XNB397 Administration of School Sport

Unit Outline: Flexible Period - 10A 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal (Start Date: 08 Sep 2025)

Overview

Within a school, teachers have various roles that exist beyond the classroom, one being the administration of intra and interschool sport. School sports administration is a demanding role requiring many diverse talents. Successful organisation and administration of school sport requires skill in event organisation and promotion, human and physical resource management, risk management, policy development, budgeting, fundraising, meeting procedures and legal responsibilities. It is therefore essential that preservice teachers interested in school sport develop understanding and skills in these areas.

Within the course students have the opportunity to undertake supervised activities such as organising and administering school sporting events such as sports tournaments and carnivals with pupils from a local school. This experience can enhance the employability of graduates.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Recall and comprehend knowledge and theory associated with the effective administration of school sport.
2. Apply knowledge to effectively plan, organise and conduct modified school sporting events.
3. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of school sport.
4. Demonstrate organisation and management skills for effective school sport administration.
5. Make justified conclusions and recommendations to solve problems related to school sport administration.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit is structured around a range of teaching and learning approaches including:

1. Tutorials (interactive, practical, problem solving approach)
2. Seminars (student conducted designed to complement and apply the tutorial content)
3. Lectures (interactive)

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Progressive academic feedback on learning and assessment will be available through active engagement in formative and summative learning environments. 

Assessment

Overview

Assessment is designed to be an authentic practical application of sports administration concepts.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Seminar Presentation and Evaluation

The seminars are focused on the application and evaluation of aspects of organisation and administration in the school sporting setting.The tasks relate to real world school sports administration contexts and simulate what is done by sports administrators such as promoting sport, organising, and administering sporting carnivals, tournaments, fundraising events, and sporting trials to an audience of school children or university peers.

Assessment: Portfolio

Students complete group tasks during tutorial classes. The tasks replicate the various roles of a sports administrator within an authentic school context such as preparing a sports budget and devising, implementing, and evaluating a risk management plan for students training and competing in track and field events.

Assessment: Examination (invigilated)

Short answer questions covering the understanding and application of key unit concepts. The questions are based on real world problems faced by sports administrators when organising and administrating sporting events for school students. 

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Requirements to Study

Blue Card

A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.

Resources

Resource Materials

Reference book(s)

Athletics Australia. How to Organise a Track & Field Carnival.

Bucher, C.A. and Krotee, M.L. (1998). Management of P.E. and Sport. McGraw-Hill.

Byl, J.(1990). Organising Successful Tournaments. Sydney: Human Kinetics.

Daw,J. (1996). Event Management for Sports Directors. American Sport Education Program. Human Kinetics.

Edwards, J., Knott, A., Riley, D. (1997). Australian Schools and the Law. LBC Info Series

Flannery, T. (1999). Personnel Management for Sports Directors. Human Kinetics.

Healy, D. (1994). Sport and the Law.

Queensland State Primary Schools. How to Organise a Carnival.

Stier, W.F. (1994). Fundraising for Sport and Recreation. Human Kinetics.

The Athletic Clinic. Athletics Organisation Manual.

Tronc, K. and Sleigh, P. Australian Teachers and the Law.

Risk Assessment Statement

This unit involves active participation in physical activity. You are required to inform the unit coordinator and class tutor of any medical conditions which may be influenced by physical involvement. You will need to wear clothing and athletic shoes appropriate to the conditions whether indoor or outdoor. Appropriate consideration should be given to issues associated with sun safety - including items such as headwear, sunscreen, protective clothing and sunglasses, or any adverse weather conditions which may arise. There are no other risks beyond the ordinary.