{"id":347848,"date":"2022-09-23T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=347848"},"modified":"2022-10-19T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:11:03","slug":"faculty-members-explain-how-coaching-helps-them-become-better-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2022\/09\/23\/faculty-members-explain-how-coaching-helps-them-become-better-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Members Explain How Coaching Helps Them Become Better Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Math Teacher and Tennis Coach Matt Marsico poses with the State Championship Trophy. Photo: Fred Assaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Any Pace student-athlete is familiar with the often overwhelming schedule that managing their sport demands. Balancing practices, homework, tests and games, choosing to play a school sport requires a massive time commitment. Many Pace teachers also coach a sport, and they can sympathize. \u201cBeing a coach reminds me to put myself in my students\u2019 shoes,\u201d says English teacher, cross country coach and soccer coach Tamara Neiley. \u201cI\u2019m busy after the academic day just like my students,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s a nice reminder to be a little more empathetic to my students and recognize how busy their schedules are.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher-coaches deal with many of the same difficulties players do. Math teacher and tennis coach, Mr. Matt Marsico says, \u201cit\u2019s a lot harder because we have to balance being available to our students\u2026 and still be there to manage and run the team.\u201d He often has to schedule extra help meetings in the morning or during break and free periods because of practices after school. \u201cEspecially when we have away matches and we have to leave early, it can get challenging,\u201d he notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer science teacher and E-Sports coach Charlie Bryant says he\u2019s \u201cthere for all the time that the players are there plus a little more\u201d because he\u2019s also in charge of all the planning and logistics for E-Sports. E-sports can be uniquely challenging because they have \u201cmultiple teams going at the same time,\u201d he adds. However, it can also be very rewarding. Knowing their students outside of the classroom helps them have deeper connections with them and be better equipped to help them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marsico described the unique relationship he is able to have with students who play on his tennis team, saying \u201cit\u2019s easier for me to know when a student is struggling because I know more about them and how they respond to adversity.\u201d Although there is a difference in the formality of a classroom, he thinks teaching and coaching have a lot of similarities. \u201cWe\u2019re still just trying to get to know our students or players and make their time at Pace be the best it can be, and a lot of the lessons that we take with us for the rest of our lives don\u2019t occur in a classroom. They don\u2019t necessarily occur on a tennis court either – it\u2019s in life and interactions.\u201d \u201cPart of being a good teacher is forming relationships,\u201d says Mr. Bryant, and seeing students outside of class has helped with that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the time commitments, is it worth it to take on the extra responsibilities of coaching? \u201cYou have to love it and you have to be passionate about it to be fully committed to the team,\u201d explains Ms. Neiley. But if you are, she says, \u201cit can be an incredibly rewarding and fun experience.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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