2025-2026 Fall Coaching Application (Elgin Thames Minor Hockey)

2025-2026 Fall Coaching Application
Elgin Thames Minor Hockey(ETMH) is now accepting coaching applications for the 2025/2026 season for U9MD2 and U9MD3 and U18B for the Fall Tryout session. We appreciate your interest in coaching and we thank all candidates for submitting an application. Those selected as suitable candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview with the ETMH Coach Selection Committee. Please submit only one application. Please fully complete the application online and attach any supporting documents. Applications will close on Friday July 4th, 2025.
Please read this document thoroughly and be familiar with the terms and conditions stated within.

The successful candidate must agree with the terms and conditions of the position.

Please complete the information sections below.

The ETMH Coach Selection Committee will then contact you to conduct an interview. Regardless of whether you have coached before, you are expected to be vetted to ensure there are no concerns with your application, and that you are willing to abide by the constitution, bylaws, and manual of operations set forth by Hockey Canada, the OHF, the OMHA and the ETMH.

PLEASE NOTE: All coaches and volunteers are mandated by ETMH to have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed every three years. In the case that an applicant has submitted a VSC within the last two years, an offense declaration form must be submitted.

Coaching recommendations made by the Coach Selection Committee  are then evaluated by the ETMH board of directors, before any coaches will be confirmed and notified.
Hockey Coach Job Description

Position Description: 

  • Oversee and be responsible for all aspects of the day to day operation of the assigned hockey team, ensuring that the objectives of the Association as stated in the ETMH Constitution and OMHA Manual of Operations are met. Be a spokesperson for the team and represent the team at all meetings and functions required.
• This position requires a Level of Certification as required by the Ontario Minor Hockey Association. Please see the OMHA manual of operations for details. All applicants must review and comply with the ETMH constitution, bylaws including a code of conduct, in addition to the OMHA Manual of Operations
• A commitment of approximately 10 hours per week is required in order to fulfill the obligations of the position.
• Eligible applicants will be required to submit a Vulnerable Sector Check or sign an offence declaration, in the case ETMH has a valid record check from the previous 1-2 years.
• Support staff choices must be presented to the coach committee for approval. Coach committee must support all bench selections. 

Position Requirements: 

Coach as a Leader Standards
 • Establish seasonal goals and objectives for the team.
• Be a role model for your players by using appropriate behaviour towards officials, players, parents and other coaches.
• Foster leadership abilities in your athletes.
• At a minimum, meet with parents of athletes at a pre-season and in-season meeting to outline your coaching and team philosophies, playing time and other relevant aspects of your plan.
• Demonstrate a sincere effort in helping each and every athlete on your team to maximize his/her potential.

Coach as a Teacher Standards
 • Develop a seasonal plan and review it routinely.
• Teach age and ability appropriate skills using proper sequence and progression.
• Teach skills using understandable language.
• Recognize uniqueness in your athletes and always treat them with respect.
• Understand your position as a role model, and facilitate the acquisition of skills other than that gained on the ice surface.

Coach as an Organizer and Communicator Standards
 • Plan effective practices.
• Select support staff that will provide maximum benefit to you and all of your athletes.
• Hold individual player meetings when required.
• Be available to parents and/or hold meetings with parents when required.
• Utilize athletes’ parents for assistance in various activities.
• Communicate any issues or concerns immediately with the ETMH board.

Risk Management and Safety Standards
 • Review athletes’ equipment on a regular basis and advise parents accordingly.
• Monitor rehabilitation of injured athletes and ensure medical clearance is received prior to returning from an injury.
• Report any player abuse or harassment to ETMH per OMHA guidelines.
• Review team safety emergency action plan with trainer.
• Ensure that all ice and dressing room activities have adult supervision. Ensure that all tech devices with photography or video capabilities are not present at any time in dressing rooms.
• Report any arena safety deficiencies to the ETMH.

Vulnerable Sector Check 
It is a requirement of the ETMH that all volunteers, holding a position of trust and authority with the possibility of contact with children, must be screened by means of a Vulnerable Sector Check. It is the responsibility of the coach to ensure he/she obtains a Vulnerable Sector Check for all coaching staff on his/her team as well as any volunteers that may assist.

A Vulnerable Sector Check is required every 3 years for all volunteers holding a position of trust and authority with the possibility of contact with children.

Every volunteer is obliged to inform the ETMH Executive if he or she is charged, tried, or convicted of any offence under the Criminal Code of Canada or other federal statute.

The following criteria MAY result in a "fail" rating:
Criminal Code convictions or charges pending for the following offences: 
• Sexual Assault or child abuse offences
• Indictable criminal offences of any kind.
• Current prohibitions or probation orders forbidding the individual to have contact with children under the age of 16.

Applicants may also be rejected as a result of other information gained during the screening process, or as a consequence of other factors. It is the ETMH executives who will review questionable PRC’s and decide on suitability.  ETMH may also solicit additional applicants after the closing date to fill any vacant positions.

APPLICANT INFORMATION

TEAM SELECTION

Please provide which team you'd be interested in coaching

CERTIFICATION

Please provide certification information.

MOST RECENT COACHING EXPERIENCE

Please indicate your most recent coaching experience.

PREVIOUS COACHING EXPERIENCE

COACHING PHILOSOPHY

REFLECTING ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

Please provide examples of two situations from previous coaching experiences that you have identified as challenging situations. Once you have identified these situations, please provide insight of how you handled the situation. Then provide additional insight as to what you learned from the situation and how you would handle a similar situation in the future.

AUTHORIZATION FOR COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

I, authorize the Elgin Thames Minor Hockey Association to collect personal information appropriate to the Elgin Thames Minor Hockey position applied for by verifying the character references I have listed.  I understand that the information obtained from the character references and Vulnerable Sector Check will be held in strict confidence.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I, hereby certify that all the information provided in this Application to be true to the best of my knowledge. If selected, I agree to abide by all the rules, regulations, and programs established by the OMHA and/or the Elgin Thames Minor Hockey Association.  I understand that if my Application is selected, I will be required to obtain the proper OMHA Certification, to submit a successfully up-to-date (normally within the past three years, but for this year only a new one) Vulnerable Sector Check

SIGNATURE AND DATE

By typing in your first and last name above, you are accepting and signing this Application Form electronically. You agree your electronic signature is the legal equivalent of your manual signature on this Application Form.