Activities and Athletic Administration Exam 1 with Verified Solutions

Activities and Athletic Administration Exam 1 with Verified Solutions Activities Director -Provide leadership for the activities program and manage the daily operations Leader -Servant (positive) leader -Provide development, maintenance, and improvement of entire activities program -Establish the program culture -Hire train, and mentor qualified coaches Manager -Scheduling games, officials, practices -Contest management: event supervision -Transportation -Budgeting and Fundraising -Facility maintenance and capital improvements -Eligibility (grades,transfer,foreign exchange) -Coordination and Daily operations Primary Purpose of High School Activities -Provide participation opportunities that teach "life lessons" -High School activities are an integral part of education: -Teamwork -Leadership Skills, ethics, and values -Dealing with success and failures -Academics (better grades) -School Attendance -Less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol Leadership Organizations -NIAAA (National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association) -NFHS (National Federation of State High School Associations) -IHSADA (Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association) NIAAA -Established in 1977, Professional development of athletic administrators -Leadership and Daily operations -National Convention in December with NFHS NFHS -Established in 1920, set rules for most high school sports in US -Coach Education Program -IHSAA full member, IGHSAU affiliate only -National Convention in December with NIAAA IHSADA -Established in 1977, professional development of Iowa Athletic Directors -Mentorship Program -New AD meetings in August -District meetings in October -State convention in March Personal Guiding Philosophy -Examining, ranking, and determining how to handle the various elements of the position and how to keep personal values and the philosophy of education-based athletics in harmony #1 objective in education based athletics The