Benefits of Extracurricular Activities
Support the Academic Mission of School
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An extension of a good educational program
Students who participate tend to:
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Have a higher GPA
Better attendance records
Lower dropout rates
Fewer discipline problems
Provides lessons for practical situations:
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Teamwork
Sportsmanship
Winning & Losing
Hard work
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UIL Orientation
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Coaches must annually attend a UIL Orientation.
Discuss UIL Rules and Regulations
Athlete Eligibility
Athlete Requirements
Coaches Expectations/Requirements
• Power Point will be made available to all Coaches
through Athletic Coordinators.
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Purpose and Philosophy of the UIL
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To assist, advise, and aid schools
To devise and prepare eligibility rules
To regulate competition
To promote good sportsmanship
To forward the concept of accepting decisions of
sports officials
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Coordinated Communication with UIL
• Always find an answer to UIL question to avoid
violation of a rule
• Our job is to know rules & their interpretation
• Refer to UIL website or manuals
• Refer to sport specific manual
• Speak to Athletic Coordinator or Athletic
Director before you call UIL office
UIL Web site
www.uil.utexas.edu
The purpose of the UIL web site is to provide school employees, parents,
students and other interested parties access to information regarding
extracurricular activities. Below is a partial list of documents/information
that may be found on the web site:
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TEA-UIL Side by Side
Constitution and Contest Rules (C & CR)
Athletic Manuals
Guidelines for Non-School Participation
UIL Sportsmanship Manual
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Rules Compliance Program (RCP)
• Required for all coaches 7th-12th grade PRIOR
to their 1st contact with athletes.
• Training available only via the UIL website.
• Must have UT ID and password to access
system. Fill out coaching assignment (s).
• Print your certificate and turn it in to the
Campus Athletic Coordinator who will then
turn in a copy to the Athletic Department.
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Aid, CPR, AED Training
Senate Bill 7
1. School Districts shall annually provide CPR and AED
training to employees.
2. All coaches, PE teachers, and cheerleader coaches must
maintain current certification in CPR and AED training.
3. Coaches must have a current certification before first
contact with student athletes.
***New requirement – Concussion Training
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COACHES PAPERWORK
PROFESSIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM
• Must be completed by a coach their 1st year at a
campus. Form must be notarized.
• Another form must be completed if a coach
changes campuses.
• PAF Form acknowledges that coach is
responsible for acknowledgement of UIL rules
and regulations.
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New Coaches Education Program
• Fundamentals of Coaching Course.
1. Cost $35 – Paid for by the Coach
2. Register through UIL Website and
take course online.
3. Print your certificate and turn it in
to the Campus Athletic
Coordinator.
4. All 1st year coaches must take
course.
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After School Coach
• Must fulfill all coaches requirements which
include RCP training, CPR certification,
Fundamentals of Coaching, PAF, & Concussion
Training
• May not exceed a certified coaches stipend
• Any one who assists in any other capacity and
is not a MISD employee must have a
background check and be cleared by HR
Non-School Participation
• Coaches may not require athletes to participate in
non-school activities.
• Coaches may not instruct non-school coaches on
skills,team strategies, or line-up.
• It is a violation for a school coach to handle money
for a non-school team involving students in their
attendance zone.
• Athletes may not help during a camp or club
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ATHLETIC PAPERWORK
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PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS MUST BE ON FILE BEFORE ANY
ATHLETE CAN WORK OUT OR COMPETE. (MUST USE
REVISED 1/6/2009 PHYSICAL FORM)
CONCUSSION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM (NEW)
PARENT OR GUARDIAN PERMISSION.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RULES
*PREVIOUS FORMS INVALID
**PARENTS CANNOT OVERIDE A DOCTORS EXCUSE.
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Athlete Safety Training
• Coaches must conduct Safety Training for all their student
athletes.
• School must download Safety Training Power Point
presentation and show to athletes.
• Athletes must sign to prove that training that has occurred.
• Safety training will be available to parents through Athletic
Website.
• Multisport athletes must attend the safety training session
provided by each coach of sports they join.
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Eligibility for the 1st 6 Weeks
• STUDENTS BEGINNING 7TH GRADE MUST HAVE
BEEN ACADEMICALLY PROMOTED.
• STUDENTS BEGINNING 8TH GRADE MUST HAVE
BEEN PROMOTED FROM THE 7TH GRADE.
• STUDENTS MAY PRACTICE BUT MAY NOT
COMPETE WHEN NOT ACADEMICALLY
ELIGILIBLE.
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Section 1478
AGE REQUIREMENTS
• For 7th Grade athletic competition an athlete may not be
14 on or before September 1st.
• For 8th Grade competition an athlete may not be 15 on or
before Sept. 1st.
• There are other guidelines for overage athletes-please
refer specific questions to Athletic Department.
• 6th Grade students may not practice with or compete
against junior high students.
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General Regulations for
Athletic Practice and
Competition
• No game, scrimmage, or tournament shall begin prior to the
end of the academic school day for all participants.
• A team may not practice for more than 8 hours outside the
school day.
• Maximum length of any single practice session is 3 hours
• When more than one practice is held, there shall be at least
one hour of rest in between. (Football requires a 2 hour rest).
• Athletes shall not engage in more than 5 hours of practice a
day.
• School week begins at 12:01 AM on first day of instruction and
ends at the end of school on last day of instruction.
• No Sunday practice or participation.
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No Pass, No Play
– A student who receives a a grade below 70 at the end of any grading
period in any class may not compete until all classes are passed the
next grading period and grace period is fulfilled.
– There is no point credit for advanced courses (Pre-AP) at MS.
– All schools must check grades for all participants at the end of the 1st
six weeks of the school year.
– Students who pass all classes remain eligible until the end of the next
grading period.
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No Pass, No Play
(con’t)
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In regards to eligibility: make up work can not be completed
after a grading period has ended, unless the student has
received an incomplete.
An incomplete grade must be made up before an athlete
may compete.
An athlete may regain eligibility if ineligibility was caused by
a teacher error, mechanical error, or teacher not following
district grading policy.
All students are eligible during a school holiday of a full
calendar week or more.
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Soccer, Baseball, Volleyball, Softball,
Basketball & Football
• One game or scrimmage may be played per
calendar week.
• Football: There must be a minimum of 5 days
between contests.
• Practices shall not begin prior to the first day of
school.
• Please download a copy of the UIL Junior High
Coaches’ Manual.
• All coaches must read and refer to the NFHS Rule
Books for rules and regulations for each sport.
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Cross Country & Track
• No team or student shall compete in more that 6
meets including the District meet.
• Meets are limited to one per calendar week.
• Practice shall not begin prior to the first day of
school.
• Please download a copy of the UIL Junior High
Coaches’ Manual and refer to the NFHS Track &
Field and Cross Country Rule Book for any rules
and regulations.
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Inclement Weather
• Campus Administration and Athletic Department
will make decision in regard to cancellation of
games due to weather.
• Contests which have to be canceled due to
weather or other circumstances shall not be
rescheduled unless there is an open week within
the season.
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Sportsmanship and Behavior
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As coaches, we are responsible for the behavior of our athletes.
Positive behavior is expected from our fans- paying to get into a game
does not give them a right to be negative.
A positive relationship between coaches and officials is always important.
Please think twice before you react in a negative manner.
Any coach who is ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct, or a Football
coach who is given 2 or more 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalties during a
contest, is required to appear before the State Executive Committee at
the coaches expense.
Schools must notify UIL within 3 school days if a coach has been ejected
or received two 15 yard unsportsmanlike penalties. Please follow chain
of command.
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Game Procedures
• Cannot protest the results of a game after the
officials have declared a winner.
• Officials decisions must be honored.
• Make sure that you speak to officials before they
leave game site if there is an item of discussion (not
if it involves a judgment call).
• A game cannot be terminated by a coach. Each
contest must be played in full.
• Administrator in charge must introduce themselves
to the officials and be present during the contest.
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Coaches Expectations
• Emphasize that a student’s first responsibility is to be a
student.
• Coaches must focus on instilling good values and building
character through sports opportunities
• Cut as few kids as possible. (Maximum Participation)
• All athletes that suit out must play.
• Structure practices so that they are a positive experience
for athletes.
• Always treat players with respect.
• Always offer assistance for improvement and words of
encouragement.
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• Emphasize that all athletes, regardless of playing
ability, follow all regulations.
• Emphasize improvement (not just winning) as a sign
of success.
• Remember that you are part of the teaching faculty
and coaching staff – please follow all rules and
regulations.
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Player Participation
• Participation: A player suited out will participate in
game. The amount of playing time is at the
discretion of the coach.
• All reports, concerns and problems must go through
your Campus Athletic Coordinator and Principal and
then Athletic Department.
• Team managers must be eligible and must fill out
paperwork.
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Hazing:
• Hazing is any act that causes or is likely to
cause bodily danger, physical harm, or
personal degradation resulting in physical
or mental harm for the purposes of
pledging, initiation into, holding office in,
or maintaining membership in an
organization.
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Hazing Components
• Humiliating, degrading, emotionally and / or
physical harmful activities.
• Behavior expected to join or maintain full
status in a group.
• Hazing can occur regardless of a person’s
willingness to participate
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Typical Arguments Asserted
for Hazing Traditions /Rituals:
• Team building and character building
• Create unity, loyalty, discipline, and team
spirit
• Reassure senior group members that
newcomers value membership
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Most Common Defenses To
Allegations Of Hazing
• Victims gave “consent”
• It was just “horseplay”
• It is tradition – Something that has “always”
had been done
• Peer Pressure
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Texas Education Code 37.152 Personal
Hazing Offense
• (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
1) Engages in hazing;
2) Solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid another in engaging
in hazing;
3) Recklessly permits hazing to occur; or
4) Has firsthand knowledge of the planning of a specific hazing incident
involving a student in an educational institution, or has first hand
knowledge that a specific hazing incident has occurred, and knowing
fails to report that knowledge in writing to the dean of students of other
appropriate official of the institution.
• (b) The offense of failing to report is a Class B misdemeanor.
• (c) Any other offense under this section that does not cause serious bodily
injury to another is a Class B misdemeanor.
• (d) any other offense under this section that causes serious bodily injury
to another is a Class A misdemeanor.
• (e) Any other offense under this section that causes death of another is a
state jail felony.
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Texas Education Code 37.153 Organization
Hazing Offense
• (a) An organization commits an offense if the organization
condones or encourages hazing or if an officer or any
combination of members, pledges, or alumni of the
organization commits or assists in the commission of hazing.
• (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable
by:
1. A fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000;
or
2. If the court finds that the offense caused personal
injury, property damage, or other loss, a fine of not less
than $5000 not more than double the amount lost or
expenses incurred because of the injury, damage, or
loss.
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Texas Education Code 37.154
Consent Not a Defense
• It is not a defense to prosecution of an offense under this
subchapter that the person against whom the hazing was
directed consented to or acquiesced in the hazing
activity.
Texas Education Code 37.156
Offenses in Addition to Other Penal Provisions
• This subchapter does not affect or repeal any law of this
state. This subchapter does not limit or affect the right
of an educational institution to enforce it’s own penalties
against hazing.
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Coaches Responsibility
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Address It
Supervise
Put a STOP to it
Report it
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Contact Information
– DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
• PAULA GONZALEZ: 618-6089
– ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SECRETARIES
• Vanessa Castaneda – Secretary 618-6089
• Norma Mancha – Bookkeeper 618-6091
• OFFICE FAX: 972-5840
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MS CAMPUS ATHLETIC COORDINATORS
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Brown: Christopher Loya/Olympia Luna
Cathey : Luis Vela
De Leon : Juan Garza
Fossum: Rene Saenz
Lincoln : Rick Romero
Morris : Bill Cameron
Travis: Ralph Rodriguez
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THANK YOU!
BEST OF LUCK!
Have a Great Season and A Great Year!!!
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