Sports Done Right

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Sports Done Right

• Agenda
• Overview of Committee work
• Share proposed recommendations to the SAD 51
  Board of Directors

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• Overview of the Initiative
• Proposal to Congress
• University of Maines Center for Sport and
  Coaching
• Focus is to improve student experiences,
  learning, and personal growth through sports

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• Core Principles
• Philosophy, Values and Sportsmanship
• Sports and Learning
• Parents and Community
• Quality of Coaching
• Opportunity to Play
• Health and Fitness
• Leadership, Policy and Organization

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• SAD 51 - a pilot site for 15 months. The SDR
  committee has
• Solicited community input through five forums
  since last May
• Conducted a sports survey in which 550 of our 7th
  to 11th graders responded
• Developed recommendations to present to the Board
  of Directors

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• Context
• SAD 51 currently offers an excellent athletic
  program 70 of students play sports
• SDR is a tool for continuous improvement
• Issues raised will take community focus, time and
  continuing dialogue to resolve and implement
• Recommendations offer a work plan report is a
  fluid document

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• Recommendations to Board are to adopt three SDR
  documents for use in SAD 51
• 1. Statement of Philosophy
• 2. Community Compact
• 3. Sports Done Right Compact

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• Recommendations to the Community call for a
  renewed emphasis on the ability of sports to
  teach character, sportsmanship, a positive
  attitude and life skills by
• 1. Embracing the Sports Done Right
  Philosophy
• 2. Adhering to the Compacts
• 3. Participating in further dialogue
• Sports Done Right requires a partnership between
  the community and the District in order to
  succeed

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• Additional recommendations
• Greely High School Athletics
• 1. Do not reduce competitive nature of varsity
• 2. Set expectations with coaches, parents and
  students
• 3. Be consistent in tryouts, coaching, and
  enforcement of compacts and District rules
• 4. Establish a Student Athletic Council and
  Captains Academy to involve students

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• Additional recommendations
• Greely Middle School Athletics
• 1. Focus on exploration rather than
  specialization skills teamwork sportsmanship
  responsibility and opportunity to play
• 2. Set expectations with coaches, parents and
  students.
• 3. Be consistent in tryouts, coaching, and
  enforcement of compacts and District rules
  explain changes in teams offered due to changes
  in enrollment/interest each fall
• 4. Initiate dialogue at state and district level
  with the goal of increasing opportunity to play.
  Investigate popular intramural offerings

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• Additional recommendations
• Coaching
• 1. Provide professional development on SDR and
  MPA online, and reinforce differences in coaching
  different age groups and genders provide mentors
• 2. Recognize a teaching background or equivalent
  experience is advantageous when hiring coaches
• 3. Develop consistent expectations based on SDR
  core principles and practices and include
  feedback mechanisms

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• Additional recommendations
• Community/youth sports
• 1. Rec. Dept. to engage meetings with Cumberland
  and N. Yarmouth youth teams to promote
  consistency and best practices
• 2. Promote online coaching training for all
  youth coaches
• 3. Offer non-traditional programs and prioritize
  use of facilities partially based on teams
  support of SDR

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• Additional recommendations
• Funding
• 1. Currently District funds 663,500 in athletic
  expenses boosters provide additional 160,000
• 2. Opposed to pay to play
• 3. Systematize District funding District to pay
  for basics and boosters continue to pay for
  extras
• 4. Boosters continue to fund scholarships to
  ensure all can play. Investigate common
  fundraising opportunities/venues. Revisit booster
  guidelines

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• Recommendations to Board of Directors
• Adopt
• Statement of Philosophy
• Community Compact
• Sports Done Right Compact
• Continue/restructure SDR committee
• Consider SDR policies as drafted by MSMA
• Develop plan regarding sanctioning of new teams
  and funding for those not presently funded
• Support Administration implementation of
  recommendations within its purview
• Consider SDR accreditation