Week 5 Discussion - Handling Conflict

Handling Conflict

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

Back in the beginning of wrestling season we had a situation dealing with a prospective wrestler

and their parents feeling that he was neglected by the coaching staff, which ultimately led to him

getting injured.

The parents were highly upset and wanted t

o seek legal action, but the student

athlete in questions was not completely honest in telling the entire situation.

My principal and myself being athletic director decided we needed to first check on the student

and his health considering he ended up in

the hospital with a neck injury and concussion, to then

do an investigation of the situation, and finally meet with the parents to discuss the situation and

figure where we were all going next.

After meeting with the parents and getting all the pieces t

o the puzzle, we came to a conclusion

that the coaches were not negligent, but there were some practices they had that we could change

or make better.

The parents wanted to be heard, they wanted to voice their opinion and they

wanted to make sure their ch

ild was being treated fairly and that it wouldn't happen again in the

future.

From this meeting I learned that if we are at fault for anything we should be honest with the

people involved and tell them about it and push to make changes for the future.

Th

e only thing that I would have done differently would be the timeline.

This situation took

almost three weeks to handle and I believe it should have been dealt with sooner.

I did like that

the time helped in settling the situation down a bit before it wa

s discussed in detail.

Handling Conflict

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 10:53 AM

Back in the beginning of wrestling season we had a situation dealing with a prospective wrestler

and their parents feeling that he was neglected by the coaching staff, which ultimately led to him

getting injured. The parents were highly upset and wanted to seek legal action, but the student

athlete in questions was not completely honest in telling the entire situation.

My principal and myself being athletic director decided we needed to first check on the student

and his health considering he ended up in the hospital with a neck injury and concussion, to then

do an investigation of the situation, and finally meet with the parents to discuss the situation and

figure where we were all going next.

After meeting with the parents and getting all the pieces to the puzzle, we came to a conclusion

that the coaches were not negligent, but there were some practices they had that we could change

or make better. The parents wanted to be heard, they wanted to voice their opinion and they

wanted to make sure their child was being treated fairly and that it wouldn't happen again in the

future.

From this meeting I learned that if we are at fault for anything we should be honest with the

people involved and tell them about it and push to make changes for the future.

The only thing that I would have done differently would be the timeline. This situation took

almost three weeks to handle and I believe it should have been dealt with sooner. I did like that

the time helped in settling the situation down a bit before it was discussed in detail.