WADA Insights - May 13

WADA INSIGHTS

from the WIAA Bulletin

May 13, 2005 .

Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association (WADA)

WADA to offer Leadership Training Classes, CAA Exam

By Mike Bates

Information Coordinator, WADA

            Many interscholastic athletic administrators are often looking to improve in the area of professional growth.
            One way is through Leadership Training Classes (LTC) and the Certified Athletic Administrators (CAA) Exam. You are encouraged to participate in the sessions that will be offered this summer.
            The Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association (WADA) will offer the “basic core”
of the Leadership Training Program, as provided by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators (NIAAA) Certification Program. The program is a broad-based curriculum which enhances the leadership potential and ability of NIAAA members, and it is composed of courses
that will focus on specific and timely topics in athletic administration.
            Plans are to offer two LTC courses plus the CAA exam, all in conjunction with the WADA Golf Outing – which will be Tuesday, July 19, in Wisconsin Rapids. More details as well as the registration form will be available on the WADA web site at www.wadawi.org.

The NIAAA Certification Program encourages athletic administrators at various career and/or experience levels to exchange ideas and to seek additional training, knowledge and skill through formal classes as well as independent study and research. Certification was developed to identify an organized sequence of professional growth opportunities, in a program that would be helpful for current, or potential, athletic administrators.

There are many certification benefits and objectives, according to the NIAAA:

. BENEFITS .

è Develop a sense of personal and professional satisfaction.
è Demonstrate a commitment to excellence in the profession.
è Provides growth of professional knowledge and expertise.
è Enhance the perception of the profession.
è Increase the potential for employment opportunities or incentives.
è Participate in a nationally registered certification program.

. OBJECTIVES .

— To promote the professional standards, practices and ethics.
            — To encourage self-assessment by offering guidelines for achievement.
            — To improve performance by encouraging participation in a continuing program of
                        professional growth and development.
            — To identify levels of educational training essential for effective athletic administration.
            — To foster professional contributions to the field.
            — To maximize the benefits received by the school community from the leadership provided
                        by certified athletic administrators.

            Other “positive reasons” from the NIAAA for taking part in the program:

► The NIAAA promotes the development and prestige of state athletic administrators organizations which will contribute, in cooperation with their state high school associations, to the interscholastic athletic program of each state.

► The NIAAA provides an efficient system for exchange of ideas between the National Federation of State High School Associations and state athletic administrators organizations as well as individual athletic administrators.

► The NIAAA strives to preserve the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the curricula of schools.

Make plans to sign up. Registration material will be available on the WADA web site.

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The web site for the WADA is www.wadawi.org and Mike Bates may be reached via e-mail

at mbates1@new.rr.com.

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