nora mitchell executive director league operations
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Nora MitchellExecutive Director
League Operations
My Many Hats
Local Volunteer Lacrosse Parent
My Day Job
NorCal Volunteer
US Lacrosse National
Volunteer
My Team
Kristine Love, Girls Director
Jason Moore, Boys Director
Dan Miller, Webmaster
Communication ChainCommunication Chain
The Board
Executive Director• Operational success of spring season
• Team registration, conferences, games scheduling, rosters, coaches certification
• Events: today, CEP, PCA, GPD, EoS, Summer Workshop• Communications
–Policies & procedures (Operations Guide)–Website content–Master calendar–Email communications
• Annual budget • New & existing club support• Staff & consultants
2013 Highlights• 53 Active Clubs• 433 Teams• 1120 NCJLA Certified Coaches• 2,821 Regular Season Games• $26.5K in Scholarships and Grants • End of Season Events
• 218 boys teams played 223 games• 100 girls teams played 117 games
• Summer Workshop
Summer Workshop• Overview of Key Changes as a Result of Workshop:
–Roster Lock April 1–Expanded Forfeit and Game Cancelation Policies–Focus on Improving Game Scheduling–8th Grade Girls to Petition to Play HS
• Every club should send a representative to this workshop • Great opportunity to weigh in on league planning and policy
NCJLA Certified Coaches• Recommended by 2011 summer workshop group,
and supported by attendees and the board• Coach certification data due by Feb. 9• Coaches must wear lanyards with NCJLA Certified
Coach card visible at every game, officials will verify
NCJLA Certified CoachRequirements
• Annually: •Background check (depending on service used)•US Lacrosse membership
• One and done:•PCA (online or in-person) •US Lacrosse Level 1 Online•Coaches Code of Conduct Signed
Yellow Bar = US Lacrosse CertificationIndicating one additional requirement met, the in-person clinic
Background Checks• NCJLA prefers NCSI (National Center for Safety Initiatives)
•www.ncsisafe.com• NCSI required for US Lacrosse Certification• Up to club to determine one year or two year NCSI contract• Report EXPIRATION date with NCJLA Certified Coach
submissions• Other services accepted such as LiveScan, etc…• Get started early on this and all coaches requirements
NorCal Chapter of US Lacrosse
Coordinating Hosts
Menlo Park Level 1 November 16Menlo Park Level 2 November 17
And Stay Tuned: Level 1 and 2 Clinics Regionally January & February
2013-2014 CEP Clinics
Team Registration
• Opens October 7 •Include all U9 teams•Include coaches contact info, if available
• Closes December 8•For both boys and girls teams
Rosters 2013• 39 clubs use League Athletics
•Easily upload rosters to NCJLA site• Rosters due February 9, 2014
–Second submission OK for late jersey numbers, and additional players trickling in
• No Roster = No Game• U9 Divisions
•Max on roster is 18 players•Register each true team (in December)•All U9 games entered on NCJLA website
Team Scholarship Program•$10,000 in scholarship funds for 2014 season provide:
•90% waiver on team reg fees•50% off officials fees per game
•Priority to teams:•Drawing players from underserved/low-income communities•From a new NCJLA club
•Timing:•Application posted early October •Due early November •Notifications Mid November
BAYS Foundation: Fifth Year Bringing Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse to California
October 12, 2013 Kezar Stadium SF
SF Lacrosse Fall Classic
Princetonvs
Virginia
BAYS Foundation• Tom Mistele and two fellow LAX-rats
•Created foundation to raise money for underserved youth•Sponsor of the San Francisco Fall Lacrosse Classic•Inspire youth lacrosse players by watching high level D1 men's lacrosse •Entice D1 players to relocate to Bay Area to coach youth
• SF Classic •Non-profit event run by volunteers •All proceeds (after event expenses) go to BAYS Foundation grantees•Not sustainable without sponsorships, tickets sales and volunteers
BAYS Foundation• Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Denver, Notre
Dame, Brown, UNC, Lehigh, Ohio, Princeton, Virginia • $225,000 in grants in first three years:
• America SCORES Bay Area; East Palo Alto Tennis and Tutoring (EPATT); Girls on the Run Bay Area; Lacrosse for LIFE; Oakland Community Pools Project; Real Options for City Kids (ROCK); and KEEN San Francisco.
• 2013 season $10,000 grant to NCJLA - financial aid to boys and girls who would be otherwise unable to participate in youth lacrosse.
