Reference no: EM133674064

Question: In regards to who can attend these conferences, it should be anyone on the staff that is willing and wanting to attend. An opportunity to learn and grow should not be denied from an administrator, and more likely than not the assistant coaches on your staff will end up being the head coaches in the future. Starting their professional development prior to them being the head of a program could make them a better candidate once the time comes to make a head coaching hire. For substitute teachers, this would be paid by the district. The district has a set budget set aside for substitute teachers, and with this being school related business, pulling from that already existing fund makes the most sense. If a coach is asked to present at a conference, they should have the opportunity to accept or decline the request. For these conferences in particular, it's usually the coaches who are the most networked who are asked, so most will accept the request. However, I don't feel it should be a requirement for a coach to have to accept a request to present. For budgeting purposes, I feel that coaches should be able to attend two professional development opportunities per sport coached that are funded by the school district. Anything greater than that amount will need to be covered by the coach. This provides all of your coaches ample opportunity to attend professional development, while maintaining a budget that could handle that amount. Expanding more than that could create a situation where coaches start taking advantage of the fund.