Sports Facilities Management jobs

SPT 401 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: This milestone is intended to help you achieve a more clear focus on the type of facility that you are interested in studying for your final project. For your final project, you will place yourself into the role of a facilities manager for a sport-related facility of your choice, and develop a facility management plan for the final project submission.

Prompt: For this milestone activity, you will browse current facility management job advertisements to inform your selection of two vastly different types of facilities. You will compare and contrast these facilities and, at the end of the assignment, you will choose which facility you will select for your final project. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

For Milestone One, complete the following steps:

1. Browse the job advertisement websites provided in the optional resources for Module One to learn more about the types of facilities and roles that sport

facility managers might expect to find when applying for new positions in the field. If you find positions that appeal to you, consider printing them or downloading them as PDFs, as they may or may not still be posted when you wish to refer back to them for other assignments throughout this course.

2. Select two different types of facilities. (These may be the same as those found while browsing the job advertisements, though this is not required.) One should be small-scale, such as a community recreation facility like a local pool or Boys and Girls Club, and the other one should be large-scale, such as a large national recreational facility, university facility, or professional sport facility.

3. Compare and contrast the two facilities. Specifically, ensure you describe the following considerations:

 Who are the primary users of the facility?

 What need does the facility meet?

 What are the human resources (full- and part-time employee) staffing needs?  What community engagement opportunities can you identify?

 What is the use schedule (daily, weekly, or seasonal)?

 Who are the competitors and what are the challenges they present to the facility’s viability? 4. At the end of your analysis, state which facility you will choose for your final project and explain why.

Guidelines for Submission: This submission should be 2 to 3 pages in length. It should be formatted to follow the current APA guidelines. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.

Rubric

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Facilities Identifies two different types of facilities to compare and contrast

Identifies two similar types of facilities Does not identify two facilities 10

Users Describes the primary users of each facility

Describes the primary users of each facility, but description lacks detail or clarity

Does not describe the primary users of each facility

12

Need Assesses what need is met by each facility

Assesses what need is met by each facility, but assessment lacks detail or clarity

Does not assess what need is met by each facility

12

Human Resources Analyzes human resources staffing needs for each facility

Analyzes human resources staffing needs for each facility, but analysis lacks detail or clarity

Does not analyze human resources staffing needs for each facility

12

Community Engagement

Identifies community engagement opportunities for each facility

Identifies community engagement opportunities for each facility, but description lacks detail or clarity

Does not identify community engagement opportunities for each facility

12

Use Schedule Describes the use schedule for each facility

Describes the use schedule for each facility, but description lacks detail or clarity

Does not describe the use schedule for each facility

12

Competitor Challenges Describes the challenges presented by competitors for each facility and explains why they present challenges

Describes the challenges presented by competitors for each facility, but does not explain why they present challenges

Does not describe the challenges presented by competitors for each facility

12

Final Project Facility Selection

Identifies and explains why the final project facility selection was chosen

Identifies a selection for the final project facility, but does not explain why this selection was chosen

Does not identify a selection for final project facility

10

Articulation of Response

Submission is free of errors of organization and grammar

Submission contains errors of organization and grammar, but errors are limited enough that the submission can be understood

Submission contains errors of organization and grammar that make the submission difficult to understand

8

Total 100%