Athletic Director/ Health & Physical Education Coordinator

NIKOLA LUKIC

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Certifications

Certified Administrative Endorsement (Type 75) January 2, 2021

Physical Education and Health Teacher

Professional Educator License (PEL), Type 10

Physical Education Endorsement for grades K-12

Health Education Endorsement for grades K-8

First Aid certified

CPR & AED certified

Education

Concordia University, Chicago IL- June 2019

Masters in Educational Leadership

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL - January 2011 to May 2015

●Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, K – 12, May 2015

●Honors: summa cum laude, Dean’s List every eligible semester

Illinois State University, Bloomington - Normal, IL - August 2009 to January 2011

●Honors: Phi Sigma Theta National Honor Society

MEMBERSHIP

●Athletic Director

●ILT member (Instructional Leadership Team)

●Participant in writing CIWP (Continuous Work and Improvement plan)

●School Health/Physical Education Curriculum Coordinator (CPS Wellness Champion)

●Wellness Committee Member - School Morale

●IAPHERD (Illinois Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance) - Member since 2014

Educational Work Experience

Alcott College Prep June 2019 – Current

Athletic Director/ Health & Physical Education Coordinator

●Assists in the development and implementation of the School Improvement Plan

●Creator of school athletic policies

●Plans and supervises twelve student activity programs

●Responds to inquiries and complaints from students, parents and guardians, and the community concerning school operating policies and procedures.

●Overseeing athletic schedules and payroll

●Provide professional development and trainings for coaches and volunteers

●Takes or recommends disciplinary action for students

●Provides individual and group guidance to students for personal problems using restorative practices

●Collaborate with community agencies in accepting our students to attend their extra-curricular programming

●Recruitment of coaches and school volunteers

●Athletic website creation- https://nlukic1.wixsite.com/alcott

●Collaborate with other teachers and paraprofessionals to implement interdisciplinary studies

●Differentiate lesson plans based upon the needs of diverse learners and English language learners

●Design and implement classroom management and motivational strategies

●Organize activities for students in team building exercises, sportsmanship, and skill development over competition

Barry Elementary School September 2015 – June 2019

Health & Physical Education Teacher

●Provide the staff at Barry School professional development on Responsive Classroom and team building exercises

●Initiate grant approvals- ie. Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Fire come to Barry bringing new equipment and ran training sessions for our students

●Collect and analyze formative/summative assessments to monitor student learning

●Facilitate and teach after school health programs for grades 3 to 6

●Facilitate and teach after school 3rd grade math club.

●Collaborated and co-taught with other teachers in the department

●Provided students with clear objectives, learning activities, vocabulary and skill sets to demonstrate mastery of Physical Education goals

●Created lesson plans that included differentiation, with a range of modifications based upon the needs of diverse learners in the class

●Utilized instructional techniques through visual, kinesthetic, and auditory modalities

●Engaged students in task complexity adjusting to fit the student’s needs

●Taught Team Sports, Lifelong wellness, and Strength and conditioning

REFERENCES

Elias Estrada, Alcott College Prep, Principal, 773-***-****

Estuardo Mazin, Barry Elementary, Principal, 312-***-****

Sheldon Woods, CPS Central Office, Talent Recruiter, 773-***-****

Dr. Karen Hand, Northeastern Illinois University, Supervising Professor, 815-***-****

Susan Remiyas, Northeastern Illinois University, Supervising Professor, 312-***-****

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