MVADA

MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

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Massachusetts Vocational Athletic Directors Association

MVADA

In May 1995, the Vocational Athletic Director’s met with the MIAA to propose a

tournament structure for the vocational high schools. The Massachusetts Vocational Athletic

Director’s first met formally on October 4, 1995. The organization first sponsored vocational

tournaments in 1996-1997. The original MVADA Constitution was present in February 1997 and

ratified on March 20, 1997. The authors of the original Constitution were John Lynch of North

Shore Vocational, Dave Reid of Monty Tech, Brian McDonough of Tri-County and Jim Duggan of

Assabet.

AD’s from 34 schools from Cape Cod to North Adams.

MVADA SPONSORED TOURNAMENTS

TOURNAMENTS ARE SPONSORED IN LARGE AND SMALL DIVISIONS

BASEBALL

BASKETBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL GOLF

ICE HOCKEY

LACROSSE

VOLLEYBALL SOCCER

SOFTBALL

SWIMMING

WRESTLING

• Provide Tournament opportunities and experience for student athletes that may not normally experience it.

• We provide leadership opportunities.• Team Captains with our organization also have leadership opportunities with the MIAA.

Fall Vocational 2013 Champions

Golf Tour Champions Volleyball ChampionsLarge School ShawsheenSmall School Old Colony Large - School Gr. New Bedford

Boys and Girls Vocational Soccer Champions Small School - Tri-CountyBoys Large – Greater New BedfordBoys Small- WestfieldGirls Large – Blackstone ValleyGirls Small – Norfolk Aggies

WHY DOES MVADA EXIST?

DAVID WHEELER: Vocational schools defy skeptics.

Southeastern Principal

Vocational education has been getting a lot of press lately.

As a whole, we have dramatically increased MCAS scores, reduced dropout rates, and have higher graduation rates than the state average.

A series of articles on the successes of area vocational schools, the national magazine Atlantic Monthly, published an article on Massachusetts’s innovative vocational schools model, and Worcester Vocational Technical School was named a PRIME model school by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Clearly, vocational schools in Massachusetts are doing something right.

Things To Think About

Recent Turnover in vocational principals and Athletic Directors along with many recent MIAA policy changes threaten the status of our MVADA tournaments, our purpose and our goals. We feel that we can combat this if we have a strong unified voice on these issues.

STATISTICSThe following information does not include Football

Out of 377 schools we have 34 vocational schools in massachusetts (9%) of population.

Only 24.5% of Vocational schools qualified for MIAA Tournament last year.

48% of vocational schools advanced past the first round last year.

2% advanced to the divisional finals.

2 state champion for the year.

Vocational vs. Comp schools

Vocational Schools

Do not have feeder programs. Students do not know each other Regional vs. Town Some cases it is first exposure to team sports Co-op jobs impact practice and participation Extended days

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WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

Due to Recent Turnover in vocational principals and athletic directors Attendance of Athletic Director’s at our meetings has declined. Technicalities do not exclude your school from MVADA Tournaments Forms/deadlines/policies have changes and Athletic Director’s who do not regularly attend may be

misinformed. Seeding meetings need to be organized and concise. Last minute phone calls to non attending Athletic Director’s for entries into tournaments .

We have tried the following: Day/night meetings Multiple Locations

Attempted conference calls and web meetings Attendance is poor on average 13 Athletic Directors attend meetings

What you can do to help!

Provide support to your Athletic Director so they can attend meetings.

Promote our Vocational Tournaments schoolwide. Host a Vocational Tournament (Neutral Site) Provide support and Athletic Director leadership towards our

mission as a Vocational Organization

WE NEED HELP TO ELEVATE AND VALUE TOURNAMENT PARTICIPATION.

M.V.A.D.A. WEBSITE