WIAA member schools believe that decisions regarding curriculum content and teachers remain at the local school district level.  WIAA is not in the position to determine curriculum content nor the teachers of individual courses.

 Each school district has the authority to make any WIAA rule more restrictive and may limit the involvement of their coaching staff in teaching specific courses.  The following guidelines should be followed in order to prevent out-of-season coaching violations when a school coach also teaches an advanced physical education class.

1.           The class must be open to all students.  The class must include students who do not participate in the sport the coach coaches.

2.         A variety of sports must be taught during the quarter or semester.

3.           A variety of offensive and defensive strategies in each sport should be emphasized.  Class time should not be used to teach offensive and/or defensive strategies that will be implemented by the school team, particularly if the defensive strategies are designed around a specific opponent from another school or another school team.

4.           Videotapes or films may be shown to the entire class for group instruction. Videotapes or films of interscholastic contests should not be viewed on a one-to-one basis during class time. 

5.           Class members may not challenge one another for positions on the varsity squad in a specific sport.  Example:  A high jumper jumping during class time for his/her class grade would be allowed, as long as he/she does not challenge another student for a position on the varsity track team.

6.         Class time may not be used to choreograph, critique, nor judge/officiate a competitive routine during class time.

 

 

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