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QUOTE of the MONTH

® You can tell a lot about people by the amount of

room they give you on the road. ”

Arnie Driver, Douglas College printer
and long distance cyclist, 1994

 

 

August 2, 1994

The Douglas College Newsletter

 

 

 

 

Kids in the New Westminster Police Service Summer Soccer School take a break at
Mercer Stadium with coach and Constable Julian Knight (above, right).

Kids, police find common
ground on soccer field

Kids in New Westminster are learning to
see police officers first as people, then as
coaches, and then as cops.

About 300 kids aged 6 to 12 years are
taking part in this summer’s New
Westminster Police Service Summer
Soccer School. Several of the eleven
constables who coach kids have taken the
Level One Theory coaching course
offered through the Douglas College
Sports Institute and taught by Programmer
Chris Johnson.

The soccer school is a way to introduce
kids to police officers, says Sergeant
Steve Young of the New Westminster
Police Service.

“Kids get to see them as people instead of
as police, and the officers learn how to
deal better with kids, how to keep them
busy and active. They learn how to teach
constructively and to know what levels
the kids can reach,” says Young.

Constable Julian Knight took the Level
One course, and he says he’d be lost
without it. “What Chris showed us was a
non-conventional method of teaching,
with lots of variety. I don’t have a great
soccer background, but I pick out games
from his book and try them out, and they
all work. It’s more fun than push-ups and
sit-ups. I’ve been able to give the kids a
sense of fun, and build real friendships
with them.”

Kids, police continued on page 2

Feedback wanted
for Adult Special
Education

How effectively is Douglas College
serving students with a disability and
what can we do better?

All College employees can help answer
those questions by taking a moment to
complete the Adult Special Education
(ASE) Policy Questionnaire. The survey
will be distributed in the third week of
August and should be returned to
Institutional Research as soon as possible.

Results from the questionnaire will be
used by the ASE Policy Implementation
Committee as it prepares
recommendations for improvements in
ASE service. The committee has already
conducted a survey of students and
expects to complete its report by January,
1995.

Questions in the forthcoming survey will
provide the committee with feedback
about existing College procedures,
employee awareness of ASE issues, and
whether current levels of ASE training for
employees are adequate.

Feedback continued on page 3

 

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