Don't Miss the 3rd Annual Chess Adventure Camp in Owasso  on 28 Jul - 1 Aug 2008

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These Faculty Sponsor responsibilities may vary some from one school chess club to another. Your welcome to use and modify these as appropriate. Please send any recommendations for this list to the webmaster.

For your convenience, the list below is also available in MS Word format by clicking HERE.

Participate in the club's meetings.

Recommend improvements in how the meetings are conducted.

Arrange for a meeting place.

Arrange for chairs and tables in the meeting place.

Arrange for safe storage of club equipment.

Interfacing with school administration to assure the club meets all school and district requirements.

Arrange for proper handling of club finances per district policy (deposit dues collected and pay for expenses via a club account set up with the school ).

Arrange for school-wide public address system announcements regarding the chess club meetings and activities.

Distribute information to the student body and their parents regarding club activities.

Give club purchased chess books and videos to the library for proper availability to all members.

Recruit additional faculty sponsors (this is very important for graceful succession from year-to-year when sponsors have other opportunities).

Receive information mailed to school for the club.

Contact  Faculty Sponsors of the chess clubs at the schools feeding into yours. Get the year end tournament results from them for the last few years.

Identify computers in the school for chess training software to be available for members to use.

Arrange for display of trophies and awards won by the club's team at scholastic chess tournaments.

Submit grant applications to the school's foundation or other funding sources.

Identify contacts for school / district newsletter articles and web site information posting

Get school approval for tournaments with players from other schools to be conducted at that location.

Notify faculty if there is funding available to help financial hardship cases with the club dues. It's best not to announce to the students, and instead ask the faculty to help identify these students. Hardship cases should be handled though the school administration and not the club organizer in the interest of confidentiality.