Info for Locker Room Monitors

Hopefully all Locker Room Monitors will find this Info helpful - this includes all Coaches, Managers and Locker Room Monitors

Locker Room Monitors which include all Coaches, Managers and Locker Room Monitors should be aware of issues with Bullying (seriously would you leave a group of kids alone in your house? then we shouldn't leave them alone in a Locker Room), Phones and other Recording Devices (general rule - if you need to use one - leave the Locker Room, otherwise they should not be used in the LR), Communications between Team Staff and Players both electronic (email & social media - if parents aren't included, dont do it) and in person (any one on one interaction should be observable and interruptable i.e. in public) and Co-Ed Locker Rooms (see minimum attire comments below). Almost all of our teams are co-ed this year - this is why we need at least one female Team Staff to serve as the female Locker Room Monitor.

General Suggestions - one Locker Room Monitor outside the Locker Room (within arms length) so he/she can stick a head inside periodically and remind our players someone is checking on them. If two are available, then both can be in the Locker Room. As a general rule, we never want to have just one non-related adult in the Locker Room with our minor children. This is for the adults protection as well as the children's. At the younger ages, there are lots of parents in the Locker Room helping with dressing and tying skates so Monitoring is mainly making sure it's not just one adult and checking that the children are supervised by their parents no matter where they are in the rink (i.e. not on the benches while the Zamboni is running and not running around etc). At the older ages where they can dress independantly (no parents present), it's keeping an eye on the Locker Room so there are no phones being used, no bullying (or other inappropriate behavior) and everyone has minimum attire.