Goal: Will implementing a leadership council and program in the
athletic program have a positive effect on discipline and character issues?
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OUTCOMES
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ACTIVITIES
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RESOURCES/ RESEARCH TOOLS NEEDED
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RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS ACTIVITIES
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TIME LINE
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Benchmarks/
ASSESSMENT
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Revisions to SIP/PIP based on monitoring and assessments
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Analyze discipline problems over last year
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Coaches and administrative collaborative meeting
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Discipline records of reports within athletics and on HS
campus
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Principal, Athletic Director, Barrier
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July 2012
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Type minites and finding to share with members of
meeting
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Adapt and revise SLC’s leadership program to fit needs
of Athens
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Collaborative meeting with all coaches
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SLC’s leadership program documents
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Athletic Director, Barrier
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August 2012
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Produce a final overview and document
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Gain community and parental support for Leadership
Program
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Have a parent meeting introducing leadership program and
benefits
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Power point presentation, facility for meeting
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All Coaches-led by athletic director
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August 2012 (prior to 2 a days)
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Parental feedback and surveys
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Introduce Program to Student Athletes
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Team meeting discussing qualifications required for
leadership council
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Power point presentation, video testimonials for SLC
athletes
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All Coaches- led by Barrier
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August 2012
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Athlete feedback and response
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Nominate and elect leadership council
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Team will nominate and vote on leadership council
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Team meeting, voting criteria, meeting and training with
council canidates
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All coaches led by athletic director and Barrier
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August/September 2012
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Council nominations, meeting outcomes
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Collaboration and communication between student athletes
and coaching staff
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Leadership council and coaches meetings
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Meeting rooms and times, agenda
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All coaches led by athletic director and
Barrier |
September 2012-April 2013
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Student feedback and issues resolved/discussed at weekly
meetings
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Students learn leadership characteristics and how to be
a leader in difficult situations
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A series of meetings to teach students what a leader is
and how to be a positive role model using positive peer pressure
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Councilor, college athlete testimonials, local community
leaders testimonials
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Barrier will set up meeting times and recruit speakers
for each meeting
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October 2012-March 2013
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Students surveys after each meeting
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Determine is Leadership Program has been a beneficial
addition to the athletic program
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Analyze and compare discipline reports.
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Discipline report data, coaches input forms, teacher
input forms, principal input forms, student/athlete input forms
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Barrier will collect all information and all coaches
will meet with Athletic director to discuss the findings
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April/May 2013
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Data comparison, input forms
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Hi Ned,
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking at my blog. I think your plan looks great. It is clear and well organized. I like your idea of the leadership counsel and the collaboration between student athletes and coaches.
I posted my answer to your question on my blog but I am including it here too.
I think you can use names or titles. I found names to be easier and less confusing for me. Also, I have worked with the people I mention for a long time so I am actually on a first name basis with all of them. I think you can do what is comfortable for you.
I too found Dr. Mason's comments about evaluations very helpful.
Best,
Nancy
I think this would be a wonderful benefit to anyone's school. There are so many kids in school that need more positive things in their lives. Maybe if they were given responsibilties and knew others were looking up to them, their behavior would improve. Some of these kids are just looking for the positive direction in their lives.
ReplyDeleteGood luck !
As a high school coach myself, I am very interested in your findings. It seems that you have a well thought out plan. I feel that a leadership council in athletics could help positive peer pressure. I really like the activity of bringing in speakers to teach students how to lead in difficult situations. I have so many captains that don't know how to seperate leadership qualities from upsetting friends. I also feel that kids sometimes respond better when they know that their peers don't agree with their actions. I will be following your research. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteI am not a coach and may sound ridiculous here. I'm wondering if it would be better, or worse, for you to select the athletes yourselves as coaches? The reason I ask is because the students will probably nominate and elect students that they already see as leaders. I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to look for "potential" leaders. Athletes that you think that with the right push and education will develop into leaders. Students that show a lot of leadership qualities usually get those from other activities outside of school, like church or boy/girl scout, etc. What about the ones that just need that someone to believe in them and see that leadership in them. I would also think it would be beneficial to your whole athletic department and school if more of your students would learn to become leaders and get this opportunity. You may have a limit and this thought would not work.
ReplyDeleteNed,
ReplyDeleteJulie does have a good point. You might want to have some students on the council nominated by the coaches and others by the students. There is nothing wrong with pre-establishing the criteria for a certain % or number of the leadership team. For example, there could be a certain number nominated by students, by faculty, by coaches, or even by grade level. Many community boards are constructed in that manner. Just something to think about.
Dr. Mason
Thank you for the suggestions. I have never thought about allowing the faculty or staff to choose a portion of the leadership council. I guess I was thinking since the criteria for being nominated would be enforced (grades, discipline history, and teacher referrals) that there wouldn't be a need. I do see that this could be a safeguard to make sure that appropriate leaders are placed in the correct positions. Thanks for the encouragement and suggestions.
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