OneTeam, OneBook

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One-Team, One-Book
31st Southwest IRA Regional Conference Albuquer
que, New Mexico February 3, 2006
Steve Poznansky, retired Coach and Math Teacher
_at_ Niles North High School Nikki Zarefsky, retired
Reading Teacher _at_ Niles North High School
currently Coordinator of Teaching and Learning _at_
Golf School District 67
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History

• IRC 03
• Started at Gregory Middle School in Naperville
• Students read book over several months
• Discussion with students parents
• Implemented at Niles North
• Expanded to clubs and homerooms at NN

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Purpose of Program

• One-Team, One-Book helps advance our School
  Improvement goal of excellence in reading and
  writing by combining team work, personal growth,
  and academic achievement in an extra-curricular
  setting.
• Coach chooses a book to read with the team
• School purchases the books for students to keep

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Influence of the Coach

• Many youngsters assign value and meaning to a
  topic of study by virtue of who teaches it rather
  than to any inherent quality of the specific
  subject matter. Coaches and physical educators
  who emphasize the need to read, underscore
  literacy or academic as well as athletic
  achievement, and read themselves, influence
  players and students toward these endeavors. By
  making reading an integral part of athletic
  development or stressing the virtues of thought
  and performance, educators working in these areas
  help to show young people that using their heads
  in conjunction with their bodies is a worthwhile
  pursuit and is extremely significant for happy,
  healthy, and wholesome living. Pg. 68-9 USING
  SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO STRENGTHEN
  READING SKILLS, Lance M. Gentile, IRA Reading
  Aids Series, 1980.

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Books Used

• Pilot in spring 03
• Varsity Baseball Chicken Soup for the Baseball
  Soul
  
• Soph Baseball Winning Every Day
• 03-04
• Girls Volleyball Reviving Ophelia
• Football Patton on Leadership
• Basketball Lincoln on Leadership
• Freshman Wrestling Takedown
• Boys Volleyball Winning Every Day
• Tennis Lincoln on Leadership
• Girls Soccer Ophelia Speaks
• Baseball Dont Look Back
• Softball High Five
• JV Baseball Why Winners Win

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More Books Read

• 04-05
• Cheerleaders The Five People You Meet In Heaven
• Soph Girls Volleyball In These Girls Hope Is A
  Muscle
  
• Freshman Wrestling Takedown
• Boys Basketball Why Winners Win
• Homeroom All I Need to Know I Learned In
  Kindergarten
  
• RIOT DaVinci Code
• Vocal Jazz Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
  Maintenance
  
• Spec. Ed. Series of Unfortunate Events 1
• Boys Tennis Funny in Farsi
• Girls Softball The Present
• 05-06
• Football Taking the Purple to Pasadena
• Girls Track Ultra Marathon Man
• Freshman Wrestling Never Stop Pushing
• Boys Basketball My Losing
  Season
  

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Possible Formats

• Determine regular reading/discussion time
• Will reading be done together or as homework
• Tasks should relate to the team experience
• Consider using books-on-tape
• Groupings
• Partners across grade level individual
• Discussions
• Format must be a part of program, not an add-on
  when there is time
  
• could be done during summer camps
• before or after season
• part of work-out sessions
• Celebration at end of season

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Publicity

• Movie Clip

• School Newspaper

• District News

• Fundraising
• Brochure
• Foundations and Grants

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Evaluations

• Form 1

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Evaluations

• Form 3

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Evaluations

• Basketball

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Evaluations

• Form 2

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Success of program

• Expanded to homerooms and clubs
• Coaches have taken to other schools
• Conferences and conventions

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Success of program

• 3 Coaches
• Contact information
• nzarefsky_at_golf67.net
• stevepoznansky_at_yahoo.com