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THE CRESTWOOD COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL

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• Source of official student records

• Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

• Descriptions and credit recommendations

The Crestwood Country Day School, founded and incorporated in 1956, is a renowned private pre-school, elementary, and middle school with a nationally known summer recreation program. In the course of the year there are over 1,000 students and 400 staff. Crestwood has been recognized for its innovative programs and facilities, and its talented and highly trained staff. Teacher-child ratios in the school are better than 1 to 8, which facilitates individualized instruction. The educational experience offered by Crestwood has so far allowed 100% of its students to perform better than the norm on standardized achievement testing.

Crestwood is a leading philanthropist in its geographic region. Two dozen minority and disadvantaged children from the local communities are given full scholarships at Crestwood each year. Scholarship funds for college have been set up at local high schools by Crestwood. Also, substantial dollars are raised and donated to local organizations, hospitals, and other local and national charities every year.

Source of official student records: Director of Training, Crestwood Country Day School, 313 Round Swamp Road, Melville, New York 11747.

Titles of all evaluated learning experiences

Applying Research to Supervise and Enhance Instruction in Physical Activity Settings
Practical Leadership Development

Descriptions and credit recommendations

Applying Research to Supervise and Enhance Instruction in Physical Activity Settings
Location: Crestwood Country Day School, 313 Round Swamp Road, Melville, NY.
Length: 322 hours (12 weeks); in addition, participants complete 200 hours of related field work experience during the last five weeks of instruction.
Dates: June 1999 - August 1999.
Objectives: Identify and interpret significant research findings related to developmentally appropriate instruction in physical activity settings; apply physical activity-related research findings in facilitating the development of effective instructional principles for others (counselors or counselors in training); analyze and evaluate instructional planning and interactive teaching behavior within a physical activity setting; apply selected supervisory techniques which facilitate the attainment of instructional effectiveness for counselors in physical activity settings.
Instruction: Learning outcomes and teaching in physical activity settings: cognitive, psycho-motor and affective outcomes, developmentally appropriate principles related to teaching in physical activity settings, critical and practical pedagogy issues, and normative order for teaching in physical activity settings; research findings related to teacher effectiveness in concept and skill learning: variables affecting academic learning time, student success levels and teacher expectations, effective class management strategies, assessment as part of the instructional process; teaching personal and social responsibility (TPSR): strategies for teaching TPSR and assessing learner outcomes; physical activity, fitness, and health; models for instructional integration: fit sport model, sport education model; supervising for effective instruction.
Credit recommendation: In the graduate degree category, 3 semester hours in Education, Physical Education, Educational Administration or Recreation (2/99).

Practical Leadership Development
Location: Crestwood Country Day School, 313 Round Swamp Road, Melville, NY.
Length: Approximately 320 hours (8 weeks); includes 16 hours of initial classroom orientation, lectures, and workshops, and 6 one-hour seminars with group leaders.
Dates: June 1998 - December 2006.
Objectives: Explain the concept of individual differences and needs of children, including common disorders and handicaps and their implications for recreation; set goals for individual children and for groups of children; evaluate children’s progress in terms of goals and objectives; describe and apply techniques for establishing positive rapport with a child; describe and apply techniques for helping children improve their social skills; describe and apply techniques for motivating children; describe and apply techniques for teaching skills to children; prepare, organize, and supervise an activity is a safe and professional fashion; describe principles of protecting one’s own safety and well being when working with children, including avoiding accusations of child abuse; describe and apply techniques for resolving conflict and disciplining children; describe and apply principles of fostering a non-competitive environment that emphasizes fun and learning for children; describe principles of communicating effectively with parents through face-to-face, written, and telephone communications.
Instruction: Participants in this program work as counselors in a summer recreation program under the direct supervision of professionally qualified staff. In addition to working with children on a daily basis, students meet weekly in groups with a facilitator from the recreation program’s professional staff to discuss assigned readings and their application to their experiences as counselors, they keep a daily learning log in which they analyze and evaluate their experiences, and they assume full responsibility for planning and leading a minimum of two activities. The learning experience emphasizes the following areas: leadership skills, motivating children, building children’s self esteem, teaching of interpersonal and motor skills to children, observing and correcting skills, competitive and cooperative activities, safety, communication with parents, creativity and its relationship to leadership abilities, and conflict resolution.
Credit recommendation: In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 4 semester hours in Camp Counseling, Outdoor Recreation, Group Dynamics, or as an elective in Education, Physical Education, Recreation, or Educational Psychology, or as a general elective (4/98).

Updated 5/30/07

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