Activities and Athletic Administration
Exam 1/48 Q and A
Activities Director - --Provide leadership for the activities program and
manage the daily operations
-Leader - --Servant (positive) leader
-Provide development, maintenance, and improvement of entire activities
program
-Establish the program culture
-Hire train, and mentor qualified coaches
-Manager - --Scheduling games, officials, practices
-Contest management: event supervision
-Transportation
-Budgeting and Fundraising
-Facility maintenance and capital improvements
-Eligibility (grades,transfer,foreign exchange)
-Coordination and Daily operations
-Primary Purpose of High School Activities - --Provide participation
opportunities that teach "life lessons"
-High School activities are an integral part of education:
-Teamwork
-Leadership Skills, ethics, and values
-Dealing with success and failures
-Academics (better grades)
-School Attendance
-Less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol
-Leadership Organizations - --NIAAA (National Interscholastic Athletic
Administrators Association)
-NFHS (National Federation of State High School Associations)
-IHSADA (Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association)
-NIAAA - --Established in 1977, Professional development of athletic
administrators
-Leadership and Daily operations
-National Convention in December with NFHS
-NFHS - --Established in 1920, set rules for most high school sports in US
-Coach Education Program
-IHSAA full member, IGHSAU affiliate only
-National Convention in December with NIAAA
, -IHSADA - --Established in 1977, professional development of Iowa Athletic
Directors
-Mentorship Program
-New AD meetings in August
-District meetings in October
-State convention in March
-Personal Guiding Philosophy - --Examining, ranking, and determining how
to handle the various elements of the position and how to keep personal
values and the philosophy of education-based athletics in harmony
-#1 objective in education based athletics - -The development and growth
of student-athletes, not winning.
-Priorities - --Health, safety, and welfare of students
-Request / Directives from supervisor meet their expectations
-Request / arrangements to deal with emergency that may affect operation
of or ability to host a contest
-Decision Making Process - --Define the problem
-Analyze the facts
-Refer to district and state school policies
-Develop possible responses and actions
-Timeline for decision making / solutions or alternatives
-Decision
-Communicate decision to all individuals
(transparency)
-Philosophy Principals for Successful Leader - --Ethics: doing what is right is
basis of all life decisions
-Integrity: honesty in all solutions and circumstances
(Foundations of trust and respect)
-Dependability - --Follow through on promises, decisions, and
responsibilities
-Consistency
-Communication
-Effective Communication - --Listening #1 skill
-Nonverbal communication
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