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Vermont State Athletic Directors’ Association
2022 State Conference Course Offerings

Sunday – March 27

9:00-1:00p Leadership Training Course: LTC 706 - Athletic Administration
LTC 706 Coaching Coaches to be Leadership Educators

This course will examine the training, preparation, and guiding of coaches, by athletic administrators, to understand the inherent tasks related to education-based athletics. The administrator will be better prepared to integrate new learning opportunities for coaches through the nurturing of suggested coaching knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes. Enrollees in this course will be better empowered as the athletic administrator, to deal with the constant turnover and training of coaches that can demand much of the administrator’s time.

Instructor: David Marlow, CMAA (Activities Director, Mt Mansfield)

2:00-6:00p Leadership Training Course: LTC 710B - Athletic Administration
LTC 710B Current Issues in American Sports

(Dealing with Difficult and Challenging Parents; Finding, Hiring and Retaining Quality Coaches; Marketing an Education-based Athletic Program; Ongoing Challenges of Sportsmanship; Time Management and Organizational Skills). An instructor(s) will lead small-group discussions related to important issues and effective response strategies for 3 contemporary topics (selected from 5 available for LTC 710-B). The instructional format of this course will consist of brief presentations, group interaction and sharing of ideas. Participants will play an active role as these issues are debated and explored.

Instructors: Sean Farrell, CMAA (Activities Director, Middlebury)
Dan Marlow, CMAA (Athletic Director, BFA St Albans)

Monday – March 28

8:00-12:00p Leadership Training Course: LTC 503 - Athletic Administration
LTC 503 Enhancing Organizational Management

This course is a companion course to Strategies for Organization Management and outlines an approach to the fundamentals and methods of athletic administration and alerts and educates athletic administrators regarding potential problems and possible solutions in areas such as special events, public relations, awards, fundraising and Booster Clubs. The course also touches upon ways to increase or improve citizenship and sportsmanship through positive initiatives. Athletic Administrators will have hands-on experience creating handbooks and a strategic plan for their school.

Instructor: Chris Langevin, CAA (Activities Director, Harwood)

8:00-12:00p Leadership Training Course: LTC 504 - Athletic Administration
LTC 504 Legal Issues I (Liability for Sports Injuries and Risk Management)

This course provides in-depth coverage of the legal standards governing liability for sports injuries, including the duties imposed by courts and legislatures on athletics administrators, coaches, athletic trainers, and other athletics personnel related to safeguarding the health and well-being of student-athletes and other persons in school sports environments. Strategies are provided for developing, implementing, and documenting an effective risk management program for interscholastic athletics. Required for: CAA, RMSAA, CIAA and CMAA certification

Instructors: Devin Wendell, CMAA (Activities Director, Mt Abraham)

Vermont State Athletic Directors’ Association
2022 State Conference

Sunday – March 27
9:00 - 1:00 PM (Amphitheater)	*Leadership Training Course: LTC 706 - Athletic Administration* LTC 706 Coaching Coaches to be Leadership Educators
2:00 – 6:00 PM (Amphitheater)	*Leadership Training Course: LTC 710B - Athletic Administration* LTC 710B Current Issues in American Sports
7:00 – 11:00 PM (Junior Suite, room 264)	AD Hospitality – Sponsored by The Nixon Company
Monday – March 28
8:00 – 12:00 PM (Amphitheater)	*Leadership Training Course: LTC 503 - Athletic Administration* LTC 503 Enhancing Organizational Management
8:00 – 12:00 PM	*Leadership Training Course: LTC 504 - Athletic Administration* LTC 504 Legal Issues I (Liability for Sports Injuries and Risk Management)
8:30-12:30 PM (Diamond Ballroom)	Section 1 Meeting
10:00 AM – 12:45 PM (Conference Center Lobby)	Athletic Director Conference Registration/Check In
1:00 – 2:30 PM (Diamond Ballroom I)	1st Session – "Strategies for Recruiting, Supporting and Retaining Womena nd People of Color" Moderator: David Marlow, CAA (MMU) Speaker: Anthony Thomas (NIAAA DEI Ad-Hoc, Co-founder of NOMAD Committee)
2:00 – 5:00 PM (Exhibit Hall – 1st floor)	Exhibitor Registration/Setup
2:45 – 4:00 PM (Amphitheater)	2nd Session - “Value of Social Media Uses in your Department” Moderator: Chris Langevin, CAA (Harwood) Presenter: Avram Doomchin (Gipper) AD CONFERENCE DOOR PRIZES
4:00 – 4:30 PM (Amphitheater)	VSADA Executive Board Meeting
4:00 – 5:30 PM (Junior Suite, room 264)	“Attitude Adjustment” – Sponsored by The Nixon Company
5:30 – 6:30 PM (Exhibit Hall – 1st floor)	Conference Buffet & Social Hospitality Sponsored by Gold Athletics - Bob White
6:30 – 8:30 PM (Exhibit Hall – 1st floor)	Vendor Session – Exhibits for A.D.’s & Coaches Visit Exhibit Hall – Vendor Door Prize Drawings
8:30 PM (Junior Suite - room 264)	AD Hospitality – Sponsored by The Nixon Company
Tuesday – March 29
7:45 AM (Amphitheater)	Breakfast Buffet – “Green Mountain Morning”
8:45 – 10:00 AM (Amphitheater)	3rd Session – “Talking and Trading” (1) Gipper/Social Media (Avram Doomchin/Chris Langevin) (2) DEI wok in VT (Mike Jabour/Quaron Pinckney) (3) Building a Culutre of Excellence (David Miceli)
10:00 – 10:15 AM	Room Checkout/Break
10:15 – 1:30 PM (Amphitheater)	4th Session – VSADA Business Meeting Presiding: Hank Van Orman (U32), VSADA President
2:00-3:30 PM (Catamount Room)	CAA EXAM - Registration through NIAAA office ONLY! Test Administrator: David Marlow, CMAA (MMU)