Volunteers and some employees can fulfill their Safe Environment training requirement by viewing the Safer Spaces video online.
How to Take the Online Safer Spaces Training
To take the online training class, go to the training portal ArchNYLAB. You will have to follow the following steps:
- If you don’t already have an account with ArchNYLAB, click on “Register” and follow the directions.
- If you already have an account, with ArchNYLAB, click on “Login”.
- There are three steps (which the system calls “learning modules”) that you have to complete in order to take the Safer Spaces training:
- (1) You will need to provide some additional registration information. We collect this to enable us to connect your training record with your background check in our database.
- (2) You will have to download the required safe environment documents, which includes our Code of Conduct and Reporting Procedures.
- (3) You will then be able to watch the Safer Spaces Video. You will have to answer some questions along the way to demonstrate that you have understood the subjects.
After finishing the entire video, you will receive an email confirming that you have done so. You can print out a certificate of completion and give it to the administrator of your program.
Important Notes about the Online Class:
- You cannot take the Safer Spaces online training class unless you have already submitted a background check form to the institution or program with which you will be working.
- Clergy, school administrators and teachers, and directors of religious education must still take VIRTUS “Protecting God’s Children” classes. To register, please click here.
Important Notes on Registering:
- When filling in your name, please use your actual legal name (the same name you put on the background check form), not nicknames or short names, such as “Jon” for “Jonathan.” This is necessary so that we can match your training record with your background check.
- Please use the same email address and phone number that you put on your background check form.
- Please be careful about what parish and program you choose. If you are working or volunteering in a parish school or a high school, please select the kind of school it is (e.g., “Elementary School” or “High School”). If you are working with religious education classes (CCD), please choose “Religious Education”. If you are working with a sports program, please choose “CYO Sports”.
- Please be careful about what Position you choose. For example, please do not select “Teacher’s Aide” unless you are an employee at a school. If you are a volunteer teaching or helping to teach religious education classes (CCD), please choose “Catechist” or “Catechist Aide”, not “Teacher” or “Teacher’s Aide”.
For Technical Problems
This course is being hosted by an outside company, and we cannot provide technical assistance. If you have problems with the registration process, please email [email protected].