Biểu mẫu: "Summer 2009 Application Form for Vietnamese College Students"
Coach for College provides a forum for college students from America to work together with
college and high school students from other countries to use sports to help youth from rural
communities in these countries access higher education. The program provides sports
infrastructure to youth who attend rural middle schools, and helps them develop excitement for
the learning of science, language, and life skills using sports as a means to applied learning.
The overall goal is to help youth develop the motivation, confidence, and other skills needed to ...
Summer 2009 Application Form for Vietnamese College
Students
DUE: 5 PM Saturday Mar. 7, 2009
OVERVIEW
Coach for College provides a forum for college students from America to work together with
college and high school students from other countries to use sports to help youth from rural
communities in these countries access higher education. The program provides sports
infrastructure to youth who attend rural middle schools, and helps them develop excitement for
the learning of science, language, and life skills using sports as a means to applied learning.
The overall goal is to help youth develop the motivation, confidence, and other skills needed to
one day obtain a higher education, as the program’s coaches have done. Collegiate athletes
from top U.S. universities which are rivals in athletic competitions partner with bilingual college
students and high school students near the project area to run interactive sportslearning
camps during the summer, with an additional emphasis on how to access and benefit most
from higher education in America and the host country, currently Vietnam. Vietnamese college
students from any year in school are eligible to participate, provided they are students of Can
Tho University (the program’s primary partner university), are fluent in English and/or
knowledgeable about sports, and have an interest in furthering the program’s goals. While
students from all majors are eligible to apply, preference will be given to English majors,
English Education majors, and Physical Education majors.
2008 PROGRAM
In summer 2008, 20 college students or graduates of Can Tho University, 10 high school
students from the Hoa An Commune, and 20 studentathletes from Duke University and the
University of North Carolina in the United States participated as coaches in two three week
sportslearning camps (half in each) for 200 Vietnamese youth. The youth were rising 6th9th
graders, and the camps were held on the grounds of Hoa An Secondary School, the middle
school for children who live in the Hoa An Commune in the Hau Giang province. The program
also provided sports infrastructure to the youth in the form of sports equipment donated to the
school and a fiveinone sports court built next to the middle school allowing for the play of
soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, and badminton. Over the course of three weeks coaches
taught one of five sports and one of five sportsthemed academic classes to five teams of 10
youth from one grade in the morning and five teams of 10 youth from a different grade in the
afternoon. In both the morning and afternoon, they also taught one of the five teams in Team
Building and Higher Education (everyday), the Importance and Benefits of Sports (first week
only), and Fitness and Conditioning (second week only).
2009 PROGRAM STRUCTURE
In summer 2009, four three week camps will be held at the Hoa An Secondary School. 8
Vietnamese college students from Can Tho University will participate in each of the three week
sessions as coaches. A Vietnamese college student who participated in the program in
summer 2008 will serve as the Vietnamese College Student Director for each session. Each
session of coaches will work with 96 children from a single grade (rising 6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th
graders), 48 for four hours in the morning and 48 for four hours in the afternoon. The youth in
the morning and afternoon groups will be divided into 4 teams of 12. At all times during each
camp, coaching groups consisting of 12 American studentathletes, 2 bilingual Vietnamese
college students, and 1 Vietnamese high school student who participated in the program last
year will work with a single team of 12 youth. Camps will last MondayThursday for three
weeks. The Friday of each week will serve as a competition day in which the teams of youth will
compete against each other to demonstrate what they learned in the classes during the week.
The specific camp schedule will be available on the website. The standard day on which your
participation in the program will begin will be the Saturday prior to the start of the camp. The
standard end day of your participation will be the Sunday following the last Friday of the camp.
All Vietnamese college students will stay at the Hoa An Research Center during their
participation in the program.
2009 PROGRAM FINANCING
The Coach for College program will pay for the living expenses of selected Vietnamese college
students during the duration of each three week session via support from Duke University,
UNCChapel Hill, and an International Sports Programming Initiative Grant from the U.S.
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Department of State. This includes accommodation, food, and travel from MondayFriday
during the camps.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
Answer each question on the application in Bold. Make sure to read the Coach for College
website (www.coachforcollege.org) in full before finalizing your application. Email your
completed application to [email protected] by 5 PM on Sat. Mar. 7. A
preliminary elimination will be made based on the written application. Finalists will be invited for
an oncampus interview with the Coach for College Selection Committee during the week of
Mar. 9. Those selected for the program will be notified by email shortly following the day on
which the last interviews are conducted. We hope to conclude the selection process by Mar.
14. Contact Nguyen Duong Dinh Thai at [email protected] or (091) 8302301 with any
questions about the application process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Name: ____________________________ Hometown:
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University: _________________________ Year:
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Gender: ____M ____F
Major: ___________________________
Campus Address: Permanent Address:
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Phone: _________________________ Phone:
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Dates at this Address: ______________ Dates At this Address:
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Alternate Summer Addresses:
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Phone: _________________________ Phone:
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Dates at this Address: ______________ Dates At this Address:
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Email Address: _________________________
Alternate Email Address: _________________
Cell Phone: ____________________________
Sessions Can Attend (Please select all sessions you could attend):
______ Session 1: May 30 June 21, 2009
______ Session 2: June 20 July 12, 2009
______ Session 3: July 11 Aug. 6, 2009
______ Session 4: July 25 Aug. 16, 2009
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GENERAL:
1. What problems do you think the Coach for College program is trying to address? Why
do you think the program is called “Coach for College”?
2. Why do you want to participate in the Coach for College program? In your answer,
please include a description of what you hope to learn from interactions with American
studentathlete coaches, what you hope to learn from the Vietnamese youth and fellow
Vietnamese coaches, and how this program fits into your long term goals.
3. What experience, if any, do you have living or working in lowincome, rural communities
in Vietnam? Please explain.
4. In this program, there will be many instances which will require you to act in a way that
you are not used to, including interacting and working with people from another culture,
adjusting to new educational methodologies, and teaching youth concepts with which
you and they may not be familiar. Describe a time in your life when you were forced to
do something for the first time or complete a task you were not familiar with and explain
how you responded in this situation.
5. Effective coaches in the program are able to develop emotional bonds with the kids and
motivate and excite the youth in all facets of the program, regardless of the different
barriers involved. What experience, if any, do you have with coaching, tutoring, or
working with kids?
6. The best teachers are often the best leaders. To successfully teach material to the
youth, you will need to be a leader in your coaching group and help the American
coaches convey information in the program’s curriculum to the youth. You will also need
to be able to take initiative and develop solutions when things do not go according to
plan in the classes that you teach. Describe an event or experience during your life in
which you exercised a significant leadership role.
7. What do you think you can contribute to the group of participating Vietnamese college
students and to the program in general? What skills have you developed during college
and during the process of trying to reach college which you think will serve you well in
this program?
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8. What steps do you think you need to take to adequately prepare yourself for the
program? What information do you think you need to know about the environment where
you will be working?
9. How will you use your experience in the Coach for College program to benefit other
youth, Vietnamese college students, the local community, and the public generally upon
your return to your university and hometown? In what other ways do you hope to use
your experience in the program in the future, especially during the remainder of your
college career (if applicable) and later in your chosen profession?
SPORTS:
If selected, you will help teach one sports class to all the teams of youth in the program. You
will work with 12 American studentathletes, one Vietnamese high school student, and one
other Vietnamese college student to teach six 45 minute classes to each of the four teams of
youth over the course of the three weeks. You will be asked to help teach stretching, fitness,
and drills related to the sport. All of the youth are familiar with volleyball and soccer but they
have had only limited, if any exposure, to tennis and basketball.
Sports Class Preferences:
Please rate all the sports classes based on your preference to teach them, using 1 for the most
preferred class and 4 for the least preferred one.
______ Soccer
______ Volleyball
______ Tennis
______ Basketball
Sports Class Qualifications:
Please explain your qualifications to teach each of the four sports classes (such as any
experience you have playing or teaching that sport). If you have no experience playing or
coaching a particular sport, please state “None.” For each one, feel free to use as much space
as you need. NOTE: You do NOT have to have a sports background to participate in the
program.
Soccer:
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Volleyball:
Tennis:
Basketball:
ACADEMICS:
If selected, you will teach one academic class to all the teams of youth in the program, using
examples from sports. As with the sports classes, you will work with 12 American college
studentathletes, one Vietnamese high school student, and one other Vietnamese college
student to teach six 45 minute classes to each of the four teams of youth over the course of the
three weeks. The sportsthemed academic classes will use sports to teach youth Biology,
Chemistry, Physics, Math, English, Literature, and Morality, all subjects the youth learn during
the school year. You will be given lesson plans linking sports with the particular academic
subjects on which your class focuses, designed by local teachers as well as curriculum
developers in the United States.
Academic Class Preferences:
Please rate all the academic classes based on your preference to teach them, using 1 for the
most preferred class and 4 for the least preferred one.
______ Sports and Health (focusing on the subjects of Biology and Chemistry)
______ Sports and Physics (focusing on the subjects of Physics and Math)
______ Sports and English (focusing on the subjects of English and Literature)
______ Sports and Morality (focusing on the subjects of Morality and Psychology)
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Academic Class Qualifications:
Please explain your qualifications to teach each of the four academic classes (teaching
experience you have in these subjects, relevant classes you have taken, relevant internships or
jobs you have had, etc). If you feel you have no relevant qualifications for a particular class,
please state “None.” Keep in mind that the subject matter is at a middle school level (ninth
grade is the highest), and you will be given lesson plans to aid you in teaching these classes.
For each answer, feel free to use as much space as you need.
Sports and Health (Biology, Chemistry):
Sports and Physics (Physics, Math):
Sports and English (English, Literature):
Sports and Morality (Morality, Psychology):
RESUME:
Please fill in details for the categories listed below. Please try to write your answers so that all
of them fit on this one page.
Name and Contact Information:
Education:
Relevant Coursework:
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Honors and Awards:
Relevant Work Experience:
Leadership Experience:
Volunteer (Service) Experience:
Skills:
Hobbies and Interests:
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