Leadership Training
The IADA is pleased to support the NIAAA Leadership Training Program by offering LTC Leadership courses at the division meeting days and at the state conference. The Leadership Training Program is a broad-based curriculum that enhances the leadership potential and ability of the NIAAA and IADA members. The program is composed of courses, each addressing a specific topic in athletic administration. Leadership Training Courses will be offered during the division meeting days and at the state convention. For the fall division meeting LTC courses, please click on the link. Please look for the registration form in your winter journal and on the IADA web page for the state conference.
Objectives of Leadership Training
1. To provide knowledge to improve professionalism in the field of athletic administration.
2. To develop a leadership pool for involvement in the NIAAA and member state athletic administrators associations.
3. To help candidates prepare for the Certified Athletic Administrator examination.
Benefits of the Leadership Training Program
1. Improve members' working knowledge of the NIAAA and NFHS.
2. Assist members in preparation for the Certified Athletic Administrators examination.
3. Prepare members for service on NIAAA committees.
4. Improve members' working knowledge and competencies in athletic administration.
5. Provide resource information in all areas of the curriculum.
6. Improve professionalism in the field of athletic administration.
7. Provide the opportunity to earn graduate credit.
LTC Courses
| LTC 501 Athletic Administration | Philosophy, Leadership Organizations, and Professional Development
October 26, 2010 - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Jacksonville | | | Registration Form
The flagship course of Leadership Training serves as an overview for interscholastic athletic administration. This course introduces the philosophy of educational athletics then focuses on the roles of the NIAAA, the NFHS, the State Athletic/Activity Associations, and the State Athletic Administrator’s Associations. The course also previews the NIAAA Leadership Training and Certification Programs. It is a prerequisite for all levels of certification and includes study materials for the CAA Certification Examination.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Athletic administrators seeking to learn more about educational athletics, national organizations, and those interested in pursuing the certification process. This course is a recommended prerequisite to all other LTP courses.
Required for: RAA, CAA and CMAA Certification
| | LTC 502 Athletic Administration | Principles, Startegies, and Methods
October 25, 2010 - 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Carlyle | | | Registration Form
This course takes a basic approach to the fundamentals and methods of athletic administration and alerts and educates athletic administrators regarding potential problems and possible solutions in areas such as budgets, transportation, and scheduling and parent/student/coach conflicts. The course also touches upon sample athletic/activity program philosophies, department organizational charts, activity procedures/checklist, public relations, coaching applications/assessments and emergency plans.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Inexperienced athletic administrators seeking to define and improve their operational procedures.
Required for: RAA, CAA and CMAA Certification
| | LTC 504 Athletic Adminsitartion | Legal Issues I (Risk Management)
October 21, 2010 - 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Site TBD in Chicago | | | Registration Form
This course has in-depth coverage of all aspects of liability for sports injuries and risk management, including the duties imposed on athletic administrators, coaches, athletic trainers, and other athletic personnel, documentation requirements for an effective risk management program, and development of a strategic plan for risk management in the context of an interscholastic athletic program.
Required for: CAA and CMAA Certification
| | LTC 611 Athletic Adminsitartion | Concepts and Strategies for Interscholastic Marketing, Promotions and Supplemental Fund-Raising
October 28, 2010 - 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Hinsdale South | | | Registration Form
This course will provide the athletic administrator with strategies and ideas to successfully promote and market the school’s interscholastic programs and to enhance the success of supplemental fund-raising efforts. Promotional activities designed to create interest in, increase enthusiasm for, and enhance the image of, a school’s interscholastic activities program are described. Models of supplemental fund-raising are summarized, including a focused segment on working successfully with booster clubs and safeguarding of funds that have been raised. The potential for raising funds through grants and outreach efforts for major gifts are introduced. Detailed information related to corporate sponsorship is provided. Appendices include sample materials that may be utilized for grant and corporate sponsorship applications, marketing plans, and booster clubs, as well as fund-raising resources.
| | LTC 613 Athletic Adminsitartion | Technology II – Advanced Computer Application Skills
October 26, 2010 - 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - LaSalle-Peru | | | Registration Form
This course is designed for those individuals who would like to use some advanced features in Word, e-mail applications, EXCEL and PowerPoint to improve the quality and presentation of materials. Additional areas covered in the overview are mail merge using Microsoft Word, and creating charts in Microsoft Excel. The course is an extension of LTC 612, and each lesson requires the student to interact with the software in the process of developing presentations and daily administrative reports. Attendees will receive a resource disk to watch training sessions as many times as they want while they practice in Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. For maximum benefit, it is highly recommended that attendees bring a laptop computer with at least Windows 2003, including PowerPoint and Excel, to the class.
| | LTC 709 Athletic Administration | Communication, Methods and Applications for Athletic Administrators
October 27, 2010 - 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Hayden's in Rantoul | | | Registration Form
The purpose of this course is to examine the concepts, methods and best practices available to athletic administrators in the skills of leadership, management, supervision and decision making. These methods have been researched from strategies currently used in education, government and business. The implications of those disciplines relevancy for athletic administrators will be emphasized throughout the course.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators who are not familiar with the effect of personal preferences on communications, leadership and decision-making styles.
| | LTC 719 Athletic Adminsitartion | Leadership, Management/Supervision and Decision Making Concepts, Methods and Applications
October 28, 2010 - 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Forest View/Arlington Heights | | | Registration Form
This course examines relevant strategies and principles that can be utilized to enhance the skills of athletic administrators in the areas of leadership, management and decision-making. Learning begins with an introduction to the differences between leadership, management and supervision and continues with an in-depth investigation of each. Through the analysis of specific leadership and management characteristics and techniques, students will be able to apply specific skills to improve their leadership effectiveness. Concepts and techniques of decision making strategies are discussed and demonstrated through various in-class exercises. Appendices provide relevant materials, instruments and assessment procedures that support text materials and principles.
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