NOTICE TO ALL COMMUNITIES AND COACHES:

1. ALL coaches [Head & Assistants] MUST have a blue U.S.A. Hockey Coaching Card to be eligible to be on the bench and ice for games and practices for the current playing season.

2. A C.E.P. Card with current verification sticker MUST be carried by ALL coaches [Head & Assistants] for all U.S.A. Hockey sanctioned games. If a coach cannot produce their current & up-to-date U.S.A. C.E.P. Card prior to the start of the game, it must be noted on the scoresheet by the off-ice official. The coach will be allowed to coach that game. The scoresheet will be faxed to the State Coach-in-Chief the next day by the home team. If after receiving the scoresheet, a coach is found that they do not have a current card with sticker, the game will be counted as a forfeit and that coaches local association will be fined $150.00 per coach not properly carded.

3. The above rule will not take effect until the final clinic in the state has been completed, which for the current season is SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH. Any coach that is in violation up to November 19th, will have his local association called and reminded of the mandate on coaches requirements by U.S.A. Hockey and told of the remaining clinics the coach can attend. No forfeits of games or monetary fines will be imposed until after the November 18th, 2001 deadline.

4. Any [Parent/Team Manager] who does not have the proper valid card with sticker will be held to the penalties listed above. Get your team manager or a parent carded if you feel your coaches need help in the box or you may have times when the above mentioned parties need to fill in on the bench. Parents or Team Managers will sign their names on the scoresheet with card numbers if they plan to be in bench. If they are not on the scoresheet or have not put their card number down, they can remain in the box for that game but the off-ice official will note it on the scoresheet and fax it to the State Coach-in Chief the next day. If found to not be carded through U.S.A. Hockey's Coaching Education Program, the team will forfeit the game and the local association will be fined $150.00 for each Parent or Team Manager not properly carded after the November 18th deadline.

5. Off-Ice Officials will make sure that before the start of the game the number of people in the players boxes match the number of names printed on the game sheet along with coaching card number next to their names. [No name or card number, results in game sheet faxed to Coach-in-Chief for verification and penalty determination.]

6. The Initiation Program is now part of the Coaching Education Program and will be inserted as the new Level 1. The Associate Clinic is now Level 2 with the Intermediate Clinic moving to Level 3. The Advanced Clinic is now Level 4 with the Masters Clinic now becoming Level 5.

7. You have consecutive years to achieve the level that you need to be at. Example: If you are just starting out the C.E.P. and you are a Bantam Coach, then you will need to be at the Intermediate Level. Year 1, you would take the Associate Level Clinic and then the following year you would need to take the Intermediate Level Clinic. You will not be able to do one clinic and wait a year or two before doing the next level if you are to be at a certain level.

8. LOST CARDS: can be replaced through the Minnkota District Coach-in-Chief for a $5.00 replacemnet fee. The request must be made in writing and proof of clinic attendance must accompany the letter and required fee. [DO NOT LOSE YOUR CLINIC REGISTRATION FORM RECEIPT].

9. The State Coach-in-Chief will hold an annual meeting with C.E.P. Instructors in the state the night before the NDAHA Board of Directors Meeting each Fall at the site designated by the President. The C.E.P. Staff will discuss items related to the C.E.P. Program as well as schedule the state clinics for the upcoming Fall. A list of clinic dates and sites will be presented to the NDAHA Board at the Fall NDAHA Meeting.

10. Beginning with the 2003-04 season, each Local Association will be invited to send a representative to an Initiation Instructors Clinic to be held the night before the NDAHA Fall Meeting at a site determined by the President. Each trained instructor will then be able to run an Initiation Clinic in their community for their coaches who need this level of Coaching Education. Any community not participating will have to send their coaches to one of the communities clinic with a trained clinician. [Set-up similar to our Cyber Sport trainer sessions which we run each Fall Meeting.]

11. Each of the four NDAHA Districts will hold the following number of clinics as a minimum every year. 2-Associate Clinics/2-Intermediate Clinics/As many Initiation Clinics as trained instructors allow. ** Grand Forks, Minot, Bismarck and Fargo will have an Initiation, Assocaite and Intermediate Clinic every year with the other Associate and Intermediate Clinics being rotated among the other communities within the District.

12. All clinics require pre-registration before each clinic. All clinics must have a minimum of 10 [ten] people in order to run a clinic. The Wednesday before each clinic will be the final day to register for the clinics that run that weekend. If fewer than 10 coaches are registered by 8:00 p.m. Wednesday Night, the Instructor for that clinic will call each community's President to inform them that the clinic will not be held and for the local President to call their communities coaches and pass along the cancellation message.

13. Each person attending a clinic must have the proper fee paid before the clinic begins. If you are having your hockey association pay for a group, they must send a check along with one of the coaches or the coaches must pay out-of-pocket and get reimbursed by their local association. No payment before the start of the clinic, you will not be allowed to participate in the clinic for that day.

14. Below is the Particiapnt fees structure for the Coaching Education Program:

Initiation Level $25.00 Associate Level $35.00 Intermediate Level $45.00 Advanced Level $T.B.D. Masters Level $T.B.D. ** All checks must be made out to: U.S.A. Hockey

15. There will be one Coaching Education Card that a coach will receive for participating in the Coaching Education Program.

16. Each time a coach successfully completes a coaching education course he/she will receive a validation sticker for that particular course. The sticker must be placed on the backside of their coaching education card.

17. The valadation stickers will be given to the coach at the conclusion of the clinic by the clinic coordinator. The participant's must attend the whole clinic to get credit and sticker for the clinic.

18. A coach must renew their certification every three years unless they have reached the Advanced Level. If they have not reached the Advanced Level they must retake the level they are at or take the next level up.

19. Coaching Education Level Chart: Initiation Level: Mites/Squirt/Girls 10U/Girls 12U Associate Level: Mites/Squirts/Peewees/Bantams/All Girls/Jr.GOLD Intermediate Level: Peewee/Bantam/Jr. Gold/Girls 15U/Girls 19U Advanced Level: Bantam/Jr. Gold/High School/Girls 19U [Prefer] Masters Level: High School/Juniors/College/Pro [Prefer]

-All Peewee/Bantam/Jr. Gold/15U & 19U Coaches will by-pass Initiation Clinic and Start at Associate Level Clinic! -All Termites/Mites/Squirts/10U & 12U Coaches must begin at Initiation Clinic!