Career Opportunities in Sport Related Fields

Interview:

I have not heard back from my interviewee yet, but as soon as I do I will post her responses to my questions which are as follows:

1. How long have you been teaching and which years were the hardest?

2. Where and what grade levels have you taught?

3.What inspired you to teach/coach and do you consider yourself a role model?

4. What are the difficulties that come along with teaching students of different athletic abilities?

5. When teaching students a new sport is it more important for them to know all of the rules or the basics of playing the game?

6. How do you make sure that every student participates in class and what are the consequences for not participating?

7. What are some of the main issues that arise when teaching high school health?

8. Is there a way to encourage and interest students to live healthy lives outside of health class?

9. What are some of the difficulties that come along with coaching?

10. Do you have any advice for those looking to enter your field of work?



Becoming Invaluable:

http://www.reinhardt.edu/academics/Education/Sport_Studies/Documents/Sport_Studies_Introduction.pdf


I found this slide show to be very helpful. It was a bit of a reality check, making me realize that I only have two and a half years left before I graduate with a BS degree and that I need to be doing things, such as getting summer internships, that I had not even thought about before. In previous classes we have spoken about the advantages of making yourself invaluable and indispensable. This always caught my attention due to the fact that it almost certainly secures you a job. Reading the slide show was very helpful in a sense that it allowed for me to visualize and imagine ways in which I could make myself invaluable. Although I have not had any summer internships thus far this power point allowed for me to see that I am on the right track to making myself invaluable, but that I do need to make the decision to do a few extra activities before my college career is over in order to better prepare myself to be well-rounded. Being an education major I have been debating on whether or not I should go straight into grad school or if I should go ahead and teach. After reading the slide show I still do not have a definite answer, but I do know now that I will have options for grad school and could eve possibly have it paid for by someone else.