Best Practices
‘Full Department’ Audit

Includes ‘Concussions’ Audit

The Best Practices ‘Core Program’ focuses on the risk of Injury and Litigation

Core Program – Areas audited:

Programs: Sport Clubs; Intramurals; Youth Camps; Outdoor Program; non-credit Instruction.

Facilities: Weight Room; Fitness Centre; Aquatics; Ice Arena; Fields; Climbing Wall; Facilities (general).

General: Concussions; Risk Management Committee; Travel; Emergency Response; Waivers. The ‘Demographics’ survey captures school data used to create comparison graphs.

Best Practices surveys ask what you are doing (or not doing) in a number of areas, but focusing on staffing; supervision/instruction; training; facilities & equipment; documentation; emergency response.

Are you ready to know where you stand?
Find out now for only $750





View List of Participating Schools

Athletic Conferences

BIG 10
CSU (23 schools)
ACC
MAC

NIRSA Region I

Boston College
Maine
Maryland Baltimore
Maryland College Park
Mount St. Mary’s
Penn State
Pittsburg
Rutgers
SUNY Brockport
Syracuse
U. Mass Lowel
Vasser

NIRSA Region II

Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
Clemson Georgia Tech
Duke
E. Carolina
Fairmont State
Florida State
Furman
Georgia Southern
Kentucky
Louisville
N. Carolina Chapel Hill
N.Carolina State
Old Dominion
S. Mississippi
U. Miami
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Washington Lee

NIRSA Region III

Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Western Michigan
Eastern Kentucky
Grand Valley State
Illinois Chicago
Illinois Springfield
Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kent State
Miami (Ohio)
Michigan
Michigan State
Northern Illinois
Northwestern
Ohio
Ohio State
Purdue
Toledo
Wisconsin Stevens Point
Youngstown State

NIRSA Region IV

Arkansas
Houston
Kansas
U. Missouri Kansas City
Saint Louis
SMU
St. Edwards
Texas A&M
Texas A&M Galveston
Texas Lutheran
Tulane
Tyler Jr. College
Wichita State

NIRSA Region V

Adams State
Carleton College
Colorado
Colorado State
Iowa
Minnesota
UN Lincoln
UN Omaha

NIRSA Region VI

Central Washington
CSU Bakersville
CSU Cal Poly Pomona
CSU Cal Poly SLO
CSU Chico
CSU Humboldt
CSU Northridge
CSU Sacramento State
CSU San Bernardino
CSU San Marcos
CSU San Francisco State
San Diego State
Southern Oregon
Stanford
Western Washington

NIRSA Canadian Region

SFU
TWU
UVic
U Fraser Valley

Alberta
Brandon
Calgary
Lethbridge
MacEwan
Manitoba
Regina
Saint Boniface
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg

Brock
Carleton
Centennial College
Guelph
Lakehead
Laurentian
Laurier
McMaster
Queens
Redeemer
Ryerson
Trent
UOIT
Waterloo
Western
Windsor
York

Acadia
Cape Breton
Dalhousie
Moncton
Mount Allison
MSVU
Memorial
Saint Mary’s
St.FX
UNB
UNBSJ
UPEI

What you get:

A.

Detailed Report with Action Recommendations based on gaps uncovered.  Shows “% schools doing each Best Practice”

B.

Benchmark Graphs showing how your school compares to

(a) all schools in total sample (currently >150)

(b) schools your own size

(c) within your Athletic Conference

(d) within your NIRSA region.

C.

Graphs showing breakdown by Category (i.e. staff, supervision, training etc.)

Best Practices

Optional Add-on: $350

‘Global Department’ risks
A unique Best Practice risk assessment survey assesses ‘Global Department’ business-operation risks for Campus Recreation operations (see below).

Business Operations survey focuses on risks in the following areas:

Financial
IT Data
Human Resources
Facility Security
Reputation
Customer Service
Other




The Risk Management Best Practice program provides institutionally-specific feedback allowing our University Recreation department to prioritize areas for improvement to enhance the safety and well-being of our participants.  The thorough analysis by areas of operations provides our staff tangible information to determine our next steps and most effective course of action.  This feedback would take much longer and be less objective if we attempted to undertake the reviews on our own. The comparative data is good for learning trends in best practices of other institutions.

George M. Brown

Assistant Vice Provost,
Director of University Recreation and Wellness
The University of Minnesota

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