KIAAA Workshop

2024 Workshop 

The 2024 KIAAA Workshop and LTI Courses will be held at the KSHSAA Offices in Topeka.  The date of the workshop will be Monday, November 11, 2024.  Click HERE to view the 2024 Workshop Agenda. 

LTI courses were offered on Sunday, November 10.  If you have not taken LTI course before, you are eligible for our Outreach program.  Click HERE for details.  

The schedule of LTI courses is as follows:

9am-1pm

LTC 501 Athletic Administration: Guiding Foundations and Philosophies
The flagship course of Leadership Training serves as an overview for interscholastic athletic administration. This course introduces the philosophy of educational athletics, then focuses on the roles of the NIAAA, the NFHS, the State Athletic/Activity Associations, and the State Athletic Administrator’s Associations. The course also previews the NIAAA Leadership training and Certification Programs. It is a prerequisite for all four levels of certification and includes study materials for the CAA exam. Required for: LTI instructors and all certifications.

2pm-6pm

LTC 502 Athletic Administration: Strategies for Organization Management
This course takes a basic approach to the fundamentals and methods of athletic administration and alerts and educates athletic administrators on potential problems and possible solutions in areas such as chain of command, scheduling, contest management, and personnel management. The course also touches upon eligibility, critical incident planning, financial responsibilities, legal, law, liability, equipment and facilities. Required for: RAA, RMSAA, CAA and CMAAA Certification

LTC 510  Athletic Administration: Legal Issues IV Social Media, Transgender Participation, Event Management and Security, Pregnant and Parenting Student-Athletes, and Intellectual Property

This course provides in-depth coverage of the legal standards governing the authority of schools to sanction student-athletes and athletics personnel for misuse of electronic communications tools and inappropriate postings on social media. It also includes  strategies for developing and implementing effective social media policies, along with extensive coverage of the legal mandates imposed by courts and legislatures related to event management and security, legal issues regarding the participation by transgender students in school sports programs, the rights of pregnant and parenting student-athletes that must be respected by interscholastic  athletics programs, and the intellectual property issues related to schools sports nicknames, logos, and mascots.  

Required for CMAA Certification.   [REVISED 2021]

LTC 721 Athletic Administration: Positive Sporting Behaviour-For The Love of the Game

In this course administrators will learn to implement appropriate strategies and techniques designed to create a positive, productive learning environment, which will support a system that encourages character, self-discipline, and sportsmanship. This class will provide opportunities for self-assessment and reflection regarding prior performance. In addition, administrators will participate in class discussions and activities. This will increase their knowledge and skills of the effective components of successful character, citizenship, and sportsmanship to share with their students, coaches, parents, and communities

There will be a block of hotel rooms for the workshop.  The hotel is the Springhill Suites by Marriott - Topeka Southwest.  The address is 2745 SW Fairlawn RD, Topeka KS  66614.  To go to the block link, click HERE. The last date is Oct 6th to book rooms through the block.

The workshop and all LTI classes will be conducted at the KSHSAA building in Topeka.  If you are coming up on Sunday, the KIAAA will be hosting a social for ALL members, so please put that on your schedule and rsvp in your registration.

To register for workshop and/or courses, go to your FinalForms account and select "2024 Fall Workshop" in the list of events.  If you have questions, email mhaught@kiaaa.org.