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Classrooms are a Safe Space

      Hi everyone! This week's topic is super important, to begin this post I want to give you all some more insight into my life.  My job, other than being a student, is coaching gymnastics. I coach a range of ages from preschool classes up to a competitive high school team. All of those parents trust me to teach their kids for hours. The fall session of gymnastics has just started, I have 3 classes of new students. I start the first class by sitting my girls down and explaining my job, what I am doing here. I tell them that my first job is not to teach them gymnastics. When I say this, I watch their facial expressions shift from eager to start flipping to eager for me to stop talking about boring rules. I tell them that my first responsibility is to make everyone feel safe. USAG (United States of America Gymnastics) implemented into their program a safe sport policy. The new mission of the organization is “to build a community and culture of health, safety, and exc...

About the Author

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog, my name is Emma Gehrig. I am a junior here at Molloy majoring in Adolescent/Special Education with a math concentration. My current hobby is playing Cornhole, I am in a league with my boyfriend on Friday nights. When I am not playing Cornhole I spend my nights coaching two competitive gymnastics teams. Gymnastics is definitely my first love, but I am really enjoying playing and competing in a new sport. Looking forward to starting this blog and to a great semester.