{"id":446,"date":"2022-12-19T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T20:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2022-12-20T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:44:57","slug":"macayla-braun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/macayla-braun\/","title":{"rendered":"Macayla Braun"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-450 alignright img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/12\/Macayla-Braun.jpg\" alt=\"Macayla Braun\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2022\/12\/Macayla-Braun.jpg\">Health and Physical Education B.S.<\/li>\n<li>Currently pursuing Master of Teaching and DAPE through Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Positions<\/h2>\n<p>Elementary Physical Education Teacher and Dance Coach in Elk River, MN<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did your education at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ prepare you for what you are doing now and\/or for graduate education?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Health and Physical Education Program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ absolutely prepared me for my current teaching job. If it wasn&rsquo;t for the awesome professors, I don&rsquo;t think I would know what I do today. The program&rsquo;s classes are specifically catered to our major and designed to feel confident and ready to go into your own classroom and start teaching. I felt very prepared for my first year as a teacher and I owe it all to the Health and Physical Education program and my professors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is one aspect of your current position that you find particularly rewarding?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being able to be the person that kids trust, feel safe around and the person who makes their day feel brighter!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What advice would you give to a current HPSH major at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get involved in everything you can! I would not be where I am today if I did not get involved with my state and national organizations, become a member of my major&rsquo;s club and went to conferences and conventions as an undergrad. The more experiences you have, the better your resume looks!<\/p>\n<p><b>What accomplishments have you had during your academic\/teaching career?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health and Physical Education Major of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>SHAPE America Major of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>MNSHAPE Young Professional Teacher of the Year 2022<\/li>\n<li>MNSHAPE Board of Directors Member 2019-Current, Emerging Leader Mentor<\/li>\n<li>SHAPE America Emerging Leaders Innovation Team Member<\/li>\n<li>Presented at SHAPE National Convention in New Orleans, 2022<\/li>\n<li>3 time presenter at the MNSHAPE State Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Health and Physical Education B.S. Currently pursuing Master of Teaching and DAPE through Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Positions Elementary Physical Education Teacher and Dance Coach in Elk River, MN How did your education at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ prepare you for what you are doing now and\/or for graduate education? The Health and Physical Education Program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ absolutely prepared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/446\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/human-performance-sport-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}