{"id":183,"date":"2015-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wisconsin\/2015\/03\/11\/from-shy-and-timid-to-coach-of-the-month\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T12:50:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:50:24","slug":"from-shy-and-timid-to-coach-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/wisconsin\/2015\/03\/11\/from-shy-and-timid-to-coach-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"From Shy and Timid, to Coach of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"314\" width=\"210\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 314px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/sites\/default\/files\/20141028_105956%20(2)_0.jpg\" data-original=\"{&quot;fid&quot;:&quot;7454&quot;,&quot;view_mode&quot;:&quot;media_original&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;media&quot;,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;height&quot;:314,&quot;width&quot;:210,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;width: 210px; height: 314px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;media-element file-media-original&quot;}}\"\/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\">In honor of AmeriCorps Week, I would like to share a story that makes me proud to be an AmeriCorps member and serve the students at La Escuela Fratney.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38;\">Selecting Junior Coaches for the Junior Coach Leadership Program is hard to do when you are new to a school. You are unfamiliar with the students and need to quickly identify who to choose for this program. I was having a hard time putting together my Junior Coach roster. I wanted a diverse group of students, but I hardly knew them. I asked fellow faculty for support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ddb052a5-db69-ac0c-03f9-f680ceec17fb\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">One day a teacher approached me with a Junior Coach Leadership Program application from Maddy, a very nice girl who was too scared and shy to give me the application herself. This timid girl was exactly who I wanted in my program. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ddb052a5-db69-ac0c-03f9-f680ceec17fb\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As I began to work with Maddy I could see the genuine care she had for others, but how she needed to grow more as a leader. I worked with her to build her confidence and find her voice. I soon saw her stepping up on the playground to lead games.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ddb052a5-db69-ac0c-03f9-f680ceec17fb\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">When time came to select my first Coach of the Month, I chose Maddy. She was so happy when she found out she began to cry. She told me that she never thought she would win anything because she isn&rsquo;t as smart or athletic as anyone else in the school. I told her that none of those things matter &#8211; it&rsquo;s your heart that makes you a good leader. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ddb052a5-db69-ac0c-03f9-f680ceec17fb\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Maddy hung up the certificate in her room at home. Now each and every week, she looks forward to our meetings because according to her, Junior Coach meetings are &ldquo;better than the weekend.&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>About the Author: Coach Eric Palanck is a first year AmeriCorps Program Coordinator serving at La Escuela Fratney School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of AmeriCorps Week, I would like to share a story that makes me proud to be an AmeriCorps member and serve the students at La Escuela Fratney. 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