This information will also be sent to everyone by email as well. Please keep for reference, and respond to any member of the Executive through email that you have received it. The Executive/Head Coach's emails are provided below as well as the link to the Dolphin website.
This notice is not meant to replace the Parent/Swimmer Code of Conduct that each parent/swimmer was to sign, but is in addition to it. It is also not meant to infringe on the coaches ability/responsibility to address minor issues on deck. If you have not received/signed the Parent/Swimmer Code of Conduct, please advise us and we will provide you with a copy. A signed copy is mandatory in order for your child to swim with the SDSC.
The club's mandate is to provide a safe, supportive environment for parent, child, coach and Executive. In keeping with this mandate, we are adding the following items to the code of conduct. These items do not just apply to the swimmer. They apply to swimmer, parent, coach and executives. Our aim is to have a successful, rewarding season for all.
No parents on deck
An exception to this rule is parents of Tier 1A children only will be allowed to watch their kids in the stands until Christmas break. After Christmas break they will be subject to the same policy as the rest of the swim club. Parents may watch their children from the viewing area just inside the pool. We are trying to keep our coaches coaching during practice time and not fielding questions or taking complaints/criticism. Repeated occurrences of parents being on deck may result in the parent not being allowed on the pool premises during SDSC activites. For serious situations, it may result in suspension or removal of their child from the club on recommendation of the coaches/executive. If you need to talk to the coach, we ask that you talk to them before/after practice if time permits and only for general inquiries. If you have a formal complaint, we ask that you raise it in writing either through email or letter to any member of the Executive, or dropped off in the lockbox at the front desk of the CUP.
Violence/Bullying/Unsportmanlike Behaviour
Minor issues will be dealt with on deck by the coaches through the yellow/red card system as communicated in the parent/swimmer code of conduct already provided. Issues of a serious or repeated nature will be brought before the Executive. The club does not condone this behaviour even in retaliation. The Executive will investigate and parents will be notified. If the event is serious or repeated, the swimmer may be suspended or ejected from the club on recommendation of the executive/coaches. If the situation involves a parent(s), the same repurcussions apply and your swimmer may be suspended/removed from the club. Parents are not to bring issues to the coaches on deck as per the "No Parents On Deck" policy. You can speak to the coach before/after practice if time permits for minor issues only, and major issues should be addressed through the formal complaint process to any member of the Executive.
Formal Complaints
Formal complaints must be in writing through email or letter to any member of the Executive. If a parents brings a verbal complaint to a member of the board or coaches that they would like action taken for, they will be instructed to raise a formal complaint in writing. The Executive will investigate the contents of the written complaint. We want to make sure that any issue that comes to the board is not miss-quoted. It is up to the parent to make sure the letter is complete and factual to the best of their knowledge. The Executive will take action as necessary.
The SDSC Executive and Coaches wish every swimmer a safe and successful 2010/2011 swim season.
Kirk Steele, Summerside Dolphin President on behalf of Executive and Coaches.
Contact info:
Website: www.summersidedolphins.ca
Kirk Steele - President hammersteele@hotmail.com
Tanya Tynski - Past President tmtynski@pei.sympatico.ca
Darren Bulger - Vice President darrenanddebbie@bellaliant.net
Sharlene Fennell - Registrar sharlenefennell317@msn.com
Chris Palmer - Treasurer chris@revolution.ca
Paula Finkle - Secretary PLFINKLE@gov.pe.ca
Tracy Stevenson - Head Coach tracyguimond@summersidedolphins.ca
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