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RATING EXAMS Congratulations to the following coaches who passed the Basic Accreditation (BA):
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PSA Conference - Bloomington, MN | May 17-20, 2015
Jill Ahlbrecht Mark Fitzgerald Claudia Fluegge Pam Kaminsky Cristina Lin Jere Michael JeAnna Miner Tara Modlin Emily Oltmanns Ana Palomo Gabriela Placeres Alina Ponomarova Wendy Routheaux Mackenzie Vaillancourt Carly Wittlief
Jill Ahlbrecht RFS, RM Phillip Bagnall RG, RD Michele Becker RM Gabrielle Brewer RG Natalie Burnette RFS, RM Kirsty Cameron RFS, RG Leah Carlson RPD Gretchen Caudill-Bauer RFS, RG Lyssa Cobb RG, CD Taylor Crowson RFS, RM Kevin Curtis SM Vikki Dalquist SS Cindi Ezzo RM Olga Garrity RM Lisa Geltz-Perri RM, RG Julia Golovina RM, CM, RC Jonathan Hayward SG Rebecca Healey CG Craig Henderson RPD Chris Houston RM, RG Grant Huang SM, CC John Ivanich CM, RD Anna Kaverzina-Eppers RFS, CFS Nicholas Kraft RFS, RG, SPD Andrea Kunz-Williamson CPD
ISI Conference | May 25-26, 2015 Alyssa Blackwell CG Rebecca Boyden CG Jeannie Clay RFS, RPD Amy Forbes SPD Jessica Fransworth RFS Anne Goldberg RFS, CFS Lauren Hunt SG, SPD Jamie Lane Youtsey SM Casasnadra MacDonald RPD, RFS Daria Marinelli RM, RG Beth O'Connor CG Phillippa Teague RM
Andriy Kyforenko RF Darlene Lewis CM Jere Michael RFS, CFS Lezlea Miller-Zessin CM Emily Naperkoski RS, CS Emily Oltmanns RFS Rachel Patterson RM Sarah Pulido-West RG David Redlin CS, RC Kelly Rossbach SM Megan Roth RFS, RM Maria Slabiak CM Melissa Salazar RFS, CFS Chanelle Schoonmaker RM, RG Jeanne Selker SG Kim Stahle SFS Brenda Tarkinton RFS Elizabeth Thornton RPD, CS Tiffany Thornton CC Calla Urbanski-Petka RP, CP Liyen Vong CG Christine Wenger RM, RS Michelle R. Wilcome RFS Nicole Zawojski RC
CONGRATULATIONS MASTER COACHES! Katie Bowling MS* Melanie Faulkner-Bolhuis MM Jessie Garavaglia MM Jonathan Hayward MG Robert Mauti MG
John Mucko MC Christopher Pottenger MM Angela Roesch-Davis MM Kathy Runge MM Russ Scott MP
*Master Synchronized Fast Track
and interesting. Being an examiner was a very positive experience for me. I learned so many different techniques and ways of coaching. An exam, many times, became a shared experience. When the candidate walked us verbally through their technique that may have been different, it was exciting! I always had a plethora of information to take home and try out on my students. Being on the rating panels not only opened my mind but exams made me a better coach as a result. One shoe does not fit everybody. (For those wondering about the grandfather thing, I think I passed my master exams 100 times over!) On another note, of course there were some coaches who didn’t pass, but it
was suggested that the coach find a mentor to help them progress in their knowledge and to please return. One amazing exam that stands out in my mind, of which I was present as a trial examiner, was Pieter Kollen’s Master rating exam. I will never forget it. It was an experience! When Pieter was called into the room for his exam to begin, he entered the room in a dashing red cape with a flying leap...and a wide grin on his face. I didn’t know Pieter before his exam, but I did after that presentation. Oh and by the way—no surprise—he passed with flying colors! Over time, the rating exam program developed its Continued on page 12 PS MAGAZINE
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