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From the ground
More than 100 education seminars (including 20 new ones) fill conference week.
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Superintendents attending the 2007 GCSAA Education Conference can reap the benefits from a wide range of seminar topics, from Microsoft Word and financial planning to managing turfgrass root systems in the North, the South and the transition zone. GCSAA’s education seminars are presented in partnership with Jacobsen, a Textron Co.
Competency categories
Seminars in Anaheim are organized into five competency categories:
Resource Utilization: Covers the use of the spectrum of resources that ensure the successful operation of the golf course. These resources include staff, equipment, materials, technology and the golf course itself, including its grounds and facilities.
Operations Management: Covers the management of financial, regulatory and operational systems that provide information, stability and resource allocation essential to the function of the golf facility. This would include day-to-day practices such as mowing, fertilizing, turf protectant application and irrigation.
Communication: Covers the range of communication skills and methods necessary to communicate effectively with a number of different constituents about golf course operations, scientific information, management concerns and administrative procedures.
Leadership: Covers the skills that identify superintendents as leaders and the proficiencies that enable them to establish a work climate that supports high levels of teamwork and professionalism among their staffs.
Personal Skills: Covers the proficiencies to assist in planning a career, personal development, management of personal finances, investments, management of time and stress, and the importance of balancing work and family life.
Education points
Seminars vary in length from a half-day to two days, and education points are awarded accordingly.
Half-day seminar registrants are eligible for .35 points; six-hour seminars are worth .55 points; one-day seminar attendees can earn .7 points; a one-and-a-half-day seminar is worth 1.05 points; and two-day seminars merit 1.4 education points. Additionally, full-conference participants will automatically receive 1.5 education points.
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