Nova Southeastern

Field Experience Log

By
PJ Graybeck
ATH 670
Applied Field Experience in Athletic Administration

PJ Graybeck
Week of June 27
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
Saturday
Sunday 7 Hrs
7 Hrs
7 Hrs
7 Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

7Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

II.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Took over the role of grounds supervisor for the
summer. Responsibilities included: making sure all fields and
gyms were ready to go for the day, walked around to make sure
practices were run smoothly, made sure all athletes had their
physicals, returned emails and phone calls from parent concerns
for summer practices and coordinate each team to make sure
they had a field and times available.
B. New Experiences. None
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Delegation, Communication
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
None
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The
summer practices provided a good opportunity to take over an
administrative role in a lower level capacity.
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.

Situations you observed during the week that were interesting

and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Managing
the fields and practice times. Making sure the coaches are following
attendance and physical regulations.

PJ Graybeck
Week of July 4
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday 2Hours
2 Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

Thursday Friday
2 Hours
2 Hours

2 Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

III.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Spent time 2 hours each working on scheduling
buses for the fall sports season. This week is a Georgia State
sanctioned off week. Therefore no practices, camps or workouts
were being held.
B. New Experiences. This is the first time scheduling buses. I had
review scheduling procedures on the county website. Register
my name and password and enter the information for bus
requests for away games and practices in the fall.
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Communication
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
Once I was able to schedule a few trips the rest of the scheduling
came easy.
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences.
Being organized and precise is very important. Not only do the
buses need to be requested properly but making sure all teams
had a bus if multiple away games were on the same day. It is
important to understand the distance and arrival times for each
team so that I schedule the appropriate bus(county bus or
activity bus)
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance. Making
sure that I have several spread sheets updated to be able to

make corrections and confirm bus requests and coachs

satisfaction.
Situations you observed during the week that were interesting
and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. I was able to
receive help from the Athletic Director on requesting a few trips before
taking over completely.
PJ Graybeck
Week of July 11
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
7 Hrs
7Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

Thursday Friday
7 Hrs
7 Hrs

7 Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

IV.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Took over the role of grounds supervisor for the
summer. Responsibilities included: making sure all fields and
gyms were ready to go for the day, walked around to make sure
practices were run smoothly, made sure all athletes had their
physicals, returned emails and phone calls from parent concerns
for summer practices and coordinate each team to make sure
they had a field and times available.
B. New Experiences. None
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Delegation, Communication
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
None
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The
summer practices provided a good opportunity to take over an
administrative role in a lower level capacity.
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.

Situations you observed during the week that were interesting

and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Managing
the fields and practice times. Making sure the coaches are following
attendance and physical regulations.

PJ Graybeck
Week of July 18
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
Saturday
Sunday
7 Hrs
7 Hrs
7 Hrs
7 Hrs
7Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr
II. Field Experience Location:
Riverwood International Charter School
III.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Took over the role of grounds supervisor for the
summer. Responsibilities included: making sure all fields and
gyms were ready to go for the day, walked around to make sure
practices were run smoothly, made sure all athletes had their
physicals, returned emails and phone calls from parent concerns
for summer practices and coordinate each team to make sure
they had a field and times available.
B. New Experiences. None
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Delegation, Communication
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
None
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The
summer practices provided a good opportunity to take over an
administrative role in a lower level capacity.

F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking

questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.
Situations you observed during the week that were interesting
and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Managing
the fields and practice times. Making sure the coaches are following
attendance and physical regulations.

PJ Graybeck
Week of July 25
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
7 Hrs
7Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

Thursday Friday
7 Hrs
7 Hrs

7 Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

III.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Took over the role of grounds supervisor for the
summer. Responsibilities included: making sure all fields and
gyms were ready to go for the day, walked around to make sure
practices were run smoothly, made sure all athletes had their
physicals, returned emails and phone calls from parent concerns
for summer practices and coordinate each team to make sure
they had a field and times available.
B. New Experiences. None
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Delegation, Communication
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
None

E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The

summer practices provided a good opportunity to take over an
administrative role in a lower level capacity.
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.
Situations you observed during the week that were interesting
and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Managing
the fields and practice times. Making sure the coaches are following
attendance and physical regulations.

PJ Graybeck
Week of Aug 1
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday
7 Hrs
7Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

Thursday Friday
7 Hrs
7 Hrs

7 Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

III.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday-Friday- Took over the role of grounds supervisor for the
summer. Responsibilities included: making sure all fields and
gyms were ready to go for the day, walked around to make sure
practices were run smoothly, made sure all athletes had their
physicals, returned emails and phone calls from parent concerns
for summer practices and coordinate each team to make sure
they had a field and times available.
B. New Experiences. None
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Delegation, Communication

D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.

None
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The
summer practices provided a good opportunity to take over an
administrative role in a lower level capacity.
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.
Situations you observed during the week that were interesting
and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Managing
the fields and practice times. Making sure the coaches are following
attendance and physical regulations.

PJ Graybeck
Week of Aug 8
Robert Prior
I. Please indicate the times you worked:
Monday
Tuesday Wednesday
Saturday
Sunday 2Hrs
2Hrs
0Hrs
0 Hr

Thursday Friday
1Hr
1Hr

2Hrs

II. Field Experience Location: Riverwood International Charter School

III.

Evaluation of previous weeks experiences:

A. A concise description of what you did each day.
Monday- Wrote up the summer practice and workout wrap up
evaluation. Evaluation included both positive and negative issues
that were evident throughout the summer. Evaluated every team
and their head coaches on how well each team was prepared,
represented, dedicated to program growth, and followed the
rules and regulations of the Riverwood Athletic Program.
Reviewed the evaluation with AD Coach Santoro before meeting
with each coach later in the week to go over the evaluation.

Tuesday- Sat in on a meeting for all coaches for the 2016/2017

school year. Meeting was to introduce coaches, responsibilities,
agendas, new rules and regulations and changes in the athletic
program operations.
Wednesday- Sat in on a meeting for all head coaches, their
parent representative and the head of the RAA. Meeting briefly
reviewed physicals, athletic trainer concerns and the review of
the budget and financial operations of the athletic program. A
brief mention of the summer evaluation and concerns that were
brought up in Mondays meeting. Also mentioned that each
coach will meet with me to go over the evaluation
Thursday and Friday- Met with each head coach and reviewed
evaluations from the summer.
B. New Experiences. Writing an evaluation and discussing with
each coach.
C. Skills and knowledge used. Organization, Evaluation, Corrective
Criticism, Communication, Accountability
D. Skills and knowledge areas in which you felt deficient.
None
E. Comments concerning your feelings and experiences. The
writing of an evaluation of the summer and discussing it with the
coaches was a great opportunity to practice evaluations,
communicating it the coaches, starting a file on each coach and
developing a process of change if needed from several coaches.
F. Plans for improving your performance. Constantly asking
questions and sitting down with administrators and current and
past athletic directors will help improve my performance.
Situations you observed during the week that were interesting
and/or beneficial to your pre- professional development. Its not easy
discussing negative situations with a professional. Using the proper tone an
verbiage is very important to gain their respect and not deter the coaches
from wanting to improve.