Calgary ISAA Junior High

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice of Motion - Submitted by Sabine Crandall

 

Policy: Junior High volleyball rules of competition -  First contact off the serve

 

Current: There is no current policy

 

Proposed: At the Junior High level, first contact off the serve must be played with a forearm pass. Any attempt to play the ball with the fingers in a setting/volleying motion is not permitted. The referee will stop play and will indicate a double contact infraction.

 

Rationale: To support the direction of Volleyball Canada (rule 9.2.3.2) and Volleyball Alberta’s rationale for supporting the rule “The first contact with a forearm pass has been in existence for several years now and it is for the 16U category and younger.  Most school programs (even Jr High) have disregarded this rule and continue to allow serve receive with an overhead pass.  The reasoning for the rule is to try and teach younger athletes to move their feet and establish a solid base by learning the forearm pass. “ Terry Gagnon, Executive Director. Volleyball Alberta.

CISAA -  Notice of Motion -  to be considered at  2013 Fall Meeting.

Current Policy – Section D – Eligibility

D.                 ELIGIBILITY

 

1.                     All questions regarding eligibility of players except as herein provided, must be referred to an eligibility committee that shall consist of the Executive Committee.

 

2.

a)      The competitor must be a bona fide student of a Calgary ISAA member school.  A student becomes a bona fide student of a school on the first day of classes beginning the term of semester in the school in which he is registered.  In the case of transfer from one school to another, the student shall become a bona fide student in the new school upon the date of his first attendance of his transfer-in by the Principal and when the ASAA transfer form is completed in its entirety.

 

b)    The competitor must be registered in a minimum of 800 instructional minutes per week for which departmental credits are granted.  Correspondence courses can be included as instructional minutes for students registered at “A” classified schools.

 

c)     The Senior High competitor must be under the age of nineteen years on September 1^st of the school year.  The Junior High competitor must be under the age of seventeen years on September 1^st of the school year he is enrolled in.

 

d)    It must be the opinion of the principal of the school that it is in the best interest of the competitor, and of the school board as a whole, for him or her to participate.

 

 

e)    Any student who is or has been registered and in attendance at a post-secondary institution shall not be eligible for high school competition.

 

3.             Students shall be eligible for three years competition after registering in Grade 10, following the policies of the ASAA.

 

1.                     In “A” classified schools, Grade 9 students may be registered for participation in basketball and volleyball at the ISAA competition.

 

5.             The Principal of each school shall be responsible for the eligibility of the school’s competitors for any competition.

 

6.                   No competitor may represent his school in the same sport, in junior and senior high Calgary ISAA competitions in one school year.  All games will be defaulted if this occurs.

 

7.                    Only 1J school players can play in the 7/8 league AND the grade 9 league.

 

8.                    1J schools may apply, in writing, to the CISAA executive to request participation of grade 6 students for Jr. High CISAA competition. The request must include and acceptable risk agreement from the child’s parent as well as from the administration of the school. Each case will be examined individually as a special request for the present school year.

 

9.                   Players from 1J schools may play up from the Grade 7 or 7/8 leagues to the Grade 9 league, when circumstances dictate, to a maximum of 5 games. After a sixth competition (or portion thereof) a player is deemed ineligible for Grade 7 or 7/8 competition.\

 

10.                 Players are eligible to participate in only one CISAA championship competition per sporting season.

 

 

Proposed Policy on Athlete Eligibility -  Including Updates and Enhancements

 

E.                  ELIGIBILITY

 

1.                     All questions regarding eligibility of players except as herein provided, must be referred to an eligibility committee that shall consist of the Executive Committee.

 

2.

a)     At the high school level, an athlete must meet all eligibility requirements outlined in the ASAA Policy Handbook.

 

b)      The competitor must be a bona fide student of a Calgary ISAA member school.  A student becomes a bona fide student of a school on the first day of classes beginning the term of semester in the school in which he is registered.  In the case of transfer from one school to another, the student shall become a bona fide student in the new school upon the date of his first attendance of his transfer-in by the Principal and when the ASAA transfer form is completed in its entirety.

 

b)    The competitor must be registered in a minimum of 800 instructional minutes per week for which departmental credits are granted.  Correspondence courses can be included as instructional minutes for students registered at “A” classified schools.

 

c)     The Senior High competitor must be under the age of nineteen years on September 1^st of the school year.  The Junior High competitor must be under the age of seventeen years on September 1^st of the school year he is enrolled in.

 

d)    It must be the opinion of the principal of the school that it is in the best interest of the competitor, and of the school board as a whole, for him or her to participate.

 

e)    Any student who is or has been registered and in attendance at a post-secondary institution shall not be eligible for high school competition.

 

3.             Students shall be eligible for three years competition after registering in Grade 10, following the policies of the ASAA.

 

4.               In “A” classified schools, Grade 9 students may be registered for participation in team sports -   volleyball, basketball, team handball, rugby, and soccer at the CISAA competitions.  

 

5.              For team sports:

 

       Grade 7 students are eligible to compete on Grade 7,  Grade 7/8, or Grade 8/9 teams.

 

                Grade 8 students are eligible to compete on Grade 7/8, or Grade 8/9 teams.

 

                Grade 9 students are eligible to compete on Grade 8/9, or JV teams.   1A schools are permitted to have on-site Grade 9’s play on varsity teams.   

 

                Grade 10 & 11 Students are eligible to compete on JV or SV teams.

 

                Grade 12 students are only eligible to compete on SV teams. 

 

                Students at all CISAA schools are only permitted to be on the roster of 1 school based team per sports season.     Students on “lower level teams” are eligible to be called up when the higher level team is short players to a maximum of two games per season.   If a student is called up a third time, they lose all eligibility at the lower level.   E.g.  a Grade 8 student who is on the roster of a 7/8 team, can only play 2 games for the 8/9 team over the season.  This includes all CISAA competition, tournaments, etc. 

 

1J schools have a higher maximum on this:  Players from 1J schools may play up from the Grade 7 or 7/8 leagues to the Grade 9 league, when circumstances dictate, to a maximum of 5 games. After a sixth competition (or portion thereof) a player is deemed ineligible for Grade 7 or 7/8 competition.\

 

                If a lower level team is eliminated and their season is over, students are eligible to be added to the higher level teams roster for the duration of the season.    E.g.  If an 8/9 volleyball team is eliminated, a 1A Grade 9 student can join the roster of the high school team for the duration of the season, or when a JV team is eliminated, players can be added to the Senior team. 

 

                In the event of a school having two teams in the same league, students must only be on the roster of one team. 

 

6.               The Principal of each school shall be responsible for the eligibility of the school’s     competitors for any competition.

 

7.                    No competitor may represent his school in the same sport, in junior and senior high Calgary ISAA competitions in one school year.  All games will be defaulted if this occurs.  The only exception to this would be a Grade 9 student being added to a SV roster at a 1A school upon completion of the 8/9 season. 

 

 

8.                    1J schools may apply, in writing, to the CISAA executive to request participation of grade 6 students for Jr. High CISAA competition. The request must include and acceptable risk agreement from the child’s parent as well as from the administration of the school. Each case will be examined individually as a special request for the present school year.

 

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Notice of Motion -  Submitted by Sabine Crandall

 

Policy:  Grade 7 and 8 basketball rules of competition -  Basketball: Help defence in man to man

 

Current: No policy

 

Proposed: Help defence is allowed when a defender has lost their man and the player shows intent to drive to the basket.

 

Rationale: The grade 7 league is very much a development year for students in both skills and knowledge. Students will learn to identify when a player is driving to the basket and call for help from their teammates. Currently, some players are running over to help as soon as a ball is passed creating a double team situation and the unskilled beginner players are unable to move the ball.

PASSED

 

CISAA -  Notice of Motion -  Championship Banners to be considered at September 10^th 2013 Meeting. 

Current Policy -  None Existing

New Policy – For the CISAA to return to presenting champions with white banners produced by Industrial Graphics instead of the blue/black cloth banners produced by Big Kahuna.   A small committee can be formed to design a new and improved banner featuring the CISAA Logo, but for the overall size and presentation of the banner to be the same as the banners presented in the 2010-2011 season and previous. 

Rationale –

The cloth banners are oversized, unsightly, and unpopular.   If we stop their use after two years schools will have the opportunity to reproduce any cloth banners they have won in the last two years, returning their gymnasium to uniform appearance.

The Industrial Graphics banners do cost approximately $100 each.  This cost can be shared by all participating teams in a given league. 

 

An alternative way of funding the banners would be a budget produced for all banners necessary for the junior high school and high school athletic season, and for all participating schools to pay up front as part of registration.

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Notice of Motion - Submitted by Sabine Crandall

 

Policy: Junior High volleyball rules of competition -  Triple Ball

 

Current: There is no current policy

 

Proposed: That Triple Ball be played in the grade 7 league.

 

Rationale:  To allow beginner players an opportunity to practice their skills by playing out a set and not have serves determine the outcome of a game. This rationale supports the direction of both Volleyball Canada and Alberta Volleyball at the 14U and 13U leagues.

 

TABLED

 

Notice of Motion April
24,2013
Policy – Section (C), Item (3) ’
Sport Commissioners’, page (3)
Current:
1. ‘SPORT COMMISSIONERS’
The conditions of appointment of Sports Commissioners shall be as follows:
∙ Appointments to the roster of sport commissioners shall be ratified by the
general membership.
∙ They shall be appointed from among the school staff members of Calgary
ISAA member schools.
∙ Commissioners shall serve for a period of two seasons of play.
∙ Commissioners shall be selected at the spring meeting for the following
year.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPORT COMMISSIONER
The duties and responsibilities of Commissioners shall include the following:
a) Before the season starts, coordinate a coach’s meeting once a year.
b) Review all policies regarding the sport and make recommendations for change to the general
meeting.
c) Be familiar with new developments in rules, equipment, coaching techniques, etc.
d) Motivating the furthering of their sports through the use of newsletters, talks and other forms of
publicity and promotion.
e) Ensuring that the records are recorded and yearly reports are written and forwarded to
the Sports Coordinator.
f) In competitions where medals are required, commissioners must order medals from the
Calgary ISAA, and engrave with the appropriate sport, division, and year. Commissioners are
responsible to ensure awards are presented at the championships.
g) The Sr. High School commissioner is responsible to organize an AllStar
games for Volleyball
and Basketball during their leagues season of play.

Proposed:
The appointment of the Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner shall be
as follows:

Appointment
of a Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner shall be
voted on by the general membership at the spring meeting alternating years
The Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner will serve in the league for
two years
The Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner will be elected from the
school staff members of Calgary ISAA member schools.
The Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner will hold a position on the
Executive Committee with a honorarium established by the Senior High President, Junior High
VicePresident and Treasurer prior to each electing Spring meeting
The Junior High and Senior High League Sports Commissioner would work in conjunction
with the Sports Coordinator
The distribution of Championship Banners and Medals will be conducted by a staff of the host
school (Jr High and Sr High Sports Commissioner would not be able to be in multiple venues
in one evening)

Rationale:
Currently we have individual sports commissioners for each level (or some
combination of 1J, 2J, 3J/4J and then Tier 1 and Tier 2 and/or JV) and in each sport.
Currently it appears a great majority of the sport commissioner(s)responsibilities are
being performed by the Sports Coordinator and other Executive members (securing
venues, booking officials, handling issues that arise, ordering/distributing
banners/medals, trophy locating, etc)
The sport commissioner will be responsible for all sports at all levels 1
Junior High and 1 Senior High
This could be a step to a more consistent, more structured student athletic program in
all sports in both junior and senior high Each League Sports Commissioner would work in conjunction with the Sports
Coordinator

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B. MEMBERSHIP 1. Membership in the CISAA shall be open to any junior or senior high school in the CISAA district (as per bylaws) which has paid its annual fee according to the following scale: a) Senior High Schools $500.00 b) Junior High Schools $500.00

 

Proposed :

B. MEMBERSHIP 1. Membership in the CISAA shall be open to any junior or senior high school in the CISAA district (as per bylaws) which has paid its annual fee according to the following scale: a) Senior High Schools $600.00 b) Junior High Schools $600.00

 

Rationale:

Increase in fee is to provide enough revenue to increase pay to Sports Coordinator and keep up with cost of living. Although every organization we deal with has increased fees- (ASAA, Insurance, bookkeeper,) we have done our best not to. We have not increased fee for 8 years. We also realize that the duties of our sport coordinator have changed since inception. That role has been required to do additional work.

 

 

 

HOUSEKEEPING UPDATE

 

CISAA Policies E4. Team Competition and Player participation

 

a)       In Calgary ISAA, Zone and Provincial competition, a school may elect to enter a team in a given activity in the classification above or below its school classification while still retaining its right to enter teams in other activities in the proper classification of the school.

 

 

 

b)       For volleyball, basketball and soccer, JV teams must play in Division 2.

 

 

 

c)       In Senior Volleyball, Basketball and Soccer, Schools may choose to enter Tier 1 or Tier 2 competition. JV can only compete in Tier 2.  Each school will be eligible for banners and medals for each Tier.

 

d)       End of season challenge games or playoffs will be used determine provinicial representation.  Schools will then challenge for their registered Division (1A, 2A, 3A, 4A)

 

 

 

 

 

The CISAA should not be making policy regarding Zone or Provincial competition. Part a) should be revised. Part a) and c) seem to be in direct conflict with each other

 

 

 

If E4C has not been changed, then we have not been running our Sr High leagues properly. If the policy has been changed, then it should be updated on the CISAA website. If this policy has been changed, then I would like to submit the following notice of Motion:

 

 

 

 

 

CISAA Policies E4c

 

 

 

Present:

 

 

 

1A schools who opt into Division 1 can only do so if they opt into 2A, 3A, or 4A at the ASAA level.

 

 

 

Proposed: 1A schools that want to have competition and playoff participation for CISAA Tier 1 championships (or Division 1 as the CISAA executive labels) must opt up to 2A, or higher classification, at the ASAA level for that team.

 

 

 

Rationale: This was the original policy with the CISAA. The role of the CISAA is to provide fair competition based on the norms of accepted league play. The CISAA should not be playing the role of providing competition that a ‘school’ deems appropriate. The natural provision for fair competition is based on school population as set out by the ASAA. Although the CISAA provides some flexibility for teams that wish to opt down, in exhibition status, allowing teams to opt up in ASAA category but still compete for Zone championships at their designated category is not providing fair competition. On average, larger schools will have a better level of competition. Allowing a 1A school to compete at a 2A level, but also competing for 1A zone representation is an unfair advantage over the other 1A schools. The 2A schools are gaining no benefit from competing against 1A schools in regards to provincial rankings, as these statistics are not considered very highly by the ranking committee members. Any advantage gained for a 2A school playing a 1A school would be specific to the teams involved, and could easily be attained through exhibition games, rather than forced league play. Especially when it forces 2A schools to miss having a double round robin league.

 

The role of the CISAA should be providing fair competition, not better competition. If a school desires better competition, the ASAA provides numerous tournament opportunities to fill their season schedule.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Policy Section A – Code of Ethics, Part 1

Current - All sanctioned competitions must be conducted with a high standard of courtesy, fair play and sportsmanship. All those involved share a responsibility.

At the end of every volleyball and basketball game at every level, BOTH teams need to go in to Leaguelineup and submit a Sportsmanship ranking for the opposing team.  They will given a score out of 5, for the following four areas:

1) Fans

2) Coaches

3) Athletes

 

A score of 5 would be given for the most outstanding showing of sportsmanship, while a score of 1 would be given out if there was a showing of gross unsportsmanship-like behaviour (ie. A coach getting double T’d out of the basketball game for swearing loudly at an official).  There will also be an area to write anecdotal notes regarding the sportsmanship throughout the game, where you could compliment a team, or further describe an incident that lead to a low ranking.

At the end of every season, along with posting the top teams from the league on the website, the top 3 most sportsmanlike schools will also be posted.  As well, those that have an average score lower than 2.5 will be contacted by the CISAA regarding a plan to move forward and not have this occur again.

In addition, if a school is ranked in the bottom 3 for two seasons in a row, they would be put on strict probation.  This would involve contacting that school’s administration, and a formal warning issued to possibly be removed from the league if poor sportsmanship continues into the following year. At that time, the Executive would need to decide what further steps to take.

In order to ensure that schools make this a priority, and that everyone fills in a sportsmanship ranking, scores and updated standings will not include games in which both teams have not filled out their sportsmanship rankings.

Rationale – This past basketball season gave rise to a number of issues.  At least once per week, the Executive received a formal or informal complaint regarding the poor showing of sportsmanship from teams/schools in our league.  The issues ranged from running up the score, to fans threatening coaches, and coaches verbally assaulting officials, score keepers and inappropriate comments from one coach to another.  This is unacceptable in our league, and the Executive would like to take a number of steps to prevent this from being the case in the future.  Having an actual score given to each team after each competition will allow us to more easily follow up with those teams/schools that are most regularly guilty of these infractions.  In addition, our hope is that when sportsmanship ranking becomes a bi-weekly part of your duties as a coach or AD, that it will actually become a focus, and these unfortunate events will decrease in the future.

 

May 2015

Policy

Current:

E.      EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee shall mean the Executive of the CISAA and shall consist of the following:

1.      President - must be a member-school staff member who will retain office for a two year term.

2.      Vice President - must be a member-staff member who will retain office for a two year term.

3.      Past-Presidents - shall retain office for two year following the term of office as president or until the position is taken by his successor.

4.      Treasurer – must be a member school staff member who shall retain office for a two year term.

5.      Sports Coordinator. The Sports Coordinator shall retain office for a 1 year term. An honorarium for services shall be established by the Executive prior to the Fall meeting.

6.         Any three members shall constitute a quorum.

 

Proposed:

E.      EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Executive Committee shall mean the Executive of the CISAA and shall consist of the following:

1.      President - must be a member-school staff member who will retain office for a two year term.

2.      Sr. Vice President - must be a member-staff member who will retain office for a two year term.

3.      Jr. Vice President - must be a member-staff member who will retain office for a two year term.

4.      Treasurer – must be a member school staff member who shall retain office for a two year term.

5.      Sports Coordinator. The Sports Coordinator shall retain office for a 1 year term. An honorarium for services shall be established by the Executive prior to the Fall meeting.

6.         Any three members shall constitute a quorum.

 

Rationale:

With the increase in our leagues day to day demand.  The workload needs to be off loaded from the President.  Removal of the past president is needed as future presidents may not be around as they will retire from teaching and will be unable to fulfill their duties of past president.

 

With the new structure communication needs to go as followed for any issues.  AD to commissioner, commissioner to respective VP, VP to President.  This will ensure everyone is in the loop regarding an issues that may arise. 

 

 

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Policy – Section H – Awards - Item 1: CISAA Individual Awards, pg.17

Add to read:

Host schools of championship games and tournaments have the right to perform medal ceremonies in any format they choose as long as an appropriate rationale can be given for choosing that format. If players, coaches, Athletic Directors, parents, etc have an issue with the format they may choose to contact the host school’s AD or administration to provide further clarification of rationale.

 

Rationale:

This past year we hosted both a gr. 7/8 girls volleyball YE tournament as well as the Tier 1 8/9 Boys Bronze medal game and Tier 1 8/9 Girls Gold medal game. In all of these medal matches we carried on a school tradition where the opponents handed the medal to the receiving team (4^th would present Bronze with the bronze medal/Silver medalists present Gold/Gold present Silver). This is done out of the spirit of competition and sportsmanship. It is also a way to come together as a sport community and encourage kids to acknowledge their opponents’ great teamwork and gameplay.

 

Hopefully I did this right. Let me know if I need to provide anymore info. I’m sure more clarity will come in discussion at tomorrow’s meeting.