Leadership Training
The IADA is pleased to support the NIAAA Leadership Training Program by offering LTC Leadership courses 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 state convention. Please look for the registration form in your winter journal and on the IADA web page.
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 Programs
Friday, 11:00 until 3:00 Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | This flagship course of Leadership Training serves as an overview for the interscholastic athletic administration. This course focuses on the roles of the NFHS, the NIAAA, the State Athletic/Activity Associations, and the State Athletic Administrator’s Associations. The course also previews the NIAAA Certification Program and the NIAAA Leadership Training Program. It is a prerequisite for all levels of certification and includes study materials for the CAA Certification Examination.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators with minimal information concerning national and state associations who are interested n beginning the process of certification.
Required for: RAA, CAA and CMAA Certification
| | LTC 502 | Athletic Administration: Principles, Strategies and Methods
Friday, 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | The course will take a basic approach to the fundamentals and methods of athletic administration and will alert and educate athletic administrators regarding potential problems and possible solutions in areas such as budgets, transportation, and scheduling and parent/student/coach conflicts. The course will also touch 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 Administration: Legal Issues I (Risk Management)
Saturday, 8:00 until Noon Saturday May 3rd, 2008 | | | The course will have in-depth coverage of all aspects of liability for sports injuries and risk management, including the duties imposed on athletics administrators, coaches, athletics trainers, and other athletics personnel, documentation requirements for an effective risk management program, and development of a strategic plan for risk management in the context of an interscholastic athletics program.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking information concerning Constitutional law and the need of exposure to causes for negligence and to legal “Standards of Care”
Required for: CAA and CMAA Certification
| | LTC 612 | Athletic Administration: Technology I – Basic Computer Word and PowerPoint Skills
Friday, 11:00 until 3:00 Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | The course is an excellent resource and a useful tool in the everyday responsibilities of the athletic administrator when making presentations to community groups, booster clubs, boards of education, etc. Attendees will receive basic instruction and procedures in Word and PowerPoint. The hands-on course will offer the athletic administrator an opportunity to actively take part in the presentation of the course. It is highly recommended that attendees obtain or bring a lap top computer with at least Windows 2000 (including PowerPoint) for this class.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking basic computer skills for everyday office operations.
| | LTC 613 | Athletic Administration: Technology II – Excel and Outlook
Friday, 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | This course is designed for those who would like to understand the use of Excel and Outlook as office and program management tools. Topics will include email, calendar, folder management, attachments, favorites, advanced searches and Outlook 2000. Additional areas covered in the overview are Mail Merge, creating charts, graphs, forms and documents in Microsoft Excel. The hands-on course will offer the athletic administrator and opportunity to actively take part in the presentation of the course. It is highly recommended that attendees obtain or bring a lap top computer with at least Windows 2000 (including Outlook and Excel) for this class.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking advanced computer skills for everyday office operations
| | LTC 617 | Athletic Administration: Administration of Interscholastic Sports Medicine Programs
Saturday, 8:00 until Noon Saturday May 3rd, 2008 | | | This course will examine the role of the athletic director and other school administrators in supporting and developing the interscholastic sports medicine program within a school or district. In this regard, topic coverage will include: (1) philosophy of sports medicine services; (2) roles and responsibilities of the Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.); (3) roles of other members of the sports medicine team; (4) the high school sports medicine center – specifications and equipment; (5) helping parents, athletes and the general public understand the role of athletic trainers; (6) legal issues and risk management strategies; and (7) contemporary administrative issues and response strategies.
A series of appendices will also be developed to provide athletic directors and athletic trainers with helpful information. These appendices include: (1) physical plant floor plans and photographs; (2) contract format for employment of off-duty emergency response personnel for emergency care; (3) samples of multi-purpose student athlete information card; (4) sample site-specific emergency response plan; (5) a descriptive sports medicine handbook for coaches and parents; (6) position proposal guide for Certified Athletic Trainers in secondary school athletics programs; (7) public presentation power point slides and bullet point lecture to develop for a sports medicine program; and (8) references and resources.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking methods to better support sports medicine programs in high school programs.
| | LTC 703 | Athletic Administration: Citizenship Through Sports and Fine Arts
Friday, 11:00 until 3:00 Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | The course exposes the individual to the positive values that can be taught through athletic/activity participation, utilizing the NFHS Citizenship Through Sports and Fine Arts Initiative. This interactive course will provide the necessary tools to implement a citizenship initiative within your own school and community.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking to develop student leadership and school citizenship programs as well as implementing leadership strategies among coaches
| | LTC 705 | Athletic Administration: Innovative Methods of Mentoring and Problem Solving
Saturday, 8:00 until Noon Saturday May 3rd, 2008 | | | This course is designed to expose the individual to the basic principles of coach-to-coach mentoring programs. Participants will compare mentoring models to become familiar with key behaviors to practice and to avoid in the establishment of an effective mentoring program. Mentoring is an attitude, relationship and investment, with a mutual understanding of responsibilities for both mentor and mentee. Athletic administrators will learn how to establish, supervise and maximize coach-to-coach—mentor to mentee, mentoring programs.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking methods and strategies for mentoring coaches and other colleagues with a wide range of personal motivations.
| | LTC 720 | Athletic Administration: Character and Coaching
Friday, 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm Friday May 2nd, 2008 | | | For your school’s athletic program to be truly character-based, it is essential that the school’s stakeholders (athletic director, principal, superintendent, school board and parents) act on the established core virtues in the mission statement of the athletic department. When professional stakeholders walk the talk, their actions speak volumes to the student athletes and community at large. This course provides administrators with a “full stakeholder” approach to make the athletic department mission come alive on the athletic field. The course is interactive, has useful activities and provides the administrator with a template ready to use in their schools.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators seeking innovative methods in developing character and leadership skills with high school athletic stakeholders
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