Instructor: Tina Sloan Green

Subject Area/Discipline: Education/Kinesiology
School: Temple University
Project Area: Schooling/Education/Youth

Spring 2002 

Instructor:  Tina Sloan Green, Professor
116 Pearson Hall
Phone: 215-204-1949
E-mail: tinabwsf@astro.temple.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
 
Class Sessions:

Wednesday 10:40 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Pearson Hall, Rm. 8

Course Rationale

        Coaching workshop gives the student the opportunity to practice coaching techniques in a school and/or recreational setting.  The student will also have the opportunity to discuss coaching theories and readings with guest coaches.

Course Objectives

        The students who successfully complete this course will:

      1.  Have a solid fundamental understanding of the nature of the      coaching profession.
      2.  Increase their skills in writing coaching plans.
      3.  Increase their skills in organizing and evaluating a coaching staff.
      4.  Increase their ability to implement coaching plans in a school/recreational setting.
      5.  Increase their ability to analyze and correct skills.
      6.  Develop a solid understanding of how to organize a competitive event.
      7.  Increase their ability to recognize what motivates children.

Learning Activities
 

Service learning

Students will organize and implement a 6-8 week sport program for a school.

Students will organize a 2- to 4-hour coaching seminar

Students will maintain a journal (see journal outline)

Students will read a current coaching book and submit a written report

Students will complete a 20-hour volunteer coaching service

Lecture discussion

Viewing videos

Demonstration

Group interactive projects

Course Pre-Requisites:  KNSLOGY 170

Required Text:

 
Grades:  A  = 90 and above
         B  = 80-89
         C  = 70-79            Plus (+) = 7-9
         D  = 60-69            Minus (-)  = 0-2
         F  = Below 60

Assessment Methods       
(% of Total Course Grade)

Coaching practicums 50%
Book report 20%
Journal 20%
Class projects 10%

Grading Policies

        Students are required to take all exams on the assigned date and at the assigned time.  Failure to fulfill this requirement will result in a grade of "0" for the exam.

        A penalty of one point will be deducted from the final grade for each calendar day that the research paper is late.

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

        It is Temple University's policy to provide reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities under the ADA.  At the beginning of each semester, any student with a disability should inform the course instructor of instructional accommodations or academic adjustments that will be needed.  For more information about the ADA and academic accommodations or adjustments, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 215-204-1280.