POLICY 6145.02
SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL EXTRA-CURRICULAR ATHLETICS
- B.C. School Sports (BCSS) Competitive Policies and Procedures Section 6.2.5, the Lower Vancouver Island Secondary School Athletic Association (LVISSA) Constitution and Regulations Section 5:IX-5.1, and the Lower Island Middle School Sports Association (LIMSSA) Constitution and Regulations Section 9:(9.1) state that school teams must be accompanied by a teacher-coach, teacher-sponsor, administrator or adult community coach approved by the principal in accordance with the applicable School District Policy.
- The Board of Education recognizes the value of organized athletic competition between schools. The Board of Education will endeavour to provide all school teams with either a teacher-coach or teacher-sponsor. If it is not possible to have a school team(s) coached or sponsored by a teacher, the principal may approve an adult community coach who is not a teacher to coach a school team(s) in accordance with the attendant regulations.
Greater Victoria School District
Approved: January 25, 1999
Revised: March 30, 2009