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Overall Project Goals

Interdisciplinary Wellness Coaching Minor (IWCM) Development Committee Paula Kommor, MEd 1 1 Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisville, Department of Health and Sport Sciences. Communication of Project Outcomes. Overall Project Goals.

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Overall Project Goals

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  1. Interdisciplinary Wellness Coaching Minor (IWCM) Development Committee Paula Kommor, MEd1 1Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisville, Department of Health and Sport Sciences Communication of Project Outcomes Overall Project Goals Establish an interdisciplinary partnership to create a solid curriculum that will teach both critical thinking skills and wellness coaching competencies. The ultimate goal of the partnership is to provide the groundwork for establishment of an Interdisciplinary Minor in Wellness Coaching. • Met with Academic Advisors in the College of Education and Human Development, Health & Sports Sciences Department, Art & Sciences Department, and the Kent School of Social Work • Presented to the Directors Council Meeting of Undergraduate Advisors • Communicated in U of L Today article –Internal funding helps build students’ critical thinking skills. • Created a Wellness Coaching Minor web page within U of L’s CEHD website. • Included information on the minor on the Get Healthy Now web page. Impact on Teaching, Learning, and i2a Description of Impact Steps Taken to Reach Overall Goals Committee Members Reflections This dynamic group was enjoyable to work with and a perfect model for how interdisciplinary efforts should be employed. The positive energy and synergy of this group were truly outstanding and fun to experience. We are truly interdisciplinary—doing together what none of us could do separately. My thinking about critical thinking has enlarged to incorporate new ways of quick evaluation of meetings, classroom experience, and the importance of focusing on main points. This group of enthusiastic and passionate professionals has impacted me by showing that through collaboration, action –oriented thinking, and thorough follow-up a discipline can be designed and implemented. IWCM i2a Evaluation • The Initial Results • The committee created assessment: • To be given at the end of the semester • To assess critical thinking skills and wellness coaching competencies. • In all Wellness Coaching Minor Core classes • The IWCM i2a an evaluation was given: • To 17 students • In HSS 382 –Wellness Coaching class • Fall semester 2010. • Students used the Likert Scale below to answer 5 questions: 1 = strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = neither disagree or agree 4 = agree 5 = strongly agree Acknowledgements To Dr. Cheryl Kolander, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Education and Human Development, for her guidance and support. NextSteps • Future Plans for • IWCM Committee • Continued collaboration to: • Write a research article on how to successfully bring together diverse university departments to create and align an Interdisciplinary Wellness Coaching Minor with critical thinking. • Continue to market and evaluate the minor. • Related curriculum design and research areas where the group’s synergy can be leveraged. This project was funded by

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