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By Juhyung Harold Lee as a Viewpoint in SchoolBook, December 23 2011. Lee argues that coaching -- learning effective strategies from trusted former teachers -- is the key to improving teaching. 

Part of TED2001, filmed Feb 2001 and posted March 2009. Coach John Wooden of UCLA was one of the winningest coaches in basketball. According to the description, in this talk, "Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves."

RO showed this video in class that looked at student success and paragraph structure, week 6, semester 4.

By Tom Archedeacon, Dayton Daily News, July 22, 2012. Profile of Kayla Harrison, a Dayton native and favorite in judo. In addition to the rigorous training that it takes to get to the top, Harrison also had to deal with ongoing sexual abuse from the coach she had as a teen. Eventually, Harrison testified against her predator.

Not only a local hero to SS, Harrison was his student (at the time, he taught high school) at roughly the same time she was dealing with her abusive coach.

By Arthur Applebee, The Atlantic, Sept 27 2012. Published as part of a debate, "Why American Students Can't Write," Applebee argues that students must be asked to write more (throughout their K-12 education) and on rich topics.

RA (coach) sent the link to this article, with an interest in the "evolving purpose of composition classes." She links GSCC work to this article, especially the professional learning community.

Created by Billy Collins (former Poet Laureate of the US) and hosted by the Library of Congress.

RA (coach) shared this site as a poetry resource.

By Tom Wayman, originally published in Did I Miss Anything? Selected Poems 1973-1993, 1993, Harbour Publishing. Here, posted on the website Poetry 180.

RA (coach) shared this as a way to set the stage with new students at the beginning of the semester.

By Paul Nolting, published by Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Helps students to assess their math learning style, as well as building math study skills.

This book was mentioned in the "radical_ideas" group (Cohort 1) as well as a choice event.

Coach BM mentioned this book in the context of teaching study skills in conjunction with developmental math.

By Rebecca Cox, published by Harvard University Press, 2009

RA recommended as essential reading for community college teachers (week 9, semester 4).

Coach RA recommended this book as one that is helping her to better understand her students.