Does anyone recommend the SO Coaching Guide

[Sara Cupp]

Hello,

How often do your Div. C teams meet and what do you do in the meetings? We do announcements and team adm and then have work time with a partner twice a month. 

It seems like we should be using the time better. I have considered buying the SO Coaching Guide? Does anyone have any feedback on it? 

https://store.soinc.org/us/science-olympiad-coaching-program/p/171228

On another note, how do you keep track of changing members and events. Does anyone have a great spreadsheet template they would like to share?

Thank you!! 

Sara J. Cupp

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[Dugger, Jaclyn]

I bought the SO coaching guide and I really only utilized the first few weeks of content. After that, we get into a flow of study and update the binder, so I haven't tried to use the late season stuff yet. There might be some great stuff in there, I just haven't seen it yet. 

In regards to organization, I do use a spreadsheet to track it all, but I also have a practice schedule that I give to the kids so they know who their partner is for each event.

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Kind regards,

Jaclyn Dugger

DCHS Science Department

Science Olympiad Head Coach

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[David Gebhart]

Sara,

Here is an excel I have tinkered with over the years.  The 1st tab - Notes should help to understand each tab and what to fill in.

It might work for what you are looking for.

I mess with it periodically, add new things and update formulas for tabs to make things easier. 

Div C Item sheet is not 100% correct for this year as it is a manually entered sheet based on headers. 

Have at it.  

David Gebhart

CWHS Sci Oly Coach

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[Latha Atluri]

Quick question,

If there are any last minute conflicts with students events . How does team resolve them? Any input would be appreciated. 

Any inputs 

Regards
Latha Atluri

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[Cameron Nickerson]

Here's my Google sheet for organizing the team and some other things I need to make sure are done. I have two teams, one very serious, and one more relaxed. It is a lot to keep track of and some people I see less frequently than others.  

It's got less automation than the other, but this has worked for me for years. It can be easy to accidentally click the boxes, so I added a warning. I use a separate system for choosing who does what.  I do like the way the other sheet organizes some of the information and might borrow some of those ideas into next year's version. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XSkuRiwT5ryy5Wx51Q1GAJk0hZ_mKvbStDH11IceAFQ/edit?usp=sharing  

Cameron 

[Sara Cupp]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate sharing your spreadsheets.

The reorganization of teams is SO tough. We started the year with 3 teams of 15. Of course, some kids have dropped, some kids have added. We had 3 partial teams. At our in-person Invitational, we had exactly 15 of those kids who came, so we had to reshuffle a bit, and the directors were awesome to allow "practice tests" in cases where I had more than 2 kids in an event.

Now we are preparing for Regionals, so I just reorganized people into 2 full teams and 1 partial based on participation and performance. Some people have a new event and many have new partners, but we need to cover all of the events to have the best chance to qualify at state. I would love to hear how others reshuffle or organize at the beginning or throughout the season to give everyone the best experience. It is my first year advising and last year the team had only 15 students instead of 45. Having a serious team and a relaxed team makes sense. Do students choose at the beginning of the year?

Thanks! Sara Cupp

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