Coach J Bernard

Husband, Father, Teacher, Soccer Coach

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Check out my latest article: The Competitive Edge: How Academic Grit and a "Classroom to Pitch" Mindset Wins Scholarships https://t.co/mEOJSaBSPj via @LinkedIn

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Loved presenting at the Fayette County Teaching & Learning Conference earlier this month! Shared strategies on scaling cross-curricular projects in K-12—breaking down subject silos to boost engagement and critical thinking! #FayetteCountyEd #K12 #ProjectBasedLearning #EdChat

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First day of school! I can’t believe that I have a senior, a second one in high school, and this is my last year with one in elementary school!

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Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸

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JJ got to be an assistant at the Ken Scott magic show at the library today!

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It has begun.

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First day in 8th grade for me!

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First day of school!

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Kim and I got my classroom closer to ready for the first day of school today.

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Hayden finished her workout before it got too hot today.

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Cara had a great time on Sunday playing in the UWG 7v7 tournament.

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Excited for another year of Region ODP Camp!

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Kayaking!

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It was fun getting to see Hayden receive the 6th grade pe award yesterday!

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Happy Birthday Cara!

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JJ saw the title of the book that I’m currently reading “Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football” and asked me ”Do they mean American football or do they mean soccer?” It made me happy that he referred to it as American football and not just football.

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Experts have deep (complex and nuanced) and durable (always available to them) mental schemas in powerful long-term memories.

Great coach help players develop these schemas.

This sounds complicated but it’s really not. I discuss this in todays short post…below 👇🏻