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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
FOUNDATION COURSES
LTC 501 Athletic Administration: Philosophy,
Leadership Organizations and Professional Programs
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
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)
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 506 Athletic Administration: Legal Issues
II (Title IX, Sexual Harassment)
This course will have in-depth coverage of compliance
issues regarding Title IX and gender equity in an interscholastic
athletics program, including the methodology for a school
to perform a Title IX self-audit, and in-depth coverage
of the issues and strategies related to the development
of an effective policy for the prevention of sexual harassment
in an interscholastic athletics program.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking strategies for minimizing legal challenges in
each topic area
Required for: CMAA Certification
LTC 508 Athletic Administration: Legal Issues
III – (Hazing, ADA, Employment Law)
This course will have in-depth coverage of the issues
and strategies related to the development of an effective
policy for prevention of hazing in an interscholastic
athletics program, coverage of the constitutional and
statutory issues affecting athletics programs, including
the impact of disabilities legislation on school athletics,
and coverage of employment law concerns affecting athletics
programs, including contract law, equal pay, and FLSA
issues.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking information concerning Hazing and Employment law
and the need of exposure to causes for negligence and
to legal “Standards of Care”
OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
COURSES
LTC 608 Athletic Administration: Management Strategies
and Organization Techniques
The course is designed to inform athletic administrators
how to more effectively organize and manage their time,
apply time management principles, be more productive and
have balance to life. Instruction will focus on 12 key
components and strategies, including proven techniques
and tips to teach participants how to: Set Goals and Priorities,
Plan for Results, Organize for Success, Process Paperwork,
Delegate Effectively, Eliminate Time Wasters, Enhance
Decision-Making, Make Meetings Productive, Conquer Procrastination,
Utilize Technology, Communicate Effectively and Reduce
Stress.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
who are not familiar with the pressures and intensity
of athletics administration and who could benefit form
orientation to time as an administrative resource
LTC 611 Athletic Administration: Interscholastic
Athletic Budget Concepts and Supplemental Fundraising
This course of study will provide an overview of accepted
budget management practices and strategies. Included will
be budget models, timelines, and public relations strategies,
including methods for desktop budget management. Four
models of supplemental fundraising will be summarized,
along with a method for defining the role and function
of a booster club. The potential for fundraising through
community foundations or educational foundations will
be introduced, along with a focused chapter on “Corporate
Sponsorship.” An extended reference list will provide
a number of Internet websites that can provide information
about high return fundraising efforts that require minimal
effort.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
desiring to learn to use Microsoft EXCEL and a computer
program for budget management, seeking to learn about
fund-raising concepts and resources
LTC 612 Athletic Administration: Technology I
– Basic Computer Word and PowerPoint Skills
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
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 614 Athletic Administration: Technology III
– Net Based Programs
This course provides a sound understanding of what the
Internet is and how to use it. Other topics will include
email, attachments, favorites, advanced searches and Outlook
2000. Students will also learn how to integrate presentations
with the World Wide Web, use Palms, handheld computers
and LCD projectors.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking additional technology information to increase
understanding of technology and application in the athletic
administrator’s daily operation.
LTC 615 Athletic Administration: Athletic Field
Management
This course provides athletic administrators with a practical,
cost-effective and scientific approach to turf management.
Upon completion, administrators will have developed skills
and knowledge required to maintain, safe, resilient and
attractive fields. The course will help athletic administrators
develop long range, operational and assessment plans and
a documentation process for outdoor playing surfaces.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
desiring strategies for management and enhancement of
existing playing fields or to resolve a persistent turf
problem
LTC 616 Athletic Administration: Management of
Indoor Physical Plant Assets
This course will consider spectator facilities, special
use gymnasia, natatoriums, laundry rooms and locker rooms
and the various systems that support them. Mechanical
system checklists for use in regular inspections and maintenance
programming will be provided. In addition, considerations
and issues related to construction and remodeling programs
will be discussed.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking guidance concerning management, maintenance and
construction or remodeling of sport facilities and methods
to enhance customer satisfaction and safety
LTC 617 Athletic Administration: Administration
of Interscholastic Sports Medicine Programs
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 618 Athletic Administration: Management of
Interscholastic Athletic Player Equipment
This course will make use of principles, strategies and
best practices for fitting, adjusting, managing, reconditioning
and maintaining athletic apparel, footwear and protective
equipment. All methods and techniques discussed will be
drawn from American Equipment Managers Association standards
and practices.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
who are inexperienced with techniques and methods for
maintenance of competitive player equipment
LTC 619 Athletic Administration: The Power of
Curb Appeal
The power of curb appeal is highlighted in this course.
Visitors to a school often form an opinion of the school
and community based on first impressions of the appearance
of the facilities. This course discusses the power of
curb appeal and how communication can enhance curb appeal.
Strategies and methods are provided for maintaining structures
and facilities as well as a comprehensive and thorough
study of “Best Turf Field Maintenance Practices”
as well as “Best Operational Management Practices.”
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking techniques and methods to enhance public confidence
in the administrator’s ability to maintain athletic
facilities and to project a positive image to the community
LTC 625 Athletic Administration: Management of
Game and Event Announcing
This course is designed to assist the athletic administrator
in understanding his/her role in managing the public address
program for athletic contests. Topics include the role
of the athletic administrator and announcer, announcing
guidelines for addressing emergency situations, security
situations, and unsportsmanlike situations, pre-game,
during contest and post game announcements; halftimes;
preparing student announcers and understanding sound systems.
Attendees will receive announcing guidelines endorsed
by the NIAAA, NAIA and the NJCAA. A CD addresses key issues
regarding public address announcing and demonstrates proper
and improper announcements.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
interested in using contest announcement techniques to
project a positive image, to assist in maintaining high
standards of sportsmanship and spectator safety
LEADERSHIP COURSES
LTC 700 Athletic Administration: Administration
of Middle School Athletic Programs
This course will provide insights and strategies for the
development and leadership of developmentally sound and
educationally compatible middle school athletic programs.
A model will be defined for making the transition from
physical education and intramurals to interscholastic
athletics in the context of the readiness of the athlete.
Other topics will include: Instructional considerations,
communications techniques, program evaluations and the
relationship of middle school athletic programs to high
school and private sector competition.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Athletic
Administrators and coaches with limited perspective of
the role of middle school sports and the developmental
needs of the middle school students.
LTC 701 Athletic Administration: Administration
and Application of Middle School Athletic Programs
This course will provide strategies for the development
of middle school athletic programs and will concentrate
on the role of the middle school coach and coaching principles.
Middle level athletics is an essential part of the total
educational process and an excellent opportunity for the
home, school and community to work together in order to
provide a positive educational experience for middle level
children.
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 703 Athletic Administration: Citizenship Through
Sports and Fine Arts
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
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 707 Athletic Administration: Assessment of
Interscholastic Athletic Programs and Personnel
This course examines a philosophic rationale and a variety
of methods that may be used to assess athletic programs
and personnel. The goals of this program are to improve
the performance of athletic coaches and other athletic
department personnel, improvement of program operations
and improvement of satisfaction among players, parents
and employees. A central theme is to encourage assessment
of needs, interests and opinions that can enhance goal
setting and planning priorities. The course will examine
a philosophic rational for assessment in high school sport
programs, discuss basic statistical concepts, focus on
Affective Assessment, describe various Personnel Assessment
methods and concepts and details various Program Assessment
techniques.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
with no background in personnel and program assessment
and administrators seeking templates for assessment
LTC 709 Athletic Administration: Communications,
Leadership and Decision-Making Concepts, Methods and Applications
For Athletic Administrators
LTC 709 examines relevant strategies and principles that
can be used to enhance the skills of athletic administrators
in communications, leadership and decision-making. An
ultimate goal of this course is to enhance high school
athletic programs and their educational purposes through
the use of assessment data.
The course is divided into three sections, each focused
on one of the three major topic areas. In this regard,
detailed concepts, materials and strategies for enhancement
of skills and abilities are provided. Appendices provide
relevant materials, instruments and assessment procedures
that support text materials and principles.
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 710 Athletic Administration: Current Issues
in American Sports
A panel of secondary level athletic administrators and
outside experts will lead small group discussions of important
issues and effective response strategies for 3-5 topics
of contemporary issues selected annually. The topics will
be examined by using a moderator to guide the discussion
and cover certain aspects of the topic. Participants will
have an opportunity to participate in the discussion.
The instructional format of the course will consist of
lecture, seminar discussion and audience interaction.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking discussion of current issues and problem resolution
strategies.
LTC 714 Athletic Administration: Dealing With Challenging
Personalities
This course will examine the causes of challenging or difficult
personalities in society, with specific reference to high
school athletic programs. Basic management strategies will
include the use of emotional intelligence and transactional
analysis considerations and methods. Specific protocols
will be defined for dealing with individuals who “must
be right,” “must win,” “must be
logical” and “must be accepted.” In addition,
techniques will be covered for preventing or responding
to anger, sarcasm, denigration, complainers and backbiters
and rigid-obstinate personalities. A model will also be
discussed for creative interaction with parents who demand
involvement in athletic department decision-making or who
seek to influence the decisions of senior administrators.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking to understand the role of human personality in
defining a challenging personality or behavior and seeking
strategies for dealing with extremely aggressive, rigid,
sarcastic passive or condescending personalities.
LTC 720 Athletic Administration: Character and Coaching
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
LTC 723 Athletic Administration: Administration
of Professional Growth Programs For Interscholastic Athletics
Personnel
Since enactment of Title IX of the Education Amendment
of 1972, the number of high school sports programs has
increased geometrically. This pattern of growth has created
an ever-increasing demand for trained coaches at tall
levels of high school and middle school competition. While
the term “trained” may be defined variously,
legal definitions, court cases and professional standards
of care have clearly identified various competencies and
performance expectations for coaches. In courts, these
standards have placed increased responsibilities on athletics
directors. First, is an obligation to carefully screen
candidates for coaching positions carefully during the
hiring process. Second, is the responsibility to provide
in-service training opportunities to ensure that all coaches
are prepared for their work with children of variable
skill and maturity levels.
These obligations are so important that NIAAA Leadership
Training Course 504, Legal Issues and Strategies has identified
14 legal duties that describe those requisite competencies
in detail. The 14th and final duty or moral obligation
places direct responsibility for the hiring and training
of coaches on the athletics director and other administrators
who may be linked to the hiring process.
Topic Coverage includes:
a. a philosophic overview and rational for ongoing professional
growth training for athletic department personnel.
b. Various methods currently used to deliver state of
the art information to athletics department personnel
at relatively low cost.
c. Incentives that can be extended to coaches and other
athletics department personnel to encourage their ongoing
participation in professional growth and development activities
d. Of various resources for training and instruction of
high school and middle school coaches
e. Samples of curriculum taught via the Internet and other
methods.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking to provide in-service training opportunities to
ensure that all coaches are prepared for their work with
children of variable skill and maturity levels.
LTC 724 Athletic Administration: Stress Management
Methods, Techniques and Systems
The demands of high intensity daily work, evening and
weekend supervision requirements, demanding public expectations,
challenging interactions and limited resources place the
athletics director in a stressful position. Needed are
ways of intervening stress, managing its onset and using
proven methods for reducing its impact.
Stress will ALWAYS be present. Our perceptions of it
determine the way we react and also help define the methods
we choose to intervene. Because of the individual nature
of perception and preferred response this course will
provide an overview of individual methods (breathing control,
muscle relaxation and mindfulness) along with systems
drawn both from conventional Western medical practices
and Eastern alternative or complementary medicine. In
the latter area, an introduction to Yoga/Meditation, Tai
Chi, Ai Chi, Acupuncture and Healing Touch will be used
to complement the more traditional pain and stress management
practices.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking new concepts, methods and additional strategies
for dealing with stress in their daily activities.
LTC 790 Athletic Administration: Leadership Training
Instructional Methods and Techniques
This course is designed to provide instructors with an awareness
of the expectations that are placed upon them in presenting
LTP courses. The course examines teaching and learning styles
and provides strategies for instructors to use in teaching
LTP courses. It provides for interaction between current
national faculty instructors and potential LTP instructors
in the exchange of ideas used in the successful implementation
of courses. To instruct any LTP course, one must complete
LTC 501, LTC 590 and the course that one will be instructing.
Only National Conference Presentation Faculty is permitted
to teach 590.
Enrollees who will derive greatest benefit: Administrators
seeking to become instructors in the Leadership Training
Program
LTC 799 Athletic Administration: Standards of
Excellence in Interscholastic Athletic Programs
Leadership Training Course 799 has two purposes and potential
benefits for high school athletics directors.
For newly or recently appointed directors, the course
provides an overview of eleven NIAAA Leadership Training
Courses (LTCs) including key concepts, strategies and
best practices. Whether working to improve a program or
looking for long range planning guidance, this overview
of eleven NIAAA course components can be of value. At
the close of each of the nine chapters contained in the
course manual, other LTCs are cited wherein an athletics
director can derive more detailed information on a particular
topic addressed within each 799 chapter.
For more experienced directors, the same planning and
guidance benefits can be derived. However, an additional
benefit and incentive can be realized by seeking NIAAA
and NASPE Recognition of Program Excellence in one of
three categories (Meritorious, Distinguished and Exemplary).
For this purpose, the course provides an assessment instrument
that describes in detail important components of an educationally
sound interscholastic athletics program.
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