To:                          All Area Media

OIAAA Partners

OIAAA Board Members

Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators

 

From:                    OIAAA

 

RE:                          Completion of 2017 OIAAA “Summer Institute”

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

 

OIAAA COMPLETES SECOND ANNUAL “SUMMER INSTITUTE”

 

The Second Annual “Summer Institute” hosted by the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA) was completed recently in Columbus, Ohio.  The three-day series of courses and workshops were held June 20-22 at the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) buildings and at Whetstone High School in Columbus.

 

Course presentations covered a broad range of topics which were focused upon enhancement of interscholastic athletic administrators’ duties in their role as school athletic directors.  Included in these course offerings were topics such as “Enhancement of Outdoor Facilities”, “Deployment of Quality Middle School Athletic Programs”, “Legal Issues involving Title IX, Harassment, Social Media and Risk Management”, “Time Management in the Athletic Office”, “Athletic Fund-Raising Best-Practices”, “New Athletic Directors’ Workshops”, and “Enhancing Curbside Appeal of Your Facilities”.  Additionally, presentations by the OHSAA staff members helped to address topics involving the new Competitive Balance initiative, use of the Arbiter system and OHSAA administrative expectations.

 

“This was our second summer of offering a range of classes to assist not only our new athletic directors, but also providing our more veteran administrators sessions which will help grow education-based programs in our schools”, stated OIAAA Executive Director, Bruce Brown.  “Our goal in offering this annual workshop-like opportunity is to share best-practices and key ideas to assist our member schools deliver the best educational opportunities through school sports to our students.”

 

This year’s Summer Institute drew 220 attendees to the various course roster spots. Combined with the 2016 Summer Institute, 500 attendees have filled roster spots which makes the Ohio Summer Institute one of the largest summer workshops for interscholastic athletic administrators in the country.  In addition to the Summer Institute, the OIAAA offers extensive training sessions at their annual State Conference, which will be held November 12-15, 2017 at the Hilton Easton in Columbus.

 

For additional information about the OIAAA, go to www.oiaaa.org .  The OIAAA can also be found on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ohioiaaa/) and on Twitter (@ohioiaaa) .

Aurora High School athletic administrator, Paul Powers, CAA, has been selected as the 2017-2018 Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Board of Directors’ President.  Powers will assume his one-year role as Board President at the August 10th OHSAA Board of Directors meeting in Columbus.

Powers is in his ninth year as athletic administrator with Aurora City Schools.  Prior to his present position, he was athletic director at Bedford High School for 10 years and served in the same capacity at West Geauga High School from 1993-1998.

He is a 1986 graduate of West Geauga High School and received his Bachelor’s degree in Sports Management at Ohio Northern University in 1991.  He received his CAA certification from the NIAAA in 1996 and has completed 34 of the 40 NIAAA Leadership Training Courses over his career.

During his 24-year career as an athletic administrator, Powers has been recognized by his colleagues for his service and success as an administrative leader.  He has twice received the OIAAA’s “Distinguished Service Award” (2004 and 2007), was selected as the 2009 Northeast Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NEOIAAA) “Athletic Director of the Year”, received the OIAAA “Citation Award” in 2012 and was recognized this past December with the NIAAA “State Award of Merit”.

Powers currently is in his second year of a two-year tenure as President of the OIAAA, having served as President of the NEOIAAA from 2009-2011.  He has served on the NEOIAAA Executive Board for the past 20 years and has been a member of the OHSAA Northeast District Athletic Board since 2012.

As OHSAA Board of Directors President, he will serve his second year on the Board of Directors as the NEDAB representative.