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Post by Coach Bennett on May 2, 2014 6:37:26 GMT -6
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Post by coachphillip on May 2, 2014 8:43:42 GMT -6
Great read! I always advise my friends who are strictly teachers to get out to and observe a few practices. Most say they will and never do. A few brush it off. A very small few scoff at the notion. But, not one of them has ever taken me up on the offer. We use football as a vehicle to teach young boys how to be contributing young men in society. It's good to see that the education these young men receive isn't taken for granted by all of those in the "academic world".
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Post by georgefred86 on May 2, 2014 17:53:25 GMT -6
Absolute great read ... as teachers/coaches, especially obsessive football coaches, we are often labeled as the guy that was hired as the "football coach" and they happened to have an opening as a classroom teacher that was given to us and not necessarily earned. We often are viewed as neanderthals that ONLY care about our athletes and that we are not truly part of the academic world. However, as all of us know ... what often makes a great coach, makes a great teacher. What many of our counterparts miss out on is the ability to make connections with their students outside of the classroom, and they fail to take into account where their students are coming from and are not able to properly motivate them to do their best. One college professor I had said it best ... "you have to meet your students at their map of the world". In addition to being able to motivate each individual, we obviously know the value of teamwork and how teammates/students working together can create a sense of community ... motivating each other to do their best and creating a culture of success. Every successful coach that I had in the classroom was a great classroom teacher, however, I might be a little biased ... and looking for a pay raise.
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Post by souza12 on May 4, 2014 11:03:41 GMT -6
Absolute great read ... as teachers/coaches, especially obsessive football coaches, we are often labeled as the guy that was hired as the "football coach" and they happened to have an opening as a classroom teacher that was given to us and not necessarily earned. We often are viewed as neanderthals that ONLY care about our athletes and that we are not truly part of the academic world. However, as all of us know ... what often makes a great coach, makes a great teacher. What many of our counterparts miss out on is the ability to make connections with their students outside of the classroom, and they fail to take into account where their students are coming from and are not able to properly motivate them to do their best. One college professor I had said it best ... "you have to meet your students at their map of the world". In addition to being able to motivate each individual, we obviously know the value of teamwork and how teammates/students working together can create a sense of community ... motivating each other to do their best and creating a culture of success. Every successful coach that I had in the classroom was a great classroom teacher, however, I might be a little biased ... and looking for a pay raise. With the way classrooms/curriculum are beginning to get set up; coaches are going to find themselves to be more valuable as classroom teachers if they can obtain the proper qualifications. Common Core (at least in our district, I dont think anybody truly knows what Common Core is suppose to even mean) allows for more inquiry based, student driven instruction. This gives the kids a lot of opportunity to work in groups and this is where the team aspect comes in. I honestly feel its an absolute mistake by administration to actively NOT hire coaches for teaching positions if they have all the required credentials. The more oncampus coaches the better. In fact, in my experience, the teachers who have been hired because of their college GPAs, content knowledge, and their knowledge of all the teacher speak/strategies have been the most useless because they have ZERO classroom management. Who do they lean on to fix the problem? Athletic Coaches.. |
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