1	National Archery in the Schools Program “On Target for Life”
2	During this Presentation, I will describe: Brief Overview of Program Current & Near Future Status Report of State Survey Report of 1^st NASP Conference
3	Mission Statement
4	Mission Statement
5	Mission Statement
6	National School Dropout Rate is Declining, but…
7	Educators report….,
8	Who needs our “recruitment” attention?
9	CURRICULUM: Units of Study History, Math, & Language Safety & Form Enabling Knowledge & Skills Essential & Open Response ?’s Self-Discipline & Improvement Life Skill
10	Teacher Training
11	Universal Fit Equipment
12	What's Possible?
13	Current Status
14	NASP Expansion
15	Student Evaluation of the NASP 94% of students liked the program 92% said program was exciting Student self-esteem improved 53% felt better about themselves 44% felt the same
16	Student Evaluation of the NASP 92% said they got better at archery 66% liked PE class better 49% said school was better 54% said archery was easy (41% hard)
17	Student Evaluation of the NASP 84% expressed interest in more archery 77% would like school archery club 37% of NASP schools start archery club 27% purchased equipment
18	1^st Annual NASP Coordinators Conference March 17-18, 2006 25 States Attended Share information between states High School Archery Team Sport Training Updates How to add schools Funding ideas Department of Education Speakers Olympian Archery Coach Will be repeated in 2007
19	Survey of NASP States (February 2006) Dedicated (50-100%) NASP Coordinators -- 8 Lead coordination by FW agency -- 32 of 39 states Number of schools -- 1,530 States with 100+ schools --KY, NE, OH, MN States expecting 100+ schools this year --AL,TX, MI, AZ , FL Number of Schools by end of 2006 – 2,657 Number of students Now – 361,000 Number of students by end of 2006 – 627,000 Equipment Funding – 50% grants Training Packet Funding – 94% agency
20	Archery as a High School Sport Met with KY high school principals & coaches Will with KHSAA on May 22, 2006 Described interest--152 of 285 KY high schools – 53% Identify Archery “season” (spring) Format Competitive format (NASP) Indoors Face to face & “postal” contests NASP Equipment 10 & 15 Meters 30 arrows 16-24 student teams Co-educational requirement Scale (3,650 competitors)
21	Training Program Improved New “Training Levels” Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) Basic Archery Instructor Trainer (BAIT) BAIT Specialist New Materials DVD Reference Manuals String Bow Pocket Guides Existing NASP Instructors “grandfathered”
22	4th Annual Championship
23	@ 10 Meters
24	@ 15 Meters
25	“Shooting for the Future” Scholarship Shoot-off $2,500-$1,000
26	Coordinating the NASP Recruiting new schools Organizing new teacher training Organizing “train the trainer” workshops Tracking participation Providing public information Involving volunteers and NGOs Promoting after-school activities Linking students to other agency programs Sharing information between states
27	NASP is a Partnership in Most States FW Agency leads with help from NGOs in 32 states Oregon NWTF leads Washington Archery association leads Iowa State bowhunter group leads Nevada NGO Recreation Ed. Group leads Missouri Conservation Federation leads North Dakota 4-H Director leads Pennsylvania PA Archery Association
28	To Have a Strong Archery in the Schools Program Every State Needs: A lead coordinator to organize new teacher trainings BAIT Specialist (s) to expand teacher trainer corps Lead coordinator to gather & distribute information Pennsylvania should be #1 in the Eastern U.S. …..
29	Making it Happen for Kids!
30	Thank You!