accordance with a written job description. Safe Haven has these three elements, giving volunteers the highest degree of protection available under the law.
HELP!!! We are currently looking for volunteers in the referee & field areas, see descriptions below.
Field Job 1: Field Opener
Responsibilities: Open the fields every week. This includes unlocking all of the gates, bathrooms, roll-up, and goals. This person will take out all of the nets and trash cans and place them on the appropriate fields.
Field Job 2: Field Closer
Responsibilities: Close the fields every week. This includes locking all of the gates, bathrooms, roll-up, and goals. This person will take in all of the nets and trash cans and put them away in the building. All of the trash needs to be disposed in the trash bins on the East side of the school.
Field Job 3: Field Recycle Coordinator
Responsibilities: Take out all of the recycle cans in the morning. Bring them in at night. Take all bags of recycle bottles and cans to a recycling place and get all of the $$. Document each week and turn in $$ to the Treasurer.
Field Job 4: Field Painter
Responsibilities: Mark and paint the fields at the beginning of the season. (This job may be outsourced.) Paint the fields each week. (This means just going over the existing lines with new paint.) This person should coordinate other volunteers to help them each week with the painting.
Referee Job 1: Referee Administrator
Responsibilities: Responsible for all supervising all other Referee Positions to ensure they are completed in an appropriate and timely manner. Recruit and train people for other Referee Positions. Be able to do all other referee jobs and cover them (or get coverage) in case the person in that position is unable to perform their task for a given week (i.e., sick, work, vacation, etc.). Must order referee uniforms. Must coordinate with the Area E Referee Administrator for assigning senior referees to upper division games. Although not a requirement, this person will usually be at least an Intermediate Level referee.
Referee Job 2: Referee Scheduler
Responsibilities: Responsible for creating a referee schedule and scheduling referees for each week’s games. Must assign appropriate level referees to appropriate games. Coordinate with Referee Administrator for questions regarding appropriate assignments. This vast majority of this job is done at home during the week. Person must have basic computer skills, being familiar with tools such Word and Internet-based email. (We are certainly open to improving our current processes if you have suggestions.)
Referee Job 3: Referee Trainer
Responsibilities: Responsible for setting up, scheduling, and holding training classes before and during the season. Mentor and encourage referees to improve their skills and upgrade to a higher badge level.
Referee Job 4: Referee Field Marshall
Responsibilities: Responsible for setting up the referee table and posting the referee schedule for that week and subsequent weeks. Must ensure that there are appropriate refreshments for referees (minimum=water). Ensures that all games are covered, taking care of last-minute no-shows, etc. This will occasionally mean moving referees around at the last minute. It will also mean sometimes refereeing a game if nobody else is available. This person must ensure that referees are assigned to appropriate games which means that inexperienced referees are not assigned to higher level games until they are ready. This person will often be at the Referee Table during the Saturday games and will be responsible for handling conflicts and disputes that occasionally arise.
Referee Job 5: Referee Mentor
Responsibilities: Responsible for mentoring all referees, but especially new, inexperienced, junior, and/or youth referees. This person should be a more senior referee, typically being at least an Intermediate Referee. Tasks will including refereeing a game WITH a more inexperienced referee who is trying their 1st or 2nd “Center” Referee position. This makes the task a little less intimidating and helps the junior referee to not feel so alone/vulnerable and helps them to improve their skills more rapidly. This person should be walking the fields during the games observing the Referees AND Assistant Referees and offering them advice on how to improve their refereeing skills.
Referee Job 6: Referee Assessor
Responsibilities: Responsible for doing formal observations and assessments of referees requesting to upgrade their badge level. This person will be required to take and pass the “Referee Assessor” course. This job may be combined with the Referee Mentor, Referee Trainer, or Referee Administrator position.