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Debra Sazama
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Head Coach - Volleyball
Athletics
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Debra Sazama Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Head Coach - Volleyball
Athletics
Specialty area(s)
Volleyball
Coaching
Brief biography
Prior to coaching at UWL, I worked in UWL's Exercise Sport Science Department from 2014-22, serving as Associate Chair July 2021-August 2022. My primary responsibilities included scheduling all courses in the department and each teaching responsibilities for each faculty and staff member. I was also the Director of the Physical, Adapted, and School Health Education Program from 2017-22.
I was on the tack and field Team at the University of Wyoming and earned my bachelor's (1993) and master's (1997) of science degrees in Health and Physical Education. Later on, I earned my Doctor of Education Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Northern Iowa in 2017.
I began my teaching and coach career at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School (WI), then onto Shawano High School (WI) before returning to the college level and stops at Defiance College (Ohio) where I was the Head Women's Volleyball coach, Assistant Track & Field coach, Instructor, and Senior Women's Administrator from 2000-03. We finished 23-8 overall and 5-2 in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2002 and set a school record for wins and were 21-9 in 2001 as I was named the conference coach of the year. Following Defiance College, I was the assistant women's volleyball coach and an Instructor at Winona State University (Minn.) from 2003-06 and from 2006-2013, a faculty member at Loras College (Iowa).
Current courses at UWL
ESS 100 - Volleyball Conditioning
Education
Doctor of Education, College of Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, July, 2017.
Area of Specialization: Curriculum and Instruction
Title of Dissertation: The Impact of Content Knowledge, Specialized Content Knowledge, Peer Assessment and Self-Analysis on Pre-Service Physical Education Teacher’s Error Detection.
Master of Science, College of Health Sciences, School of Physical and Health Education
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 1997
Title of Thesis: A Study of Divergent Movement Ability and Physical Activity and Their Relationship to an Exploratory Movement Setting and Instruction.
Bachelor of Science, College of Health Sciences, School of Physical and Health Education,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 1993
Career
Teaching history
ESS 212 - Teaching Fundamental Movement Skills in Physical Education
ESS 367 - Teaching Invasion, Striking and Fielding Activities in Physical Education
ESS 420 - Secondary Teaching Methods in Physical Education
ESS 424 - Curriculum Development and Administration in Physical Education
ESS 727 - Planning for Effective Instruction in Physical Education
ESS 759 - Analysis and Supervision of Physical Education
Professional history
Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School, Wittenberg, WI, Physical Education Teacher and Coach
Shawano Community High School, Shawano, WI, Physical and Health Education Teacher and Coach
Defiance College, Defiance, OH, Instructor in the Division of Education and Coach
Winona State University, Winona, MN, Instructor in Physical Education and Sport Science and Coach
Loras College, Dubuque, IA, Assistant Professor in Physical Education and Sport Science, Physical Education Teacher Education Program Director
Research and publishing
- Beddoes, Z., Sazama, D., and Starck, J. (2020). A Team within a Team: Relating Coaching Concepts to Professional Learning Communities in Schools. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 91(2), 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2019.1693455
- DeVitis, C., Beddoes, Z., Sazama, D., and Hepler, T. (2020). The Influence of Posing Physical Activity Posts to Social Networking Sites on Young Adults' Physical Activity Engagement and Motivational Profiles. The Physical Educator, 77(3), 595-614
- Sazama, D., Beddoes, Z., Starck, J., and McMullen, B. (2019, Fall). A teams journey to establish PLC principles in higher education. All Things PLC Magazine, 6-12.
- Olson, L., O’Neil, K., and Sazama, D. (2019). Understanding the Physical Education edTPA Assessment: Strategies for Success. Strategies: A journal for physical and sport educators, 32 (4), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/08924562.2019.1607639
- Lehwald, H., & Sazama, D. (2018). Chapter 9: Volleyball. In Ward, P., & Lehwald, H. (Eds.), Effective Physical Education Content and Instruction (283-334). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
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