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Kicking Game
Posted on 4/1/2020 by Jerry Campbell SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY The greatest amounts of field position change occur during special teams play. This becomes relevant when…
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Inspection is Key: Providing Safe Playing Conditions and Equipment
Posted on 6/27/2018 by Kenny Connolly As important as it is for coaches to properly teach on a given playing field, it’s equally important for…
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Olympic Medalist Talks about MCAA
November 01, 2012 – 5 minute read When three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor decided to earn her master’s degree in coaching and athletics administration to…
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Masters In Coaching Episode LX: Jesse Foss
May 21, 2023 – 1 minute read Jesse Foss Tim Cates talks with Jesse Foss about guiding his Concordia University Irvine Eagles lacrosse team to a…
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Jim Kunau
November 22, 2021 – 3 minute read Jim Kunau, the new director of CUI’s nation-leading Master’s in Coaching & Athletics Administration (MCAA) program, brings a wealth of experience…
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Ramon Contreras: Faith on the Border
Ramon Contreras, MA ’04, coordinator of Lutheran Border Concerns Ministries (LBCM) in San Diego, has established a unique partnership with his alma mater, hosting and…
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Mighty Metacognition
July 11, 2023 – 6 minute read For nearly four decades, research has documented the importance of metacognition in the learning process, however little attention has…
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Listen more, talk less.
December 20, 2022 – 4 minute read There are so many lessons to learn as educational leaders, but the most important is always this: Listen more,…
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Lessons to Learn From Pac-Man
August 18, 2019 – 3 minute read Complete transparency here…I did not like playing Pac-Man as a kid. I just wasn’t a fan of it at…
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Leaders Must Take and Support Risks
February 12, 2019 – 4 minute read In our schools there are managers and there are leaders. For our students in our most struggling schools we…
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Indicators of School Leadership Success
February 12, 2019 – 4 minute read How do we know that school leaders are successful? Improving test scores are the most obvious indicators of school…
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How to Balance Equity, Equality, and Fairness
September 24, 2019 – 3 minute read I have been a part of multiple conversations [chats/tweets/Voxer groups] discussing fair versus equitable versus equal. I have to…
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How Should Principals Spend Their Time?
Research Findings The best research study I’ve read about principals’ actual use of time during the day was produced by Horng, Klasik, and Loeb in…
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Zhang Family Creates $1 Million Challenge Grant
Charlie Zhang emigrated to the U.S. from China nearly forty years ago and pursued the American dream by starting a business. That business, the restaurant…
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Mural-painting Student Beautifies Public Spaces
Senior Miles Gunnett of Ramona, a city in San Diego County, has become a burgeoning mural artist while at Concordia, and his work is featured…
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Living and Learning Through Civil Dialogue
There’s a residential hall on Concordia’s campus where discussions about hot-button topics are not just welcomed but expected – as long as they’re conducted with…