I hope that springs comes soon as this winter keeps dragging on. Areas around us have no snow and we still have over 2 ft on the ground and we got another 6 inches just the other day. Today was a beautiful day as it got up to near 50 degrees and a lot of snow has melted but still is very white outside. As I wrote last week, I am continuing to talk about the … [Read more...] about 6-10 of the Top 10 Things I Learned as a Teacher
Coaching
Becoming a head coach
Year 6This year I became a co-head coach. The biggest difference between before and now was that I “got to” deal with the political side of the job. Years 1-5 I was just coaching kids and deferring all the griping and headaches to the head coach. Now the headaches got pushed to me and it was quite a learning experience. I must admit though, coaching track is probably one of the … [Read more...] about Becoming a head coach
The Joys of Becoming a Coach
If you ever get the chance to coach something for a season, I would strongly recommend it. It does not even have to be something that you are sure you would enjoy or know a whole lot about. 8 years ago, a guy I taught with asked me if I wanted to come and help coach the track team. I had never been a part of track in my life, but he knew that and still … [Read more...] about The Joys of Becoming a Coach
