Dear GADA member,
The 2013 GADA conference is fast approaching. We have what we believe is an outstanding line up of activities and events for our membership this year.
We are very proud to welcome Kennesaw State's Director of Athletics, Vaughn Williams as our keynote speaker. And once again GHSA Exectuive Director, Ralph Swearngin will speak. Additionally Mark Mariakis from Ridgeland High School will be the speaker for the FCA Breakfast Tuesday at 8:00AM. Also added to the schedule will be a seminiar on NCAA recruiting conducted by Dan Eassa (Recruiting Education Foundation) including all the changes to the NCAA Clearinghouse requirements. This is an incredibly information seminar and should not be missed.
Below you will also find the complete list of LTC courses have been added along with the instructors.
Lastly, we ask each of you to reach out to our Athletic Directors enjoying retirement and our middle school Athletic Directors to encourage them to attend the conference in Savannah this year. The broader the spectrum of our attendees, the greater we can share and pass on decades of experience to those who will follow in our footsteps.
Until then, hang in there, good luck, and may God bless.
Mike Carswell, CAA
GADA President
NIAAA Liaison
Calvary Day
Savannah, Georgia
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| Important news from the GADA Board
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 Joe Sanfillippo has been named Assistant Executive Director for the GADA - The NIAAA Section 3 meeting will be held in Stone Mountain May 17-19, 2013. Delegates representing Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina will be present. More details to follow.
- Carter Wilson from Decatur High School will be the Georgia nomination for the Section 3 At-Large representative to the NIAAA.
- Region AD of the Year names are due now to Tommy Marshall at Marist, Awards Committee chairman.
- Due to the addition of AAAAAA, the GADA Board and the Directors Cup Committee, chaired by Tim Vick of Greater Atlanta Christian, voted to review the number of schools participating in a particular sport in the awarding of points for the Regions Directors Cup sports.
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2013 GADA Conference Schedule LTC Courses Added!
Please check the website regularly for updates
|  Saturday, March 23
1:00 - 5:00
LTC 504 (David Brooks-Instructor)
LTC 622 (Mark Nichols - Instructor)
LTC 710b (Gary Gibson - Instructor)
Signs/Directions to 2nd Floor Rooms
1:00 - 3:00 Registration Pack Prep
2:00 - 2:30 Registration Break
5:00 - 6:00 Board Meeting
6:00 - 8:30 Board Dinner (Walking Distance)
Sunday, March 24
8:00 - 12:00 LTC 701 (Rendell Jackson - Instructor)
LTC 508 (Ruth Donahoo - Instructor)
LTC 619 (Kevin Petroski - Instructor)
9:00 - 9:30 Registration Break
12:15 - 1:15 Hall of Fame Luncheon
1:30 - 3:00 Registration
1:30 - 6:00 Exhibit Hall
2:00-2:15 Drawing Assign Ticket Distributors
2:30 -3:15 Workshop
1 3:30 - 3:45 Drawing Assign Ticket Distributors
4:00 - 4:45 Workshop 2
4:00 - 5:00 Registration
5:30 - 6:30 Keynote Speaker - Vaughn Williams, Dir. Athletics - Kennesaw State
6:45 - 7:00 Drawing Assign Ticket Distributors
7:00 - 9:00 Exhibitors Social
Monday, March 25
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 9:30 Awards Breakfast
10:30 - 4:00 Golf Tournament (Box Lunches)
12:00 - 4:00 LTC 506 (Don Breedlove - Instructor)
3:00 - 4:00 Workshop 3
4:15 - 5:15 Workshop 4
5:00 - 7:00 Exhibit Hall
6:00 - 6:15 Drawing Assign Ticket Distributors
7:00 - 9:00 Low Country Boil
8:00 - 9:30 CAA Exam
Tuesday, March 26
8:00 - 9:15 FCA Breakfast - Speaker Mark Mariakis - Ridgeland HS
9:15 - 10:15 NCAA recruiting seminar - Dan Eassa - Recruiting Education Foundation
9:15 - 10:00 Exhibit Hall Closing
10:15 - 11:30 Dr. Swearngin - Exec. Director - Georgia High School Association
11:30 - 12:00 General Meeting / Election
Once the final schedule is set, there will be download versions for members to print to have on hand at the conference.
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| 2012-13 High School Female/Male Scholarship Award Nominations
Nomination Deadline: February 11, 2013
|  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 nomination form with one letter of recommendation attached to the form. Incomplete entries will not be considered. Send completed nomination form to Georgia Athletic Directors Association, c/o Dr. Lucia B. Norwood, PO Box 870829, Stone Mountain, GA 30087. Application deadline is February 11, 2013. For further information call 770-279-0653. Click HERE to download the nomination form (PDF) Click HERE to download the nomination form (DOC) Click HERE to download the ranking rubric (XLS) |
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| White House: Schools must open sports to disabled
By Greg Toppo - USA Today
|  he Obama administration for the first time is telling school districts across the USA that they must give disabled students equal access to extracurricular sports, a move that advocates say has been years in the making. In a letter to schools due out Friday, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Seth Galanter of the Department of Education says schools should provide "reasonable modifications" to allow disabled students to participate - for instance, providing a deaf track athlete with a flashing light that goes off simultaneously with the starter pistol that others hear. He said schools don't have to radically alter games or stop choosing the most qualified athletes for competitive teams. They can look to "allied" or "unified" sports teams, in which students with disabilities participate with students without them. Schools can't deny a disabled student a slot on a sports team because a coach believes he can't compete. Schools that don't comply risk losing federal funding, but civil rights cases rarely get that far. "We think it's huge," said Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA, a national non-profit group established by Vietnam veterans that offers sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent disability. He said 12 states require school sports programs to accommodate disabled students. Now, he said, other administrators "will start focusing on ways to provide those opportunities" to students who have a disability. "It's really affording them access to terrific social situations that will hopefully break down some of the barriers and discrimination we've seen in the past," said Lindsay Jones of the Council for Exceptional Children, a national advocacy group. Read more...
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Athletic Director Checklist/Reminders for February
- Schedule and disseminate agendas for upcomingathletic coaches meetings.
- Recheck spring sports eligibility forms.
- Attend scheduled region meeting.
- Have completed academic and residency checks for upcoming spring sports for
- eligibility purposes.
- Host spring sports picture day.
- Schedule meetings with spring sports booster clubs.
- Review and audit concessions receipts and revenues.
- Attend weekly administrative meetings.
- Inform faculty on upcoming athletic events. Talk about the positive things that are
- happening in the athletic program. Mention teams and students by name.
- Update your athletic website.
- Finalize fall sports schedules for next year.
- Finalize wrestling weight class rosters for upcoming area traditional meet.
- Update transportation of all scenarios with basketball region tournament travel
- schedules.
- Begin paying outstanding invoices from winter sports.
- Attend region basketball seeding meeting. Review region standings for seeding
- possibilities for upcoming basketball tournaments.
- Review spring sports schedules and confirm all schedules.
- Forward spring sports schedules and assignments to all school faculty and media
- outlets.
- Secure medical personnel and ATC's at spring sports events.
- Confirm necessary security at spring sports events.
- Finalize plans for football equipment reconditioning.
- Make plans to attend the GADA State Conference in Savannah in March!
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Click HERE for a print version
This should give you a start in your preparation for the month of February. Good luck!
Jeff Beggs CMAA
Director of Athletics
Atlanta Public Schools
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Sincerely,
Mike Carswell, CAA
President
Georgia Athletic Directors Association
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| 2013 Annual Conference Keynote Speaker
March 24 5:30pm
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The Georgia Athletic Directors Association is proud to announce that Kennesaw State College Director of Athletics, Mr. Vaughn Williams as the keynote speaker for the GADA Annual Conference to be held at the Desoto Hilton in Savannah, GA March 23-26, 2013. Mr Williams will deliver the keynote address Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 5:30pm |
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Jan./Feb. 2013 GHSA Newsletter
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Our Lady Of Mercy needs some bleachers
|  Our Lady of Mercy needs some blea chers. We are trying to provide an area at our football field for the visitors. We would love donations, but are also open to purchasing if schools have a reasonable price. We are open to any kinds of bleachers. But need several small 3 to 6 row bleachers or a larger one piece (15 row type). We have some space on the visiting side and ultimately would like a riser system to place them on but for now we are just looking for any possible bleachers. Bill Schmitz, Athletic Director/ Varsity Volleyball Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School 861 Evander Holyfield Highway Fayetteville, Ga. 30214 Click HERE to email Bill directly |
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