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Welcome to my annotated transcript! Here you will get to learn about all of the courses I took to earn my Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Sports Leadership and Coaching. 

Fall 2013

TE 802: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice I

Instructer: Dr. Matt Raven

I took this course during the fall semester of my student teaching internship year. Through this course I was able to gain a better understanding of evidence-based best practices for teaching our subject matter. Due to the concurrency of this class with my internship I was able to implement the content we were discussing and engaging with in the classes I was teaching. I also began to develop my skills as a reflective practitioner through this class. We had weekly reflection groups in which we could discuss what teaching practices worked and didn’t work for us. Also, the students in this class visited each other at their host schools to observe their teaching where we practiced giving and receiving constructive feedback.

 

Spring 2014

TE 803: Professional Roles and Teaching Practice II

Instructer: Dr. Samantha Caughlan

I took this course during the spring semester of my student teaching internship year. Through this class I was able to develop skills for working with students and families of diverse backgrounds and needs. We were even able to develop and practice analytical skills through a case study of a student where we utilized pre/post assessments, explicit lesson plans and data to analyze our effectiveness in presenting content. We also explored different classroom management strategies and engagement tools for different learning styles. All of this material was presented while we were also working closely with our mentor teaching, allowing us to implement ideas and strategies while having immediate feedback from another teacher.

TE 804: Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Practice II

Instructer: Dr. Matt Raven

This class complimented TE 802, which was taken the previous semester. Since it was a continuation of the earlier class the content was similar. We continued to study evidence-based practices for presenting content and engaging different learning styles. We learned different ways to differentiate instruction. We delved deeper into our own teaching practices to further analyze ourselves so we could foster self improvement. We studied each other’s teaching methods in order to witness firsthand successes and failures.

Fall 2014

ED 800: Concepts of Educational Inquiry

Instructer: Dr. Steven Weiland

This course was the introductory course for my graduate studies. It pushed me to think about inquiry in new ways and to apply it in ways I had never imagined it to be useful. Through the course of six units I discovered why inquiry is essential for an effective teacher and how to utilize it when discovering more about myself and my students. This course paid particular attention to examining how humans learn in a variety of environments, not just the classroom.  Each unit required synthesizing the material learned and reflecting upon it in an essay, enabling me to continue developing as a reflective practitioner. You can check out some of the work from this class on my Showcase page in the "Reflective Practitioner Portion".

KIN 855: Psychosocial Bases of Coaching

Instructer: Dr. Andy Driska

This class was foundational in my development as a coach. This class introduced me to various sociological, psychological, developmental, and instructional principles necessary for coaching amateur athletes. I was able to examine sports through a psychological lens to gain a better understanding of how athletes are impacted psychologically by sports. One of the key units of this class discussed hazing, its impacts on athletes, and measures coaches can take to prevent it. Through this course I was able to develop my own coaching philosophy as well as cultivate skills for connecting with my athletes.

Spring 2015

CEP 832: Educating Students with Challenging Behaviors

Instructer: Dr. Vicky Mousouli

Through this class I was better able to understand how to accommodate students of a variety of behaviors in the class. We addressed behaviors that result from things like low achievement, ADHD, emotional disturbance, extremely introverted, perfectionist, anger and more. This course took an in-depth look at evidence-based classroom interventions and teaching approaches for students with behavior problems. The main feature of this class was a semester-long case study of a student with some type of behavior that made it challenging to work with the; you can check out my case study on my Showcase page under 'ABC Project').

KIN 854: Legal/Administrative Issues of Coaching

Instructer: Dr. Rick Atkinson

This course examined the responsibilities of both administrators and coaches. We enhanced our awareness of the necessities for maintaining sound athletic programs. We discovered policies and procedures that are in place to ensure the physical and psychological health of athletes. Through the analysis of various court cases, we were able to get a sense of real-life legal repercussions. One of my favorite projects from this class was a creation of an anti-hazing message that we could distribute to parents and players.

Summer 2015

KIN 856: Physical Bases of Coaching

Instructer: Dr. Scott Riewald

This course pushed us to expand on our understanding of the human body. We studied anatomy, biomechanics, and physiology.  We discussed physical aspects of sport including nutrition, injury prevention, skill development and critical factors. During this course our projects had us work with real athletes to help us directly apply the principles we were learning about. We also had a semester long project in which we developed a professional network of medical professions who could assist us or our athletes when necessary. Check out my Showcase for some examples of the work I did in this class, all the projects in the ‘Coaching Development’ section were created for this class.

Spring 2016

TE 846: Accomodating Different Literacy Learners

Instructer: Dr. Jihea Kang

This course was my first formal education into literacy and literacy practices. As a science teacher, my understanding of literary concepts and how to teach them was lacking. This course was very helpful in gaining insight as to how I could help struggling readers and writings in my class (this is super helpful since scientific reading can be difficult even for the best readers!). We explored evidence-based best practices for instruction of different literary concepts. We also gained insight into characteristics of students who struggled with reading and writing to better identify them and their needs. During this course we were able to explore in-depth one of our own students in a Literacy Case Study. This project allowed me to perform background research on a student, create a specific lesson plan tailored to their needs, analyze pre/post assessment results and reflect on the process as a whole.

ED 870: Capstone Seminar

Instructer: Dr. Matt Koehler

This course represents the culmination of my graduate degree. Through this class I have worked to create and online portfolio where I can showcase myself professionally. Through the creation of my online portfolio I have gained web-development skills that will be essential in our digital society. I have also closely examined my graduate career allowing me to reflect on my growth as a professional because of all the knowledge I have gained.

A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation

-Audrey Hepburn

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