Coach for College: US Student-Athlete Application 2015

You are beginning an application for US student-athletes to participate with Coach for College during Summer 2015. Please complete the entire application. Applications will be accepted through February 1st (with the exception of those schools conducting an internal selection process, which may have an earlier deadline). Applicants may be contacted by a member of the selection committee or their athletic department for a phone interview. Official invitations for Summer 2015 spots will be sent by email in February.

This application asks for information about you, the camp dates you are available for, your preferred sports and subjects to teach, as well as 6 essay questions about your interest in Coach for College and experience.

The following application will take a minimum of 20 minutes to complete, excluding the essay questions, which require some prior reflection. Feel free to browse through the form, but when beginning to fill the application out, it must be completed in one session. If you exit the application before completing it, none of your answers will be saved and you must begin again. If you own a valid passport, you will need to email a digital copy for your application to be complete, so please ensure you have that ready.

If you have any questions about the program or the application process, please do not hesitate to contact Seth Napier at seth.napier@coachforcollege.org.

Essay questions

How does participating in Coach for College contribute to the fulfillment of your long term educational, career, and/or life goals? *

Please describe a time you experienced adversity or failure, how you dealt with the situation, and what you learned from it. *

What is the most important lesson you think you might gain from immersing yourself in rural Vietnam? *

If a child has little motivation for school or thinks he is unable to achieve his long-term goals, what can you do to have a positive influence on this child? *

Please describe a time when you taught or coached a group of children, and explain the strategies you used to get them excited about the material you were teaching. *

Please describe a time when you worked with people from diverse backgrounds to achieve a common goal, and explain the strategies that allowed you to work together successfully. *

Thinking creatively about your personal network, the resources you will be provided by the program, and other means of raising funds (on campus fundraisers, businesses, organizations, and/or individual donors). Briefly describe the tools you intend to use in your fundraising effort.

Remember, unless your school has indicated otherwise, you are committing to raise a minimum of $1,600 (and hopefully more) in support of the general operating budget of the CFC camps. Your fundraising success is an integral component of your CFC experience.

General information

First Name *

Last Name *

Name you prefer to be called *

Gender *

Male

Female

Date of birth (MM/DD/YYYY) *

University *

If your university is not in the list above, please select "Other University", and enter your school's name here.

Year of Graduation *

Varsity Sport 1 *

Varsity Sport 2 (if applicable)

If your sport is not in the list above, or if you have also participated in a 3rd varsity sport in college, please enter it here.

T-shirt size *

Participants wear Coach for College t-shirts while teaching and coaching.

Small

Medium

Large

Extra Large

Extra Extra Large

Contact info

Permanent address *

University email address *

Non-university email address *

Cell phone *

Academics

GPA *

Major(s) *

Minor(s)

Emergency contact info

Mother's address

Mother's phone number

Mother's email address

Father's address

Father's phone number

Father's email address

Passport information

Do you possess a valid passport? *

Yes (Please email a scanned copy or good quality picture of the passport's photo page to seth.napier@coachfrocollege.org in order for your application to be complete)

No (This is not a problem, however, if you are offered a spot with Coach for College, an imperative first step will be to apply for a passport as soon as possible after your selection, using the expedited process)

Please enter your full legal name, EXACTLY as it appears on your passport

What is the expiration date? (MM/DD/YYYY)

(For visa purposes, if you are offered a spot with Coach for College, and your passport expires before March 2016, it will be imperative to apply for a new passport as soon as possible after your selection, using the expedited process).

What is the passport number?

What country issued your passport?

Citizenship 2 (if applicable)

Citizenship 3 (if applicable)

Are you a permanent resident of the US (i.e. a US citizen or a green card holder)? *

Yes

No

If not, what type of visa are you on?

Summer plans

Please indicate the camps you are available for, and your order of preference. If you do not have a strong difference in preference between two or more camps, please indicate the same ranking number for each of those camps.

Dates refer to the day you would leave the US, and the date you would most likely land on the way back.

Camp 1 (Camp 1: May 20 - June 15) *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Not able to attend this session

Camp 2 (June 3 - June 29) *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Not able to attend this session

Camp 3 (June 24 - July 20) *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Not able to attend this session

Camp 4 (July 15 - August 10) *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Not able to attend this session

Departure airport possibilities *

If you are selected to participate in Coach for College, which THREE airports would you be able to fly out of? (You will be responsible for funding and arranging ground transport to the airport. Flights will be booked round trip, to and from one of these airports. We will be in touch before booking tickets to confirm your plans, so if your flight options change or if you would like to fly out of one city and back to another, you will be able to share this then, prior to ticket purchase).

Sports - Preferences

Please rate the sports classes based on your preference and ability to teach them. If you have the same preference for two or more sports, please give each of those the same ranking number.

Bear in mind that for basketball, tennis and baseball (we teach a simplified wiffle ball version), the children will be at a very beginning level. The children usually are familiar with volleyball and soccer, though the majority of them have not played either one extensively or in an organized way.

Baseball *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

5 - Fifth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Basketball *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

5 - Fifth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Soccer *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

5 - Fifth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Volleyball *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

5 - Fifth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Tennis *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

5 - Fifth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Sports - Details

Below, please list your qualifications for teaching each of the sports classes (experience playing that sport in college, experience playing that sport in middle school and high school, experience playing in sports leagues for that sport, experience coaching that sport, camps you have worked in, etc.). If you feel you have no relevant qualifications for a particular sport, please state “None.”

The purpose of this and the following academic section is to match you best with what you are able to teach. The better we understand your experience and ability to teach and coach each sport and subject, the better we can ensure that the teaching assignments for each camp are balanced and fit the participants' skill sets.

Since this part of the application does not enter into the selection process itself, it is not necessary to try to impress here. Giving a good amount of detail and description here DOES however help us a lot AFTER selection, when deciding whether you or one of your teammates in the camp would best be able to teach a certain sport.

Baseball *

Basketball *

Soccer *

Volleyball *

Tennis *

Academics - Subject preferences

Please rate all the academic classes based on your preference and ability to teach them. If you have the same preference for two or more classes, please indicate the same ranking number for each.

Again, our focus here is not on selection, rather in trying to assign each chosen coach to a subject that they are able to teach, while covering all subjects in a given camp.

Biology *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Math *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Physics *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

English *

1 - First preference

2 - Second preference

3 - Third preference

4 - Fourth preference

0 - Prefer not to teach

Academics - Description of background

Below, please list your qualifications for teaching 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), as well as a description of how confident you feel that you would be able to teach lessons in this subject. If you feel you have no relevant qualifications for a particular class, please simply state “None.”

NOTE: You will be given lesson plans to aid you in teaching each class of the academic subject you are selected to teach, so you mainly need to be able to follow and understand a lesson plan for that subject designed for Vietnamese 6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th graders.

Remember that this section is not used until after selection, to ensure that all our coaches are assigned to teach subjects they are able to. There is no need therefore to feel you should impress. We are most interested in getting an objective feel for if you or one of the other coaches in your camp would be best suited to teach Subject A, and who would fit best in Subject B, etc. So the more descriptive the information you give us, the more accurate we can be.

Biology *

Math *

Physics *

English *

End of Application

This is the end of the 2015 Coach for College application. By clicking the button below, you will submit your application. If you need to make any changes before final submission, please do so now. If you would like to add any notes or clarifications to your application, feel free to use the space below. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email us at seth.napier@coachforcollege.org. Thank you for your interest in joining us in Vietnam in 2015!