The graduate studies degree programs at LEC prepare you to move ahead in your profession with relevant classes, real world experiences, and advanced technology. Our programs come with flexibility and individual support, ensuring your learning success and preparing you for future career opportunities.
LEC’s Masters of Education (M.ED) with a coaching concentration is designed to help working teachers become high quality sport coaches, by offering them specific understanding of the unique elements of the sport environment. This program will help teachers interested in coaching and former athletes apply their skills as teachers to the practice of coaching. The program approaches the training of coaches by providing education in three areas representing core competencies for coaches—community development, leadership and ethics (2 courses), sport-specific coaching skills (3 courses), and program administration and evaluation (2 courses). All courses in this two-year program are available completely online and run every 7 weeks, allowing you to focus on most courses one at a time.
EDM500 Research for the Professional Educator (3 credits)
EDM501 Contemporary Issues in American Education (3 credits)
EDM517 Models of Effective Teaching and Planning (3 Credits)
EDM565 Educational Research Seminar (2 credits)
EMC 520 Creating Community: Maximizing Social Benefits in the Sport Environment (3 SH)
EMC 521 Coaching Ethics and Leadership (3 SH)
EMC 522 Coaching Better: Facilitating Sport Skill Acquisition & Developmentally Appropriate Training Programs (3 SH)
EMC 523 Whole Athlete Development: Off the Field Elements for Athletic Success (3 SH)
EMC 524 Safety Training for Coaches (3 SH)
EMC 525 Administration & Evaluation of Sport Programs (3 SH)
EMC 526 Coaching, Teaching & Team Development (3 SH)
Dr. Collins-Kappele has more than 20 years of experience teaching and coaching swimming, at the recreational, high school, masters and club levels. In addition to a coaching competitive swimming she has taught swim lessons to people of all ages, ranging from 6 month olds to senior citizens. During her coaching career she held an ASCA Level III certification, as well as Red Cross Water Safety Instructor credentials.
Dr. Collins-Kappele earned her Master’s degree in education, with a concentration in sport management from Old Dominion University, and her doctorate in Sport and Entertainment Management from the University of South Carolina. She has taught sport related classes at both Lake Erie College and the University of South Carolina.
Professor Collins-Kappele's research focuses on the use of group identity and self-sacrificial leadership to create social capital within sport organizations. More specifically, her research has examined how coaches and sport organizations can help foster lifelong sport participation by creating more positive experiences at the youth sport level.