Important Dates and Deadlines
March 22
Team Handball Registration Deadline
April 1
Bid application deadline for Fall 2011 Provincial Championships
Deadline for Notices of Motion for Annual General Meeting
Nomination deadline for Media Recognition Award and Most Sportsmanlike Coach Award
April 15
Badminton Registration Deadline
ASAA News and Information
Alberta Never Stop Milk Scholarship
ASAA is inviting nominations for students currently registered in ASAA member high schools and planning to graduate in June 2010. This scholarship is an award for students who achieve a balance in life, participate in school life, and have the promise to do great things later in life. It’s for students who will never stop learning, never stop participating, and never stop being an active participant in life. ASAA would really like to encourage all Athletic Directors to nominate worthy recipients. It is also encouraged to pass on the application forms to your school guidance counsellors or your leadership staff, so that it is a collaborative effort and more students are getting the chance to be nominated for this scholarship. Click here to download a copy of the application.
NFHS Student Leadership Conference
An outstanding leadership opportunity, the ASAA works in coordination with the NFHS to offer this opportunity to 4 Alberta student/athletes. The National Student Leadership Conference is a four-day leadership conference for 300 student and adult leaders who participate in interscholastic athletics and fine arts activity programs through their state/provincial high school athletic/activities associations. It provides a forum for student and adult leaders to discuss contemporary issues facing education-based athletics and activities. Through interactive large- and small-group discussions, these leaders will learn to promote respect, positive values, sportsmanship, teamwork, healthy lifestyles, community service and perspective. Click here to download a copy of the application.
Safe Rugby Courses
Rugby Canada's Development Department has produced resources developed specifically to deal with safety within the game of rugby. 'Safe Rugby' is a program that provides coaches, referees and administrators with the required knowledge, skills and leadership abilities to ensure that safety principles and best practice principles are incorporated into all aspects of the game of Rugby.
Please click here to learn more about courses being offered
ASAA Fundraising Opportunity - SunDog Sunglasses
Click here for further information on a unique fundraising opportunity for your school
2009/10 Eligible Teams
Alberta Youth Olympic Symposium
The Alberta Youth Olympic Symposium (AYOS) is an exciting leadership development program for Alberta high school students. The 18th session of AYOS will be April 29 - May 2, 2010 in Calgary. Click here for more information.
Canada Winter Games 2011
Team Alberta is seeking energetic and enthusiastic individuals to participate as Mission Staff for the 2011 Canada Winter Games being held February 11-27, 2011 in Halifax, NS. The Canada Games are the nation's largest amateur multi-sport event and plays a prominent role in developing some of Canada's premier athletes.
The Mission Staff are key members of Team Alberta acting as liaisons between individual sports and all components of the Canada Games organizational structure. For more information on the role of Mission Staff please click here and for the application form please click here. The application deadline is March 31, 2010.
Alberta Education
Framework for K-12 Wellness Education
Click here to view Alberta Education's Framework for Kindergarten to Grade 12 Wellness Education (Released October 20, 2009). The framework outlines the fundamental concepts and inherent values of wellness education and provides guidance for the future development and implementation of Kindergarten to Grade 12 wellness education programs of study in Alberta.
Coaching and Recreation Specific Courses
Alberta Education will be starting new courses that will be piloted in 10 schools across the province for September 2009. The draft copies of these courses are available for all to view and full implementation will be available in September 2010. To view the courses on-line please click here.
Coaching Educational Resources
Coaching Development
The partnership between the province of Alberta, Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation and Alberta Schools' Athletic Association supports the vision of developing coaches and the conveyed value of good coaching for all students…in school, in sport and in life. Click here to read more.
NCCP Information
Click here for a copy of the Fall 2009 "Calling All Coaches" NCCP Introduction - Competition and the new Competition – Development (replacing the Level 3 Theory) Multi-Sport Modules.
NCCP Offerings at Teachers Conventions
Click here for more information on dates and courses being offered
NFHS Information
The partnership between the ASAA and the NFHS is a collaborative relationship with a common goal of development of education-based interscholastic sports. Click here to learn more about their Fundamentals of Coaching program.
Memos to Schools
Rugby memo, February 2009
Rugby memo, June 2009
Sport Specific School Programs/ Courses/ Academies Policy June 09
Volleyball Net Rule Change September 2009
U16 Rugby Club Play Memo November 2009
Rugby Tours Memo December 2009
*ASAA RISK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL - H1N1 INFLUENZA
*Please note that unless there is another H1N1 outbreak, the recommendations in the memos listed below are optional
News and information from other groups
Can the Community Initiatives Program (CIP) assist your school?
The ASAA encourages school administrators and coaches to work with their local Parent Advisory Council or High School Athletics Booster Clubs to submit CIP grant applications. For more information click here or visit the Alberta Lottery Fund website at albertalotteryfund.ca
