My name is Hannah Deak and I spent my entire life in the small town of Middlebury, Indiana. Here, I grew up with two supportive parents, two amazing older brothers and one perfect little sister. Upon graduating from Northridge High School in 2012, I made my way to Michigan to continue my education. Today, I am just beginning my fifth (and final year!) towards obtaining my Physical Education and School Health Education Teaching & Coaching certification from Grand Valley State University. I am SO excited to begin my teacher assisting and student teaching experiences!
Along with these responsibilities, I am also the assistant swim coach at Hope College in Holland, MI. I have been a 16 year member of the sport, including my time on Grand Valley's Varsity Swim Team throughout the past four years. This is where my love of the sport turned into a passion for coaching. In many ways, coaching is just like teaching. The best part of it all is getting to see the progress in my students-athletes, and the pride on their faces when they achieved their personal goals or achieved a new level of greatness, whether it be in the classroom or in the pool.
Although I have grown to love Grand Valley, my classes, my professors, and now my new job (still geeking out about it a little bit..:) I enjoy a plethora of other fun activities! I like skiing, ice skating and baking, kayaking, beaching, swimming, and pretty much anything that keeps me active during! I love to read in my spare time (which is hard to find) but have more time for that during the summer months. But my favorite season is fall.. I'm obsessed with sweaters, warm beverages, and the smell of burning leaves.
My experience with technology in the classroom has been minimal with PowerPoint, Google Classroom, and Drive, although, I have used common apps that relate to teaching in physical education, such as Coaches Eye. Technology in the gym looks much different than it does in a classroom setting. When I am a teacher, I plan to use music and a projector screen that can hook up to a bluetooth connection for activities such as tabata, yoga and zumba.
I look forward to a fun semester with my student-athletes at Hope College AND with my K-5 PE students at Chandler Woods Charter Academy!
Here is a snapshot of my life! Swimming and a few moments of me with my boyfriend, Justin.
I think we have a few classes together already, and now this one! You definitely sound like you will be a great PE teacher based on your blog post because you are a very active individual and do so many different sports! I think that's great you want to teach PE and Health and that your life style matches up with your goals because you will be able to teach by example.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing you around!
Nice to meet you, Hannah!
ReplyDeleteYou are very active and I love all of the sports and activities you enjoy, although, I bet it's a challenge to fit them into your schedule?
I enjoyed your picture comparisons, they are great!
Can you also post a short video according to the instructions in assignment 1B?
I look forward to seeing you Friday.