These were golden years for BYU football when the Cougars played in 21 major bowl games, won 17 conference championships, and became national champions in with hundreds of All-Conference, All-American, and NFL draftees.
It led to the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches association, a professional organization with an educational mission. A board of ten leading coaches met in Park City, Utah, in July and chose Stiggins as first president and executive director. He was also recognized in as a Legend in the Field of Strength and Conditioning. There were a variety of weight-lifters training there. Some were power lifters, others were Olympic-style weight lifters, and others were body builders.
Stiggins was exposed to a wide range of weight lifting techniques and philosophies, and Chuck was drawn to powerlifting. As he trained, he began to see significant improvement in his athletic performance in all four sports. Upon graduating from high school, Stiggins returned to the US and received a scholarship to play football at Ricks College in Idaho. While there, Chuck began competitively powerlifting in the and pound weight class. He finished his football career at Southern Utah University where he continued to lift competitively.
Upon graduating with his bachelor's degree, Stiggins attended Brigham Young University to pursue his Master's degree. In addition, he was a graduate assistant in the University's football program.
His responsibilities included developing and overseeing the strength and conditioning programs for the athletes. The legendary Coach Lavell Edwards was extremely impressed with the athletes' gains in power and speed, as well as with the significant reduction in injuries.
Consequently, Stiggins was offered a full-time position at the University as its first full-time strength and conditioning coach. Chuck remained at BYU in this capacity for the next 25 years, coaching 21 sports with over athletes. During this time, BYU football dominated, participating in 21 major bowl games, winning 17 conference championships, ten of them consecutively, as well as becoming the National Champions.
In addition, the University's intercollegiate athletic teams combined won the Conference Supremacy Trophy each year, an award presented to the university whose athletics teams won more athletic championship than any other university in the conference that year. After finishing their careers at BYU, many of these athletes went on to compete on the professional level in a variety of sports.
My Pyramid. I have used this site to help students develop individualized nutrition pyramids. This web page is a great resource for menu planning and dietary guideline information. I found this to be a very helpful resource for teaching nutrition. This was a great project!! I learned so much from this assignment and have a wonderful keepsake from my MAT experience. I feel this movie does a great job of expressing my teaching philosophy.
My students are the true stars of the show. I have been lucky to have wonderful classes full of enthusiasm and care. This project will not only help me remember my experience as a student teacher, but it will also remind me of why I became a teacher in the first place!
Check out My Teaching Philosophy movie!! Your Info:. Overview of article:. Literacy is a complex term that is constantly evolving. The use of technology demands new forms of literacy. Todays students are faced with massive amounts of media.
Advents such as the Internet have not only allowed students to consume all kinds of new media, but create it as well. Educators must be aware of technology and help to give students the tools they need to be literate in the digital world. Writing media can help students reflect on the media they have been exposed to. This article discusses eight guidelines to help teachers promote skills associated with digital literacy.
Teachers should use a wide range of new media to enhance digital literacy. Students should be writhing, making art, working independently and collaborating to become digitally fluent. Bulleted Reference Points:. Reflection and significance to you:. I liked how this article broke down the idea of literacy and gave practical suggestions for teaching literacy in todays classrooms.
Technology has changed the way people learn and how they take in information. As educators we must be aware of this and teach our students how to become literate in the digital world. If we do not give students technology skills they may not succeed in the future. In a place like Alaska technology is often undervalued. However, many jobs even in a rugged place like Alaska require the use of technology. Take fishing for example, technology has drastically changed the way we fish.
There are depth sounders, sonars, GPSs, radar, computers, radios and all kinds of gadgets that help us catch fish. I would like to try blogging with my students or making a class web page. The internet is such a powerful tool and can help me communicate with students. The internet is also a great resource.
There is so much information online that I plan on sharing with my students. I strongly agree that in todays society students must become digitally literate to fully succeed. Monday, April 19, Social Web Project. Monday, March 8, Article Assessment.
Using digital stories is a good way to save time in the classroom and incorporate different learning styles into a lesson. Part of living in Alaska is enjoying the outdoors, it is important for young people to learn skills to protect and prepare them for survival situations.
It is important to give students opportunities to learn and practice skills before they are faced with a life threatening problem. I have not had my students create digital stories, but I think it would be a valuable experience.
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