Nora Mitchell

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League Operations
Nora Mitchell Executive Director
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The Team
Kristine Love, Girls Director Jason Moore, Boys
Director Dan Miller, Webmaster
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Communication Chain
Communication Chain
The Board
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Executive Director

• Operational success of spring season
• Team registration, conferences, games
  scheduling, rosters, coaches certification
• Events today, Game Scheduling Meetings, , CEP
  PCA liaison, GPD, EoS, Summer Workshop
• Communications
• Policies procedures (Operations Guide)
• Website content
• Master calendar
• Email communications
• Annual budget
• New existing club support

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2014 Season Highlights

• 10K in Scholarships and Grants
• New trainings for
• Game Scheduling Support
• Training for Commissioners
• 1203 NCJLA Certified Coaches
• Roster Lock April 1
• End of Season Events
• Summer Workshop
• We listen

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Summer Workshop Outcomes

• U15 age eligible 9th graders no longer petition
  to play U15
• Boys U13 division re-worked
• Girls U15A full checking
• Girls 3-pass rule eliminated at U11
• Improved communications
• Every club should send a representative to this
  workshop
• Great opportunity to weigh in on league planning
  and policy

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NCJLA Certified Coaches

• Recommended by 2011 summer workshop group
• Coach certification data due by Feb. 8, 2015
• Coaches must wear lanyards with NCJLA Certified
  Coach card visible at every game, officials will
  verify

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NCJLA Certified Coach Requirements

• Annually
• Background check
• Annually or every other year, depending on
  contract with your NCSI or other clearance org
• US Lacrosse membership
• One and done
• PCA (online or in-person)
• US Lacrosse Level 1 Online
• Coaches Code of Conduct Signed

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Background Checks

• NCJLA prefers NCSI (National Center for Safety
  Initiatives)
• www.ncsisafe.com
• NCSI required for US Lacrosse Certification
• Up to club to determine one year or two year NCSI
  contract
• Link clubs NCSI account with US Lacrosse
• Report EXPIRATION date with NCJLA Certified Coach
  submissions
• Other services accepted such as LiveScan, etc
• Get started early on this and all coaches
  requirements

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Team Scholarship Program

• Scholarship funds for 2015 season provide
• 90 waiver on team reg fees
• 50 off officials fees per game
• Priority to teams
• Drawing players from underserved/low-income
  communities
• From a new NCJLA club
• Timing
• Application posted early October
• Due early November
• Notifications Mid November

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Team Registration

• Opens October 7
• Include all U9 teams
• Include coaches contact info, if available
• Closes December 8
• For both boys and girls teams
• Withdraw a team after game scheduling ends
• Club put on probation
• Second year in a row
• Club suspended from league

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Player Eligibility Petitions

• Accepted from club president via online form
• November, December and January
• By the 10th of the month
• Board will review at monthly meeting
• Youll get a response the following day

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Rosters

• 80 of NCJLA clubs use League Athletics
• Easily upload rosters to NCJLA site
• Rosters due February 8, 2015
• Second submission OK for late jersey numbers, and
  additional players trickling in
• No Roster No Game
• U9 Divisions
• Max on roster is 18 players
• Register each true team (in December)
• All U9 games entered on NCJLA website

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Why Rosters?

• Oakland Tech JV NCJLA Champions 2011
• Great coaches, great sportsmanship

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Why Rosters?

• Second game in 2012, season ending injury from an
  illegal hit
• Broken collar bone, ER visit
• Used Bollinger as secondary insurance

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Why Rosters?

• Need 100 of coaches and players to have current
  USL membership for Bollinger Insurance to be
  valid
• NCJLA verifies every roster

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Game Changes/Cancelations

• Game Cancelations
• Must be reported to the NCJLA within 72 hours for
  boys teams and 120 hours (5 days) for girls
  teams
• Forfeits
• Too few players? Communicate show up and play
  the game. Enter 0-1 as score, loss to team short
  players
• No shows unilateral changes
• 0-1 score entered, offending team banned from end
  of season play
• Second offence rest of teams season is canceled
  and club put on probation

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Save the Date Next Delegates Meeting September
26, 2015
Sorry to not be here today. Looking forward to
a great 2015 season!
Questions?
execdirector_at_ncjla.org 415-418-8369
RIP Grandma Teresa Milligan 10/10/19 - 9/22/14