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Georgia Athletic Director’s Association
2012 Conference Schedule
Tentative Schedule
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Leadership Training Courses: Chippewa, Monterey, & Lafayette Rooms
1:00-5:00 P.M. Registration
LTC 502 Principles, Strategies, and Methods – Mike Carswell – Calvary Day School
LTC 612 Athletic Administrators: Basic Technology – Jason Watts – Luella Middle
. LTC 721 Positive Sporting Behaviors – Gary Long – Mill Creek
1:00 – 2:30 P.M. Workshop A: Pulaski Room – Difficult Personalities, Carter Wilson-Decatur
3:00 – 4:30 P.M. Workshop B: Pulaski Room – Parent Meetings, Mike Singletary-Thomas County Central
5:00 P.M. GADA Board Meeting: Pulaski Room
7:30 P.M. Board Dinner
Sunday: March 25, 2012
Leadership Training Course and Most Workshops: Chippewa, Monterey, & Lafayette Rooms
8:00 A.M. - 12:00 Registration – 8:30am – 11:00am
LTC 700 Developmental Theory of Middle School Programs, Mike Gumbinger - Dutchtown
LTC 611 Concepts and Strategies for Fundraising, Boosters, David Colvard - Paulding Co
LTC 790 Leadership Training Instructional Methods – Dr. Gary Gibson-Muscogee County
12:00 – 1:30 pm Hall of Fame Luncheon – Harborview Room
1:30 – 2:00 pm Opening Session: Introductions – Presidential Welcome,
2:00 – 4:30 pm Exhibit Hall Opens
2:30 – 4:00 pm Workshop C – Dealing with Community Coaches, Kevin Petroski, Athens Academy
Workshop D- Helping New Athletic Directors, Ruth Donahoo, Holy Innocents
4:30 – 6:00 pm Introductions and Exhibitors - Drawing – Ballroom
6:00 – 7:00 pm Keynote Speaker – Dan Radakovich, Georgia Tech Athletic Director
7:00 P.M. Social with Exhibitors – Knights of Columbus
Monday: March 26, 2012
7:00 - 8:00 A.M. Registration – Ballroom
8:00 – 10:00 A.M. Awards Breakfast: Region Winners, Past Presidents, Retiring Athletic Directors, Members and Exhibitors – Harborview Room
10:00 -12:00 A.M. Exhibits Open and Registration – Ballroom
11:30 – 5:00 P.M. Golf Tournament – Southbridge Country Club
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop E – Dan Duff, Character Building Programs for Athletes, Rockmart
1:00 – 4:00 P.M. LTC 501 Athletic Administration: Philosophy, Leadership – Mike Phillips
1:00 – 2:30 P.M. Workshop F – Rendell Jackson, Helpful Ideas for the Middle School AD, Atlanta City
2:30 – 4:00 P.M. Workshop G – Steve Jones – Athletic Code of Conduct, Cobb County
5:00 – 6:30 P.M. Low Country Boil Sponsored By Riddell – Knights of Columbus
7:00 – 8:30 P.M. CAA Exam – Monterey Room
Tuesday March 27, 2012
All Events in Ballroom
8:00 – 9:15 A.M. Breakfast Speaker: Robert Atkins - Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Ringgold High School
Sponsored by Fellowship of Christian Athletes
9:15 – 10:00 A.M. Exhibitors
10:10 – 11:30 A.M. Dr. Ralph Swearngin, Executive Director, Georgia High School Association
11:30 A.M. General Meeting and Election of Officers
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE COURSE LIST
SATURDAY 1:00pm – 5:00pm
LTC 502 Principles, Strategies, and Methods – Mike Carswell
LTC 612 Athletic Administrators: Basic Technology – Jason Watts
LTC 721 Positive Sporting Behaviors – Gary Long
WORKSHOP A: 1:00-2:30PM – Problems, Politics, and Difficult People in Athletics, Carter Wilson
WORKSHOP B: 3:00-4:30PM – Organizing Parent Meeting, Mike Singletary
SUNDAY 8:00am – 12:00noon
LTC 700 Developmental Theory of Middle School Programs – Mike Gumbinger
LTC 611 Concepts and Strategies for Fundraising, Promotion, Boosters – David Colvart
LTC 790 Leadership Training Instructional Methods (Needed to Teach) – Dr. Gary Gibson
WORKSHOP C: 2:30-4:00 – Dealing with Community Coaches, Kevin Petroski
WORKSHOP D: 2:30-4:00 – Ideas for New Athletic Directors, Ruth Donahoo
MONDAY 1:00pm – 5:00
LTC 501 Athletic Administrations: Philosophy, Leadership – Mike Phillips
WORKSHOP E: 10:30AM-12:00NOON – Character Programs Building Athletes, Dan Duff
WORKSHOP F: 1;00-2:30PM – Atlanta City Middle School Athletic Coordinator, Rendell Jackson
WORKSHOP G: 2:30-4:00PM – Athletic Code of Conduct, Steve Jones
Dear GADA members,
The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association National Conference was a tremendous success in Indianapolis last month. Georgia had many representatives present. Thank you all who made the effort to go. Congratulations to past-presidents Jeff Beggs and Carter Wilson for their presentations at the conference. Also, past-presidents Joe Sanfillippo and Peggy Green were both recognized for national awards.
Now it is our turn. The Georgia Athletic Director’s Association State Conference will be here before we know it. Please mark the dates on your calendar, Saturday, March 24-27 in beautiful Savannah, Georgia. The LTI Classes to be offered will include two 500 level courses, two 600 level courses and three 700 level courses which includes a new course on sports behavior. There will be additional workshops offered and middle school athletic directors will have great opportunities to learn and network. Conference registrations forms and LTI registration forms are now online to be submitted. Some deadlines are quickly approaching so please check them out below.
Please examine the addition to our website the “AD Spotlight” to the left in the tags. A new athletic director will be highlighted each month. Continue to look for our 2012 Hall of Fame class to be announced soon. GADA continues to work for you, our members. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Bob Stinchcomb, CMAA
GADA President
Athletic Director
Darlington School
Latest News
ATTENTION GADA MEMBERS! Time is running out for receiving the great hotel pricing for the upcoming GADA Conference in Savannah. The Conference will take place in Savannah March 24-27 at the Hilton DeSoto. The hotel is located on 15 West Liberty Street, Savannah, GA 31401.
Reserve your room with the great pricing
by Wednesday, February 22.
For more information, call (912) 232-9000 or visit the website by CLICKING HERE
PLEASE SUBMIT ALL AD YEARS OF MERIT EMAILS BY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22
If 2012 is a special anniversary such as 10, 15, 20 or 25 years of serving as an athletic director, please send your AD years of merit for recognition. Email them to MarshallT@marist.com so that you can be properly honored and recognized.
2/19/12
The LTI Registration Deadline is Wednesday, February 29.
Please look over the Leadership Training Courses offered by scrolling to the top of the page and then register for the classes you would like to take by Feb. 29. For more information, contact
Bob Stinchcomb
Darlington School
1014 Cave Spring Road
Rome, Georgia 30161-4700
2/13/12
HELP! I AM A MIDDLE SCHOOL AD!
Check out the latest original article written by Mike Gumbinger for the GADA Website. To view the article, click the Middle School tab on the left of the page.
2/7/12
The February Newsletter is ready!
CLICK HERE to read the newsletter
2/6/12
Congratulations to Rockmart's Dan Duff for being the subject of February's GADA Spotlight. Check out this month's newsletter for more or you can click on the Spotlight tab to the left to read about his great work
1/4/12
The January Newsletter is ready!
CLICK HERE to read the Newsletter
1/3/12
2012 GADA Conference LTI Registration Form.
The deadline to register is February 29, 2012
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FORM
12/29/11
Sign up now for the High School Female/Male Scholarship Award.
The High School Female/Male Scholarship Award will be presented to a senior who has represented his/her sport(s) in both performance and leadership.
Each winner will receive a $1000 scholarship award.
The application deadline is February 1, 2012.
For more information, call 770-279-0653
CLICK HERE to Download the nomination form
12/27/11
The December Newsletter is available. CLICK HERE
12/5/11
National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA)
Stipend Position Vacancy Announcement
9/30/11
2011-12 GADA Hall of Fame Nominations due November 1
Click HERE for the MS Doc Nomination Form
Click HERE for the PDF Nomination Form
8/19/11
Leadership Database updated
7/29/11
GADA RECEIVES AN NIAAA CITATION FOR INCREASED ENROLLMENT!
GADA Donates $3,000 toward Ringgold Rebuild
It did not take long to see that something had happened here. Pulling into Ringgold, one will quickly notices the blue temporary tarps which drape from the rooftops on many homes and buildings. Your eye observes an opening in the county side different from the crowded shadows of trees on one side of the road that was not present on the other. Piles of debris litter the roadside. Buildings are standing with one or two walls crumbled to the ground. The local hotel is missing its entire roof and side. It is hard to believe the beds can be seen from the roadside completely made up complete with comforters. Poles stand tall along the roadside that once held signage for local stores. All the signs have been blown out excluding one that had a message under a Wendy’s sign, “We are now open.” A fence surrounds the campus of Ringgold High School. The look is much like a prison with chain locks on gates and men in uniforms moving wildly within confines of the crippled buildings. As you stand looking over the devastation, the words on the side of large truck bring reality to this destruction. The words in big red letters read, “National Disaster Team.” It made it clear that this community had a number of long and painful days ahead of them.
While taking pictures of what is left of Ringgold High School, you quickly see the pain in the eyes of those living near the school. Trees are uprooted. Homes are destroyed. Roads are closed and people of all ages are trying to get their lives and homes back together.
Where can these students, teachers, faculty, staff, and athletes turn for continuation of their education and lives? A savior in the disguise of an arch rival, Heritage High School, came to the salvation of a difficult situation.
As soon as the door opens to Heritage High School one can see the commitment to rebuilding the Ringgold community. Ringgold High School students joined Heritage High School. On the floor at the entrance is a large welcome mat in the school colors of both Heritage High School and Ringgold High School which reads, “When worse comes to worst, we all come together.”
The tornado of April 27, 2011 did not destroy a community. It provided opportunities for individuals and organizations to provide support to the needs of others. There is a saying,” we don’t need a hand out, we need a hand up.” Ringgold needed both. The community is standing now, barley standing but standing. They will be running soon in the direction before the tornado struck. When they do, a new friend, Heritage High School, will be at their side cheering them on. Well, at their side for all games but one.
Bob Stinchcomb
GADA President
2011 Regions Directors Cup Awards Presentations
For the first time in its 11-year history, the Regions Directors Cup was presented to winning programs at the same location. The occasion was the Regions Directors Cup Winners Reception, hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting at their headquarters in Midtown Atlanta.All seven cup winners were represented and accepted awards at the banquet. Athletic directors from each school were there to accept the awards and make a short speech. Each and every one made a reference to how much they appreciated the contest and the sponsors of the event, including Regions Bank, the Georgia Athletic Directors Association and Score Atlanta.
The Directors Cup is a team sports competition in which programs accumulate points for each varsity sport played based on playoff finishes. Standings are kept for each classification, gender, sport and region. Awards are given to the overall winners for each classification, winners for each gender in each classification, and region winners.
During the banquet, overall and gender winners from each classification were recognized. A representative from each winning program was present to accept the award. GPB Director of Sports and Score Atlanta President I.J. Rosenberg emceed the event. Read more...
Read all of the stories HERE
Final Standings
Rankings By Sport
Past GADA President Joe Sanfilippo presents the 2011 GADA Male Student Athlete Award to Levi M. London of White Co. High School. Read more about this years recipients HERE.
