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Georgia Athletic Directors Association Newsletter
Vol. 3 No. 4November 2011
Greetings GADA Members,

Bob Stinchcomb

Mark your Calendars! Ideas are mounting in order to create the finest selection of speakers, classes, workshops, and award ceremonies for our GADA Spring Conference in Savannah on March 24 - 27, 2012. The NIAAA website is now offering all required LTI courses online as a webinar for CAA certification. Providing one's personal data form meets the CAA standard. An athletic administrator could take the CAA exam at the conference for complete certification. The GADA Hall of Fame inductees will also be announced at that time. 

 

A complete conference schedule can be found on www.gadaonline.net at the end of November. The national NIAAA conference is located in Indianapolis on December 9-13, 2011. Those interested in attending need to register online at www.niaaa.org. 

 

Bob Stinchcomb, CMAA

Athletic Director

Darlington School

Rome, Georgia

GA Tech AD Dan Radakovich to speak at 2012 Annual Conference
2011-12 GADA Annual Conference
We're proud to announce the addition of GA Tech Athletic Director Dan Radakovich to our honor list of speakers for the upcoming annual conference.

Mark your calendar for March 24-27, 2012 and make plans to join us in Savannah at the Desoto Hilton Hotel.

 
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Athletic Director Checklist/Reminders for November


1.Insure that all winter sports coaches have completed required rules clinics.

2.Have submitted all GHSA eligibility forms for winter sports.

3.Schedule and disseminate agenda for upcoming athletic department meetings

4.Pay bills.

5.Insure that fall sports coaches have made nominations and attended appropriate meet- ings for all region and all-state nominations

6.Have collected and filed all appropriate winter sports forms, to include proof of insurance, emergency medical treatment, emergency contact information, etc.

7.Schedule winter sports parents meetings.

8.Finalize gymnasium use practice schedules.

9.Review all winter sports schedules for possible conflicts.

10.With assistance from fall sports coaches, clean out and sanitize all multi-use locker rooms for use by winter sports team members.

11.Pre-season meetings with winter sport coaches.

12.Confirm all winter sports officiating schedules with time, dates and locations.

13.Collect rosters from all opponents.

14.Review winter sports season guidelines.

15.Prepare winter sports game event managers schedules.

16.Highlight and communicate all deadlines.

17.Send all winter sports schedules to appropriate media.

18.Arrange all home event gate workers. Cover necessary protocol and procedures.

19.Update athletic website.

20.Schedule winter sports booster club meetings.

21.Complete and mail all booster club meeting agendas.

22.Prepare for winter sport parent night.

23.Disseminate all winter sports schedules to school administrators for sign up of administra- tion game duties.

24.Winter sports team picture schedule.

25.Have completed all fall sports inventories for sports that are finished with their seasons.

26.Speak with and/or inform student body on good sportsmanship and proper behaviors for winter sports events.

27.Begin fall sports coaches end of season evaluations and conferences.

28.Send thank you notes to all fall sports seasons coaches spouses.

 CLICK HERE to download a printable version of the checklist.

 

This should give you a start in your preparation for the month of November.


Good luck!

Jeff Beggs CMAA

Director of Athletics

Atlanta Public Schools 

Response sought in NIAAA Questionaire
We encourage your participation in a national study of high school athletic programs. The research is the first of its kind to be accomplished on a national base, and we are confident that the data will prove very beneficial to school athletic administrators, principals, superintendents, as well as school boards and local communities.

In conjunction with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and the National Federation of State High Schools Associations (NFHS), the study is being conducted by Indiana State University.

In order to gain full and accurate information, representation from each state is imperative. Please take time to provide the necessary information from your school or district. Should you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Mike Blackburn, 317.587.1450.

Thank you in advance for your efforts on behalf of educational athletic programs!


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High School Sports Are the Number-One Ticket
Mary Helen Sprecher - American Sports Builders Association
Whether they're cheering on their team or booing a ref's call, the fans in the stands at high school games are doing one thing consistently - showing up in big numbers. And whether you're optimistic and attribute that to a lot of school spirit, or whether you're pessimistic and blame it on an economy that has us all searching for less expensive entertainment, it's still a great trend.

The National Federation of State High School Associations has been tracking the numbers of high school athletes for more than 40 years now, but this is the first time it has compiled statistics on those who watch them. According to this first survey, in the school year 2009-10, more fans attended high school basketball and football events - 336 million - than the same sports at the college and professional levels combined (133 million). Read more...
Wearing multiple hats the new norm
By Norma Engelberg - TellerCountynews.com

State cuts to public education budgets have forced school districts to be creative with their own budgets. Woodland Park RE-2 School District is no exception.

In an effort to keep the cuts as far away from student education as they can, district staff has been wearing more and more hats.

One example of this consolidation of effort is Brian Gustafson. Until last June, he was the Woodland Park High School Activities Director. Starting July 1, he gave the activities director portion of his job to the assistant principals and went back to being the high school's athletics director. Then he added Director of Business Services.

It might not be as much of a stretch for an activities director to take over the district's finance department as one might think once one realizes that Gustafson has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Colorado State University. He also has a master's degree in sports administration from the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley.

"The leadership and other skills I need for both jobs are similar but the tasks go in many different directions," he said. "The only thing typical about each of my days now is that they are all packed."  Read more...

Reclassification process behind schedule
By Zac Taylor - Gainesville Times

Georgia high schools will have to wait a little longer before finding out where they'll be slotted in the next round of realignment.

 

The Georgia High School Association reclassification process, which will divide teams among six classes for the 2012-14 cycle, was expected to be under way by now, but is running behind schedule.

 

"The state (Department of Education) did not require the schools to turn in their numbers until Oct. 28," said Georgia High School Association representative Steve Figueroa in an email to The Times. "This is later than usual and puts us about two weeks behind our original schedule."

 

Richmond County athletics director responds to Hancock Central incident with security
By Wayne Staats - Augusta Chronicle 
In response to Friday (October 14) night's skirmish between Hancock Central and Warren County, the Richmond County Board of Education amended its own post-game policy this week.

"When things like this happen, you look at your policy and see what you can do to prevent something like this from happening," Richmond County athletics director George Bailey said. "You realize there's always a possibility."

That possibility occurred when Warren County head football coach David Daniel was struck in the head with a helmet by a Hancock Central player following his team's 21-2 win in Sparta, Ga.

 

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Potomac School AD Rob Lee can't help but be busy
By Toni L. Sandys - The Washington Post

As it became more apparent that the Panthers would win the game, Potomac School Athletic Director Rob Lee started to make his way through the players on the sideline. Everyone he passed received either a high-five or a pat on the back. Lee, also the school's junior varsity coach, wiped away tears as he hugged junior Sean Spasoff. 

"This is my 22nd year here, so I've known these guys since they were in pre-k and coming through the school," Lee said. "So I know them all pretty well and their families."

Read More ...  

 
We value your comments and feedback. We encourage you to submit articles and items of interest for the newsletter and the new website.

Sincerely,

Bob Stinchcomb, CMAA
Darlington School
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