CAA Exam
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Contact Tim Sam, CMAA tim.sam@threerivers.k12.or.us
The NIAAA Leadership Training Academy is a professional development education program established in 1996 to:
- Promote the professional growth and prestige of athletic administrators
- Provide an opportunity for athletic administrators to participate in the nation's largest professional organization whose activities are directed exclusively to high school and middle school athletic administrators
- Provide education programs as a resource tool for athletic administrators
- Promote quality in all programs conducted at the national, state and local level
For more on the Leadership Training Institute, including course descriptions and certification outlines go the NIAAA website by clicking here or contact Oregon's LTI Coordinator,
Tim Sam, CMAA tim.sam@threerivers.k12.or.us
Certification Level Requirements
(NOTE: For a complete list of course descriptions, please click here to visit the NIAAA website)
REGISTERED ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATOR (RAA)
- Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited institution
- Approval of Personal Data Form
- Completion of LTC 501 & 502
- Obtain the verifying signature of a sponsor (athletic administrator, principal, superintendent, state athletic/activities association staff)
- Read the NIAAA Code of Ethics
CERTIFIED ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATOR (CAA)
- Bachelor's Degree, or higher, from an accredited institution
- Approval of Personal Data Form (PDF)
- Two (2) or more years of experience as an athletic administrator
- Employed by (or retired from) a school, school district or state high school athletic/activities association in such capacity that the administration of interscholastic athletics is (was) among job responsibilities
- Completion of LTC 501, LTC 503, LTC 502, LTC 504 and LTC 506
- Successful completion of the CAA examination
- Read the NIAAA Code of Ethics
2024-25 CAA Exam Dates and Sites
- Oct. 20, 2024 Corvallis, Oregon
- April 13, 2025 Sunriver, Oregon
CERTIFIED MASTER ATHLETIC ADMINSTRATOR (CMAA)
- Attained CAA designation
- Approval of Personal Data Form (PDF)
- Submission of supporting documentation
- Completion of LTC 501, LTC 502,, LTC 503, LTC 504, LTC 506, LTC 508 and LTC 510
- Completion of minimum of five (5) LTC electives, one (1) each from 600 level & 700 level and 3 additional electives from any level
- Employed so that administration of interscholastic athletics is/was one's primary responsibility
- All requirements and points earned since CAA designation
- Complete a practical written exercise
- Optional program implementation
- Read the NIAAA Code of Ethics
LTC Courses Completed
LTI Courses Taken History:
- To see your course history HERE
- For further information contact:
Tim Sam, CMAA, OADA LTI Coordinator tim.sam@threerivers.k12.or.us