Important Education Meeting Updates - March 2010
Implementing new policies for education, transfer requirements, eligibility criteria, and amateurism guidelines in 2010. Ensure to ask before taking any action to stay compliant and informed.
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RULES EDUCATION MEETING Implement Educate Monitor Ask Before You Act! March 2010
NEW WSU ASSOCIATES DEGREE TRANSFER POLICY Students transferring in with an associate s degree from an accredited two-year college will fulfill all general education requirements Can be retroactive. Contact Admissions office for help. Ask Before You Act
NEW AT THE ELIGIBILITY CENTER New requirements for 2010-2011 school year 1. Prospective Student-Athletes taking non- traditional courses 2. Submission of documents for Junior College transfers 3. Amateurism questionnaire requirement for official visits and/or scholarship offers Ask Before You Act
NON-TRADITIONAL COURSES Revised requirements for high school students taking nontraditional courses (e.g. online & correspondence courses) Requirements for Eligibility Center to accept the course: 1. Course meets all requirements for a core course 2. Student & instructor have ongoing access to each other throughout the duration of the course 3. Instructor & student have regular interaction with one another for purposes of teaching, evaluating, and providing assistance(e.g. email) 4. The student s work is available for evaluation and validation HAVE PSA SAVE EVERYTHING 5. Evaluation of the student s work is conducted by the appropriate academic authorities in accordance with the high school s established academic policies 6. The course includes a defined time period for completion 7. The course is acceptable for any student and is placed on the high school transcript. Applies to all student-athletes initially enrolling full-time after August 1, 2010 Ask Before You Act
JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFERS NCAA wants to determine Initial-Eligibility status (qualifier or non-qualifer) for all student-athletes, regardless of whether they need to be a qualifier for eligibility Student-Athlete must send high school transcripts and test scores to Eligibility Center Deadline: end of first regular academic term of full-time enrollment unless added to squad list in second semester May be submitted through official or unofficial transcripts or test-score reports Documents must still be official if qualifier status needed to determine eligibility (i.e. no associate s degree) If never took the ACT or SAT, there is a process to have this requirement waived. Ask Before You Act
AMATEURISM REQUIREMENTS Applies to prospective student-athletes (PSAs) you want to bring in on an official visit and/or offer a scholarship New rule requires that PSA answer the amateurism questions prior to coming on an official visit or before we can offer the PSA a scholarship Rule is an attempt to deal with potential amateurism issues earlier in the process Ask Before You Act
MONITORING USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS Student-Athlete Code of Conduct permits use of social networks as long as No offensive or inappropriate pictures are posted No offensive or inappropriate comments are posted Any information posted on the website does not violate the ethics and intent behind the WSU code of conduct. What do you do to monitor your team s use of Facebook & other social networks? Ask Before You Act
SCOUTING BY STUDENT-ATHLETES Issue came up on a Big Sky Conference Call Student-Athletes may attend other games in the sport if they pay all of their travel expenses E.g. Basketball team drives to Pocatello to watch Idaho State play Cannot be done if on a team road trip because we are paying travel expenses Cannot be done at the direction of a coach Ask Before You Act
MEDICAL HARDSHIP REMINDER Medical hardships due April 12 Is there any student-athlete who you want to seek a medical hardship for but have not spoken to us about? Ask Before You Act
ROSTER CHANGE NOTIFICATION Please let us know as soon as there is a change to your roster Adding to the team? Use Team Roster Form (TRF) Ask Before You Act Taking someone off the team? Communicate to compliance. Permission to contact other institutions. Non-Renewal/Cancelation of financial aid contract.
BOOK RETURN Book return will run April 21-23 One coaching staff has asked us to hold all stipend checks until the student-athlete returns all of their books and register for fall. If other coaching staffs that provide book scholarships want to do the same, please let us know. Ask Before You Act
SUMMER & FALL REGISTRATION Summer registration began March 29 Fall registration begins April 5 Ask Before You Act Summer financial aid contracts due April 15 Additional fall financial aid contracts due May 1 (if possible)
UPCOMING RECRUITING CALENDARS Cross Country/Track & Field Contact Period: April 1-June 8; June 13-July 31 Football Quiet Period: April 1-14 Evaluation Period: April 15-May 29 (excluding Sundays) Men s Basketball Dead Period: April 1-April 8 at noon; April 12-15; May 20- 28; July 16-21 Quiet Period: April 22-May 19; May 29-July 5 Contact Period: April 8 at 12:01 p.m.-April 11; April 16- 21 Evaluation Period: July 6-15; July 22-31 Women s Basketball Dead Period: April 2-8; April 12-15 Quiet Period: April 21-July 5; July 16-21 Contact Period: April 1 Evaluation Period: April 16-20; July 6-15; July 22-31 Ask Before You Act
UPCOMING RECRUITING CALENDARS Softball Dead Period: April 12-15; June 1-10 at noon Contact Period: April 1-11; April 16-May 31; June 10 at 12:01 p.m.-July 31 Volleyball Contact Period: April 1-11; April 16-30; May 29-July 31 Dead Period: April 12-15 Quiet Period: May 1-28 Soccer No restrictions Golf, Tennis Dead Period: April 12-15 Ask Before You Act
COMPLIANCE LOGS REMINDER Reminder: ALL COMPLIANCE LOGS ARE DUE AT THE END OF THE MONTH If you did not make any phone calls or contacts/evaluations, please indicate that on the appropriate form or via email
