Upper Level Commissioner
2024 - 2025 PeeWee, Squirts, and Upper Level Girls
- Position: Upper Level Commissioners – 4 positions (Bantam, Peewee, Squirt, Upper Girls)
- Term: Elected 2 year
- Position Description: A voting member on the Board. Coordinate all level specific activity for the CCHA. Serve as the communication liaison between the parents and the Board. Resolve any parent issues. Be visible, communicate, and coordinate resources needed for level specific activities. Specific level activity called out below.
- Stipend: No
- Time Commitment: 5 hr/month
| Month | Responsibilities | Noted Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Ongoing/ Monthly | Attend all monthly board meetings | Provide updates at monthly BOD meetings. |
| Be knowledgeable on USA, MN and District 6 rules and updated changes | Manage level area on the web | |
| Continue to update and address CCHA policies and procedures | Uphold the Parent / Player Code of Conduct | |
| Assist Event Directors as needed | ||
| Promote Level Events on the Web | ||
| January | Midseason check-in with coaches and team managers. | |
| Push mid season verbal parent/player evaluations and promote year end Coach evaluations | ||
| Remind players of the importance of attending scheduled skills and goalie clinics in addition to their regular practices | ||
| February | Recruit members for commissioner role | Provide updates for year ending tournaments to the web master |
| March | Send season ending email to coaches and team managers asking for overall record, Dist 6 record, and tournament record/results. | Provide updates for year ending tournaments to the web master |
| Send reminder to team managers re: jersey and team equipment turn in to equipment managers. | When possible attend year end tournaments in a show of support | |
| Obtain tournament feedback | ||
| April | Assist with new electee transition as required | Attend StormHawk Awards |
| May | Start to identify and register Tournaments posted in various publications, utilize last year's team feedback | |
| Send Summer Update | ||
| June | Review/continue registering for Tournaments, create spreadsheet per level | Attend and promote annual Golf Tournament fundraiser |
| Provide new equipment request for budget | ||
| Review and approve budget | ||
| July | Review prelim player registrations data | Discuss numbers, co-ops move ups etc |
| Complete and confirm tournament sign ups. | ||
| August | Confirm with Tournament Directors if all teams are registered | Construct and update email group lists with registered players |
| Work with Ice Coordinator on pre-season clinic scheduling | ||
| Meet with HDC level rep to discuss tryouts, work, player move up. play downs w HDC | ||
| September | Start Tryout prep, meet with HDC level rep | Coach Applications: Review prior to tryouts with the Tryout Team and HDC specifically. |
| Work with Accounting on any registration and payment issues | Distribute Coach Certification Requirements from USA Hockey and CCHA Policy to coaches. | |
| Recruit for high level of participation | Participate if needed in the ICE Draw process | |
| Squirt, Girls 10U – Assist teams with ordering Pin Trading Tourney Pins | ||
| Bantam – Coordinate numbers w HS coaches, HDC and Tryout Team | ||
| All - review potential players waving in for the season. | ||
| October | Conduct Parent meeting for level | Confirm registered players have submitted volunteer checks/fee. Assist Accounting |
| Assist, review and vote on coach and team assignments | Coordinate equipment distribution w Mgr | |
| Review placement with parents as required | Assist in Team Manager kick off meetings and web site pages | |
| Reinforce player and parent code of conduct | Squirt – complete all goalie / skater goalie intentions forms. | |
| Supervise, attend level tryout evaluations as allowed | Squirt/Peewee/12U - Meet with Brick City Tournament Directors | |
| November | Network at the rink, reach out to coaches and team managers for feedback for each team | Drive coaches to completion on Certification requirements. |
| Squirt/Peewee/12U – Assist with Brick City Tournament | ||
| December | Assist Registrar as required to drive coaches for completion of Certification requirements. | |