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Making Your Events Safe for Spectators
Jay Hammes, the athletic director at Racine Horlick High School (Racine, Wis.), offers his take on how to keep your facilities, fans, players, coaches and administrators safe during an athletic event. In the second video, he urges athletic directors ...
11 attributes of effective athletic administrators
As all coaches know, effective athletic administrators can make your job measurably easier and a little less stressful, while poor athletic administrators can be a nightmare to work for and a big reason you leave. Here are the top 11 attributes ...
Eight sure-fire strategies for building a thriving program
Transforming a declining or problematic program into a rising program is definitely a challenge. There will be many weeks when it feels like you are taking two steps forward and sometimes just as many backward as the negative gravity of the situation...
Program of Excellence honoree: Tappan Zee High School
Printed on a small piece of paper inside the athletic offices at Tappan Zee High School are the district's standards for effective coaching. They include acting as role models and maintaining a positive environment for student-athletes. Nowhere does ...
A.D.ministration: Conducting effective, efficient meetings
Very few individuals involved in education and athletics enjoy meetings. Usually these events are viewed as a major imposition and something that takes valuable time away from more important tasks and responsibilities. This general feeling has grown ...
A.D.ministration: Providing help for the athletic director
There should be little debate that an athletic administrator has an incredibly busy and demanding position. The job is so complex and encompassing that even knowledgeable and experienced individuals may occasionally need help. So, where do you go?...
16 lessons for guiding non-teacher coaches
As more faculty members age and teachers give up coaching responsibilities, athletic administrators are faced with a staff comprised of fewer coaches from within the building. The exodus of teachers from coaching may also be influenced and exacerbate...
7 Keys to Succeed as a First-Time Athletic Director
Arrowhead High School’s Kevin Flegner said he has evolved in his role as activities director over the years, citing increased patience, more research and deeper analysis prior to making decisions. He also began a practice of over-communicating to m...
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