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Sport and Recreation Coordinator's Manual

New Zealand Secondary School Sport and Recreation Co-ordinators Manual (updated 2008)

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Section 1: Introduction (PDF, 311 KB)

  • SPARC’s mission
  • The New Zealand sport and recreation pathway
  • The place of Secondary Schools in sport and recreation in New Zealand
  • The place sport and recreation within secondary Schools
  • The school curriculum
  • The New Zealand Curriculum
  • School community collaboration
  • Vocational sports experiences
  • The New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Council

Section 2: Whole school community approach to sport and recreation (PDF, 446 KB)

  • A whole school community approach
  • School community planning cycle
  • Active Schools Structure for sport and recreation
  • Sport and recreation council
  • Sport and recreation clubs
  • Student sport and recreation committees
  • Sportfit SportsMark
  • School sport and recreation policy

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Section 3: Planning and Funding (PDF, 700 KB)

  • School sport and recreation strategic plans
  • School sport and recreation annual plans
  • Sportfit investment –
    • Sportfit Offers – key indicators and performance targets
    • Sportfit contracts
    • Sportfit reporting
  • NZSSSC Census
    • MUSAC
    • KAMAR
    • SportSCID
    • Sports Director
  • Other Funding Sources
    • Community Trusts
    • Sponsorship

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Section 4: Increasing participation (PDF, 319 KB)

  • Influences for participation
  • Why teenagers drop out of sport
  • Students’ distinction between competitive and non-competitive sport
  • Primary influencers on student participation in sport and recreation
  • Post-school participation pathways

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Section 5: Achievement - Promoting pathways for students (PDF, 323 KB)

  • What is personal success?
  • Why a pathway?
  • Aligning the school’s pathway with the sport and recreation pathway
  • Implications of a pathway for secondary schools
  • Promoting pathways

Section 6: Building capability (PDF, 318 KB)

  • Child and young person-centred philosophy
  • People Management
  • Coach development
  • Officials development
  • Personnel in secondary schools dedicated to sport and recreation
  • Position descriptions for supporters of secondary school sport and recreation
  • Revised sport leader programmes

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Section 7: School-community collaboration (PDF, 152 KB)

  • Why promote school community collaboration?
  • Benefits from school-clubs links
  • Achieving school community collaboration
  • Examples of how school community organisations collaborate
  • Issues to consider in building school community collaborations
  • How school community collaboration occurs

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Section 8: Administrating sport and recreation (PDF, 628 KB)

  • Electronic management systems
  • Budget management
  • Standard letters
  • Sports registration
  • Uniform tracking
  • Working with Regional Sports Directors
  • Tournaments and draws
  • School contacts
  • Essential equipment for Sport and Recreation Co-ordinators
  • Running sports trips
  • Running sports exchanges
  • Running athletics sports
  • Running a school cross-country event
  • Running swimming sports

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Section 9: Safety in sport and recreation (PDF, 189 KB)

  • EOTC
  • Safety management system for EOTC activities
  • Risk Analysis and Management System (RAMS)
  • Injury Prevention
  • Sports Injuries and First Aid

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Updated | 20 Aug 2009.

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