Increasing your professional marketability

 

In coaching realm one’s previous experience as an athlete in the sport is an asset. Many former athletes have capitalized on their experience to secure coaching positions. Previous work as an assistant or head coach certainly is in one’s favor. Professional contacts, officials ratings in sport, and membership in a professional organization are helpful in getting hired or advancing. Many states require that coaches hold teaching certification; holding such certification gives one more flexibility in selecting from job opportunities.

Finally, one can enhance one’s credentials by gaining as much practical experience as possible, working with people of all ages and abilities. This holds true whether you are seeking work in a school or nonschool setting or in coaching. This experience can be gained through volunteer work, part-time employment, summer employment, or through supervised field experiences sponsored by your college or university. Being able to cite such practical experiences on your resume may prove invaluable when you are seeking to gain employment. Membership in professional organizations and professional contacts may also be helpful in securing employment.

Prospective coaches can enhance their marketability. Building on your skills, taking additional courses, and gaining as much practical experience as possible will increase your options and enhance your opportunities for employment.

 

 

5.1. Listen to the text “Increasing Your Professional Marketability”.

5.2. Read and translate the text. Answer the questions.

 

1. What is an asset in coaching realm? 2. How do may former athletes use their

experience? 3. What else is in one’s favor? 4. Does a coach need to hold a teaching certification? 5. What can enhance one’s credentials? 6. What may prove invaluable on your resume while seeking to gain employment? 7. How can prospective coaches enhance their marketability?

 

5.3. Ma tch the words from the columns:

 

	realm	A	вміння
	asset	B	працевлаштування
	marketability	C	вибір
	to be in one’s favor	D	рейтинг
	credentials	E	це справедливо/вірно
	to cite	F	просування на службі/кар’єра
	rating	G	резюме
	part-time employment	H	безцінний
	this holds true	J	характеристика/рекомендація/право
	employment	K	на чиюсь користь
	additional	L	практика/практичні заняття
	option	M	товарність
	volunteer work	N	погодинна робота
	resume	O	додатковий
	field experience	P	цінний внесок
	invaluable	Q	робота волонтером
	advancing	R	згадувати/посилатися/цитувати
	skills	S	галузь

 

5.4. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases from the box.

 

assist; a responsibility; to develop; marketability; the credentials; courses

 

1. Physical educators who are interested in fitness-, health-, or therapy-related careers can do much to increase their professional …. 2. Taking additional course work, pursuing certification, building on one’s talents and interests, and gaining practical experience will enhance … of physical educators seeking a position in these areas. 3. Additional in health will increase one’s marketability. 4. Conducting health-promotion programs – nutritional counseling, weight management, substance abuse, smoking cessation, and stress management – is often … associated with positions in this area. 5. Physical educators need … the skills necessary to help individuals change their fitness and health habits. 6. Understanding various decision-making approaches, motivational techniques, and behavior-modification strategies will …physical educators in helping their clients achieve their goals, whether these goals are increased fitness, weight loss, or learning to manage stress.

 

5.5. Give a talk on “Increasing Your Professional Marketability”.

 

VI. Have a dictation

 

MOVEMENT THERAPY

 

Movement therapist use movement to provide individuals an opportunity fr expression, as well as to develop movement skills. Movement therapists work with individuals of all ages. In preschool program a movement therapist may work with children to develop perceptual-motor skills. Another avenue for employment is the hospital setting or clinic where individuals who have suffered impairments can be helped to learn essential movement skills. Developmental centers or special schools for persons with disabilities may also employ movement therapists.

 

 

VII. Listening comprehension texts.

7.1. Text I

PERSONAL TRAINERS

 

A number of physical educators have pursued careers as personal fitness trainers. They meet with clients individually in their homes on a regular basis, sometimes as often as 5 or 6 days per week.

For each client, the personal trainer conducts a fitness assess­ment, develops specific goals and designs a program leading to their attainment, coaches the individual through the workout, and monitors progress. Additional services often include nutritional counseling.

Some fitness programs and health clubs are also offering members the services of a personal trainer at an additional cost. Members like the one-on-one attention offered by a personal trainer, believing it enhances their motivation and their effort in performing their program.

 

 

7.1.1. Listen to the text “Personal Trainers”.

7.1.2. Answer the questions.

1. Where does a personal trainer meet with a client? 2. How often does a personal

trainer meet with a client? 3. What does the personal trainer conduct and develop for each client? 4. What do additional services often include? 5. Is it possible to have a personal trainer at additional cost being on some fitness programs and health clubs? 6. Do members like the one-to-one attention offered by a personal trainer?

 

7.1.3. Retell the text.

 

7.2. Text II

DANCE THERAPY

 

The use of dance has proved very helpful in alleviating physical, emotional, and social problems. It has received wide acceptance as a psychotherapeutic means of physical and emotional expression. Through dance the patient or client has freedom of movement and gains a sense of identity. Dance encourages individuals to recognize their emotions and express them. Through dance, by varying movement qualities, individuals can convey their feelings and ideas to others and perhaps portray emotions that they cannot verbally express. Dance provides a means not only to express one’s feelings and emotions to others but also a means of gaining insight into oneself. Dance, by its very nature, can promote sensitivity and awareness.

Dance therapy is one of the fastest-growing professions. It is used in rehabilitation centers, psychiatric centers, geriatric programs, hospitals, and in programs for persons with disabilities. Dance therapy is used with all segments of the population from very young to very old persons. Certification standards for dance therapists have been established by the American Dance Therapy Association (ADTA).

 

7.2.1. Listen to the text “Dance Therapy”.

 

7.2.2. Answer the question:

 

“Do you consider dance therapy an effective psychotherapeutic means of physical and emotional expression?”

 

7.2.3. Retell the text.

 

VIII. Retell the oral topic:

 

COACHING CAREERS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT   Individuals aspire to a coaching career for many reasons: their love for the sport, their own previous involvement on athletic teams, and the enjoyment they derived from participation. Within the last decade coaching opportunities have increased tremendously both at the expense of women sport and the increased interest in sport by people of all ages. A coaching career has both advantages and disadvantages. The opportunity to work with athletes and to help them to achieve their fullest potential, the excitement of winning and the respect accorded to a coach are some of the benefits of coaching. There are several drawbacks associated with coaching. Long practice hours and the hours spent coaching during competition, untold hours spent in preparing practices, public relations work, recruiting, etc. Salaries vary greatly, depending on the level and sport coached. A high turnover is associated with coaching. Criteria for certification of coaches vary from a state to a state. It is recommended that for certification, coaches should have knowledge of the medical aspects of coaching, an understanding of the psychological and sociological foundations of coaching, familiarity with kinesiological foundations of coaching, understanding of the physiological aspects of coaching, the knowledge of coaching theory and techniques. Prospective coaches can enhance their marketability. Building on your skills, taking additional courses, and gaining as much practical experience as possible will increase your options and enhance your opportunities for employment.

 

 

UNIT XXVI

 

SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST # 11

 

These tasks are designed to assist you in determining if you have mastered the materials and competencies presented in the above studied information.

 

1. Interview a coach and describe his/her perceptions of the advantages and disadvantages of a pursuing a coach’s career.

2. List the causes of burnout and describe specific solutions for each of the causes enlisted.

3. What are some strategies a prospective coach can use to maximize opportunities for employment in the career?

4. Discuss the therapeutic and psychosocial values of movement and physical activity. Further investigate one of the therapy-related career opportunities.

 

UNIT XXVII