INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 13, 1990

 

 

 

Sports Institute reaches out to grassroot volunteers

D: you need information about
stretching exercises or anabolic
steroids? Are you confused about
what type of running shoe to buy
your son or daughter? Are you a lit-
tle league coach who wants to know
how to get training? The answers to
these and other questions related to
sports and recreation are just a
phone call away.

 

Learning Styles

Learning Styles, as an orienta-
tion to teaching and learning,
proposes that students demon-
strate unique relative strengths
and weaknesses in the manner in
which they access information
from a teaching environment.

This workshop will assist you
to identify the mix of learning
styles in your classes. In addition
it will assist you to design learning
activities which will take into con-
sideration the preferred styles of
your students (learners).

You will identify your own
preferred and backup learning
styles using Honey and
Munford’s Learning Styles Ques-
tionnaire. Kolb’s Experiential
Learning Model will also be
presented for your consideration.

Presenter: Eugene Hrushowy
(Faculty P.D. Consultant and In-
structor in the Child & Youth Care
Program)

Date: Monday, March 26, 1990
Time: 1000 to 1200 hours
Location: Rm. 3903

or

Date: Thursday, March 29, 1990
Time: 1300 to 1500 hours
Location: Rm. 3347

Call local 5122 to reserve a seat.

 

 

"The Douglas College Sports In-
stitute acts as a clearing-house or
referral centre for sports and recrea-
tion related issues," says Chris
Johnson, Community Programmer
at Douglas College. "If we can’t
answer the question ourselves, we
make referrals."

Now into its fifth year, the
Sports Institute offers workshops in
sports first aid, coaching, recreation
leadership, and fitness certification
to community groups. The
workshops serve parents, players,
coaches, administrators and offi-
cials. The Institute also helps sports
and recreation groups plan major
conferences or seminars at Douglas
College or in their own community.

"Our goal is to help hundreds of
volunteers involved in the delivery
of minor sports programs do their
jobs more effectively and efficiently,"
says Johnson. "We give sports
groups access to programs, facilities,
and resources to help them become
better at what they’re doing."

By working with sports govern-
ing bodies, the Sports Medicine
Council, the National Coaching Cer-
tification Program, and other depart-
ments at the College such as CPR,
the Sports Institute offers programs
and services "that will provide con-
tinuing education for important
volunteers in our society."

For example, Johnson says most
coaches are using the same techni-
ques that were used 20 years ago
"put we've come a long way, Charlie
Brown. Today, we want coaches to
encourage and support kids," he
says. "We're trying desperately hard
to reach out to the grassroots
coaches, tell them about our services
and let them know we're here to
help."

The Sports Institute was formed
four years ago, and last fall Johnson
became the Institute’s full-time Com-

tasks is to improve the Sports
Institute’s profile in the community.

"Douglas College has a lot of
facilities that people don’t know
about," says Johnson.

To improve awareness, Johnson
recently organized a tour of College
facilities for representatives from
several B.C. sports governing
bodies. About 25 people, including
representatives from the B.C. Ath-
letic Career Centre, B.C. Soccer As-
sociation, Synchro B.C., B.C.
Speedskating, Bicycling Association,
Orienteering Association, and the
Sports Medicine Council got a first-
hand look at what Douglas College
has to offer.

Groups that organize conferen-
ces, workshops or seminars through
the Sports Institute have access to
Douglas College’s gymnasium, 350-
seat performing arts theatre, lecture
theatres, library and cafeteria. The
Institute also assists with publicity
and promotion.

Johnson says his message to
community sports and recreation
groups is clear. "Let us know what
you want, a conference, workshop
or seminar, and we'll help you or-
ganize it. We're here to respond to
community requests. We even give
presentations to parents on how
they can be supportive of their
children’s involvement in sport."

The Douglas College Sports In-
stitute is governed by a six-member
Advisory Committee made up of
community members, sports govern-
ing bodies and fitness professionals.
The Advisory Committee assists the
College in determining what ser-
vices should be offered in the com-
munity and "ensures we do not
compete with other agencies,”
Johnson says.

For more information about the
Douglas College Sports Institute call
Chris Johnson at 527-5041. @

munity Programmer. One of his

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