Greetings!
 Welcome to our E-newsletter. My name is Jeff Beggs and I am the new President of the Georgia Athletic Directors Association for 2010-2011. I hope you will take a minute to read through this newsletter and visit our website, www.gadaonline.net . There is a tremendous amount of information that will be useful to you as you do your job as a professional athletic administrator. In our profession, you wear many hats. Our responsibility to you is to help you and your school be successful as you perform your all of your daily duties. Best of luck to you. If our Board of Directors or I can help you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact any of us. Sincerely, Jeff Beggs, CMAA Director of Athletics Atlanta Public Schools |
| 2011 Conference Dates Announced
March 19-22, 2011
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Please join us for the 2011 GADA Annual Conference in Savannah March 19-22, 2011. Once again the conference will be held at the beautiful Hilton Desoto in downtown Savannah. Take part in the Leadership Training Courses, play golf and enjoy historic Savannah. Click HERE to download the PDF member registration form. Please visit the website for the latest news and updates regarding the conference.
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| 2011 High School Female/Male Scholarship Award
Nomination forms are now available
| The High School Female/Male Scholarship Award will be presented to a senior who has represented his/her sport(s) in both performance and leadership. Each winner will receive a $1000.00 scholarship award.
Please complete and mail the following nomination form with one letter of recommendation attached to the form. Additional information and incomplete entries will not be considered.
Click HERE for the PDF version of the form.
Click HERE for the MS Word version.
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Title IX complaint filed against Henry County Schools
By Michael Carvell - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | |
A complaint was filed against Henry County Schools on Wednesday for failing to provide high school girls with equal opportunities to play sports in violation of Title IX, according to the National Women's Law Center.
According to the NWLC, there is a 12.5-percent gap between the percentage of girls enrolled at Henry County Schools and percentage of girls who are athletes. This translates to 430 fewer opportunities for girls to play sports than boys, according to the organization.
Henry County officials had yet to return a request for comment on Wednesday afternoon.
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Now you can join the GADA and NIAAA via Paypal!
Important membership dues information!
Beginning July 1, 2011, NIAAA membership dues will increase from $60 to $80. Join both the GADA and NIAAA before January 1st for $100 ($104 using paypal) and save! We encourage members to belong to both the GADA and the NIAAA. To see all the benefits associated with your membership due please click HERE.
Previously we reported the NIAAA dues increase date as January 1, 2011. The correct date is July 1, 2011. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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| The GADA welcomes two new board members
Our new "At Large" members
| Joining the GADA Board of Directors as an "At Large" members are Mike Phillips and Mike Singletary.
 Mike Phillips has been in teaching and administration for over 30 years and currently holds the position of Adapted Sports Coordinator for the Gwinnett County school system. Mike received the Georgia Athletic Directors Association 2007 Athletic Director of the year for region 8, class 5A. He received his CAA in 1999 and in 2005 earned his CMAA.
 Mike Singletary currently serves as athletic director for Thomas County Central and also coaches football. Coach Singletary has been an athletic director for the past 15 years, and has been a member of the GADA for the last ten, an currently serves on the Regions Directors cup committee.
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Ideas that work from the NIAAA
www.niaaa.org | "Girls and Women in Sports Luncheon"
Jean Kinn Ashen, CAA, Athletic Director, North Salinas High School, Salinas, Kansas
One of our goals is to encourage female athletes to stay involved in athletics through officiating, coaching, training or administration. Annually in February, we host a "National Girls and Women in Sports" luncheon for every senior female student athlete in our school. Distinguished school and community persons are invited guests. Emphasis is placed on celebrating the success of Title IX and honoring Flo Hyman. A keynote speaker shares with the student athletes the benefits of athletic participation. The underclass athletes are involved in decorating the banquet room and helping prepare the luncheon food. Staff is given an opportunity to participate by financially sponsoring the lunch for one or more of the student athletes.
If you have an article that you've written and would like to share it with the membership, please contact us |
GHSA December/January Newsletter
Click HERE to download the GHSA newsletter
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| No Excuses
By Bruce Brown, Proactive Coaching
|  The following article was taken from the Proactive Coaching booklet entitled, Turning Around Athletic Programs
One of the common traits of successful athletic programs is that they have eliminated excuses.
To step up and change a losing culture, everyone must eliminate all excuses:
The following are examples of excuses I have heard from coaches, administration and parents. I am not saying the suggestions are easy, but great coaches find a way to succeed regardless of circumstances.
"It is hard to find coaches" - If you find it difficult to attract experienced, successful coaches then administrators must be able to identify people with potential. Then they must focus on training, supporting and mentoring them through the growing process. Administrators cannot settle for people just filling the job. They must constantly be looking for potential coaches and recruit them. There is a district in California who constantly searches for great coaches, recruits them hard and then offers them transitional housing when they move.
"Our kids are too rich" - There is a feeling that rich kids are spoiled and not hard workers. All kids are all capable of competing hard and learning the lessons that coaches intentionally teach. Hold kids accountable to those standards. Love them enough to accept them where they are and raise them to a new level.
"Our kids are too poor" - The comment is made to say that "we have no support" or they are "too tough to accept coaching". Garbage, some of the toughest kids and best team people are young people who have not been handed a life. Same thing - Love them enough to accept them where they are and raise them to a new level. Read more...
Coach Bruce Brown is a frequent contributor to our newsletter.
For more information about Bruce and Proactive Coaching or to purchase this booklet go to www.proactivecoaching.info or click HERE to email Bruce
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Friday Night Feats!
State Farm Insurance Video Contest!
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State Farm� is committed to being there for life's big moments across our communities. That's why we're pleased to announce the return of Friday Night Feats, our national contest to reward schools for their most dazzling moments on the gridiron.
Just like last year, coaches, fans, or students can win up to $17,500 for their high school by submitting video capturing that show stopping play. The contest begins August 27 with the grand prize winners - as voted by the fans - announced in December.
Last year's No. 1 pick, Mt. Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, Vt., was able to buy a scoreboard, track and turf protective mats, the foundation for a press box, and enough sideline and field equipment for their new football field, getting them up to speed for their first home game. www.fridaynightfeats.com
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Sincerely,
Gary Long, CMAA
Mill Creek High School
Georgia Athletic Directors Association
www.gadaonline.net
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GADA Pullover Jackets Now Available
Order yours today!
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Available in Men's and Women's cuts.
Men's feature removable sleeves
Sizes: Small to XXL!Click HERE to order yours today! |
GHSA & Atlanta Falcons requesting
school helmets
We need your help!
|  The Atlanta Falcons are requesting your school's football helmet to add to the GHSA Helmet Wall at the Georgia Dome.
Currently there are 69 schools whose helmets are not included in the display. Click here for a list of missing schools as of 8/1/10.
The helmet can be used or new, but must be a large size. Those high schools that have not sent their helmet send a helmet asap to:
Atlanta Falcons
Helmet Wall
4400 Falcon Parkway
Flowery Branch, GA 30542 |
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