Activities and Athletic Administration Exam Study Guide

Activities and Athletic Administration Exam Study Guide The main role of the activities director is to: - Ans:-provide leadership to the program and to manage the daily operations According to Dave Stead, high school activities are "the other half of education." - Ans:-False The two most common criticisms concerning the media and high school athletics is the lack of coverage for many programs and the enhanced coverage of distasteful and sometimes tragic events. - Ans:- True Less than 2% of high school senior athletes will annually receive a athletic scholarship for college athletics - Ans:-True The main goal of high school activities is: - Ans:-life lessons Education based athletics are better for students than community based athletics. - Ans:-False A activities director's public school email account is considered to be public record. - Ans:-True ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/15 All are priorities to consider for decision making except: - Ans:-Coaches requests to meet about an important schedule change The NIAAA was organized in 1977 for the professional development of athletic administrators. - Ans:- True The NFHS reported in 2011 that the total number of boys and girls participating nationally in interscholastic athletics was - Ans:- The main purpose of evaluating coaches is to have written documentation for dismissing a struggling coach. - Ans:-False In the Chain of Command at a school district, the Activities Director is the official representative for the high school. - Ans:-False Networking is useful in recruiting potential coaches with other administrators, coaches and former athletes but never with current parents. - Ans:-False This website is where schools post vacancies for teaching and coaching positions: - Ans:-Teachiowa All are components of a quality program except: - Ans:-Strategic Plan A coaching license in Iowa must be renewed every: - Ans:-Five Years ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/15 The most important factor in successfully mentoring a coach is to have a "buddy system" in place with the newly hired coach partnering with an experienced, older coach. - Ans:-False The mission statement of a high school activities program should be reviewed on an annual basis - Ans:-False The least important areas to watch for when observing coaches during a practice session with athletes: - Ans:-How the head coach mentors assistant coaches Only coaches that have an authorization issued by the Board of Educational Examiners may "legally coach" in Iowa high schools. - Ans:- Activities Director - Ans:--Provides leadership for the activities program -Manage daily operations Servant Leader - Ans:-There to guide and help them out. Be a leader to community. Leader (activities director) - Ans:--Provides development, mainten