Day one...check!

First day on the job went well! My day started out at 8:30. I met my sponsor, Athletic Director Gregor, and from there we embarked on a mission to the Development Office. Our mission was to scour yearbooks dating back to the eighties and secure pictures of various members of the faculty. I know this mission seems unlikely of that of  an Athletic Director, however, an Athletic Director at a New England prep school is involved in many aspects of the community, not just the athletics. Part of being an athletic director is also being an administrator, advisor, and coach, amongst other things. After procuring the pictures, we made our way back to the office where we got an urgent message to take a look at locker room three...its inhabitants consist of teenage boys, and it was a disaster zone...to say the least. This mess showed me that a big part of the job is being a people person. You have to be able to deal with people in a polite, and problem solving manner. After the locker room crisis, it was time for the athletics department meeting. This is a meeting that takes place at the beginning of each week and consists of both pressing matters, and different situations that need to be solved. From this meeting I learned that liability is a growing issue at prep schools, specifically Proctor, and it is one that needs to be promptly addressed. I also learned that in order for everything to run smoothly, ALL of the different members within a department need to work as a cohesive unit. From this meeting, we went to assembly and then lunch. After lunch, I spoke with both Gregor and the man behind the social media aspect of Proctor's athletics and we brainstormed different projects that I could undergo throughout the next three weeks. After talking about this I was so excited that I started right away on one. This took me right up until it was time for me to depart for my softball game at Brewster Academy. Overall, it was a fun and enlightening first day!


p.s. We beat Brewster!