Striving for Excellence Sport Club Leadership Training

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Striving for Excellence Sport Club Leadership
Training

• Thursday, April 21115am-1230pm 0.1 IACET
  CEUs
• Nicole Piscitelli, The University of North
  Carolina at Greensboro
• Bob Gough, The University of North Carolina
  Wilmington

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Learning objectives

• 1. Evaluate the sport club member training
  program at your institution with 100
  participation.
• 2. Communicate two potential positive outcomes
  from the presentation models with 100
  participation.
• 3. Formulate a plan for creating student learning
  outcomes focused on the development of Club Sport
  Officers.

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• Sport club members have the opportunity for
  growth through achievements in sport and
  leadership skill acquisition. Perfection is
  unattainable we must endeavor to learn from
  mistakes. The pursuit of excellence, therefore,
  should be our goal.

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Need

• Departmental Policy
• Institutional Policy
• Facility Rules
• Risk Management Issues
• Travel and everything related to that
• Other?
• Do we agree there is a need?

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What do you do to meet this need?

• Training Sessions? Meetings?
• Annually
• Per Semester
• Monthly
• Weekly
• By Appointment
• On-line?
• Other resources on or off campus?

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What do you do to meet this need?

• Learning Outcomes
• By participation in this session the students in
  attendance will __________ at a rate of
  __________.
• Customize the LO to meet the desired goal.

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Are you effective?

• What are you doing?
• Examples from the room
• How well does it work?
• Examples from the room

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How do you evaluate?

• Performance of club officers
• Paperwork submission
• Deadlines made
• Policy adherence
• Formal assessment
• Other indicators?

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UNCG Model

• History
• Low priority
• Accountability/Responsibility
• Officer Retreat/Transition
• No stability in officers
• Model Development
• Club Sport Presentation
• Club Sport Evaluations
• Common themes
• Club Council Meeting Format
• Workshop style
• Club Sport Business Meetings

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• Challenges
• No incentives
• Same participants each month
• Information sharing
• No formal Evaluation Tool
• Restructure business meetings
• Officers comfortable facilitating

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UNCW Model

• The Sport Club Management Series
• 1 hour sessions, promptly, door locked
• Weekly, follow academic calendar
• 12-13 weeks, off when it makes sense
• Attendance encouraged through budget incentives
• Bonuses given to clubs that attend 10 sessions
• Part of the larger Leadership UNCW Program
• Greek, Leadership, Outdoor Program, Sport Clubs

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SCMS Topics include

• Orientation to Sport Club Admin
• Budgeting
• How do I do that? Sport Club forms
• On the road again Travel procedures
• We the People your constitution
• SCRUPLES
• Officer Transition
• Traditions worth changing
• Organizational conflict management

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SCMS Stats

• Fall 2008
• 363 participations
• 18 out of 25 UNCW Sport Clubs represented
• 15 students attended 10 or more earning bonus
  points

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SCMS Stats

• So far spring 2009
• 212 participation
• 19 out of 25 UNCW Sport Clubs
• 4 sessions left in semester
• Opportunity for current club to present
• Will invite local SC Alumni to last session

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Leadership UNCW

• During the fall 2008 semester
• 53 Leadership UNCW workshops were offered on 22
  different leadership topics (an increase from 14
  workshops in fall 2007)
• Total of 990 student participants
• 371 different students participated in Leadership
  UNCW workshops (an increase from 69 students in
  fall 2007) with
• 169 students participated in more than one
  workshop
• 23 students participated in five or more
  workshops

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Leadership UNCW Certificate

• During the fall 2008 semester, students
  participated in workshops towards earning six
  different certificates. 
• Nine students earned the Personal Leadership
  Certificate
• One student earned the Civic and Community
  Engagement Organizational Leadership
  Certificates
• One student earned the Outdoor Adventure
  Leadership Certificate

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Leadership UNCW Certificate

• 53 students submitted at least one written
  reflection during the fall semester
• 54 students completed Leadership UNCW Certificate
  Program Enrollment Card, 31 of whom are actively
  working towards earning a certificate
• 21 students working towards earning the Personal
  Leadership Certificate and Civic and Community
  Engagement Certificate reported completing 291
  hours of community service

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What to do next

• What do you want to accomplish?
• What format works best for your students?
• What topics do you include?
• Can you indentify partners on campus?
• Do you have new officers each semester?
• Sport Club Council on your campus?
• Be flexible, allow time to work / catch on.

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Best practices

• Thought provoking?
• What questions did you come up with?
• What ideas do you have for us?
• Topics to include?

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Learning objectives

• 1. Evaluate the sport club member training
  program at your institution with 100
  participation.
• 2. Communicate two potential positive outcomes
  from the presentation models with 100
  participation.
• 3. Formulate a plan for creating student learning
  outcomes focused on the development of Club Sport
  Officers.

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Thanks for coming!

• Did we meet your needs?
• Please complete an evaluation.
• Nicole Piscitelli, UNCG
• 336-334-5924
• nmpiscit_at_uncg.edu
• Bob Gough, UNCW
• 910-962-7758
• goughr_at_uncw.edu