ABOUT ME

DENA A. DEGLAU Ph.D., CEO

Dr. Deglau's career has been spent in service to athletes, coaches and teachers in both the United States and Canada. Prior to completing both a Master’s and Ph.D. in the U.S.A., Dr. Deglau was an elite athlete, award winning coach and an instructor with the National Coaching Certification Program in Canada. 

Dr. Deglau has been working in teacher education for almost 20 years in the U.S.A. In addition to teaching multiple graduate and undergraduate courses over her many years as a teacher educator, Dr. Deglau’s primary research focus has been on examining the effects of long-term professional development initiatives. Specifically, she has studied the impact of professional development on K-12 students, in-service teachers and districts practices. She had applied this scholarship to her work as a teacher educator and as a workshop leader for experienced K-12 teachers seeing to improve student learning.  

Dr Deglau has spent the last eight years building the Master's Certification Program in Physical Education at the University of Maryland.  Under her tenure, the program has graduated 39 highly qualified teachers. As a result of ongoing community outreach while at UMD, Dr. Deglau was awarded the Muriel R. Sloan Communitarian Award from the School of Public Health in 2014. The award is presented to a faculty member who has made a significant contribution to the State of Maryland and surrounding communities through outreach programs.

Dr. Deglau has also developed and taught several coaching courses; most recently offering a special 'Coaching for Performance' course designed to help future coaches understand how to plan for the learning that underlies elite performance in sport and is foundational to student learning outcomes. Dr. Deglau shared her expertise and deep understanding of both teaching and coaching at the National Coaching Conference in 2015, presenting her paper: Rethinking Pedagogical Assumptions: Building a Crosswalk from Teaching to Coaching. 

Dr. Deglau's research and publications have also included both the teaching and coaching contexts and include the following:

Publications

Deglau, D. (2010). Creating a shared understanding: Strategies for developing effective coach-parent relationships. In: Management of Club Sport. Human Kinetics.

Deglau, D., & Barnes, D. (2009). Meeting the needs of urban youth in Columbus City Schools. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 80 (8), 41-45.

Deglau, D., & O’Sullivan, M. (2006). The effects of a long-term professional development program on the thinking, beliefs and practices of experienced teachers. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 25, 379-396.

Deglau, D., O’Sullivan, M., Ward, P., & Bush, K. (2006).  Professional dialogue as professional development. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 25, 413-427.

O’Sullivan, M., Deglau, D. (2006).  Principles of high quality professional development. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education,25, 441-449.

Deglau, D., & Barrett, T. (2005).  Computer assisted instruction in physical education. Future Focus XXVII, p. 32-35

Seidl, B. & Deglau, D. (2005). Preaching life into culture: Church service and the development of culturally relevant pedagogies.  In: What We Still Don’t Know About Teaching Race: How to Talk About Race in the Classroom. Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd. 181-208. 

Deglau, D., & O’Sullivan, M.  (2005, Jan.).  Influence of a Professional Development Intervention on Beliefs and Practices of Experienced Teachers.  Paper presented at Action Research and Information Support Conference, Belgium. (Invited)

Invited Presentations/Contributions: 

Deglau, D. (2016, October). How Teaching Effectiveness Data can Support Student Learning Outcomes. Presentation at the Maryland Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference.

Deglau, D. (2014, June). Got data? Time as an opportunity to learn. Presentation at Professional Development Day, Prince Georges County Public Schools, College Park, MD. 

Deglau, D. (2008, June). Tactical approach to teaching games. Invited presentation at the PE-PAYS Research Conference, Limerick, Ireland.

AIESEP Specialist Seminar on Teachers’ Career-long Professional Development, Loughborough University, England (2007, September): Working Group Leader.

Historic Traditions & Future Directions in Research on Teaching & Teacher Education in Physical Education, Pittsburg (2007, October): Discussant. 

Deglau, D., & O’Sullivan, M.  (2005, Jan.).  Influence of a Professional Development Intervention on Beliefs and Practices of Experienced Teachers.  Paper presented at Action Research and Information Support Conference, Belgium. (Invited)

Sample of National and International Presentations

Deglau, D. (2015, March). Rethinking Pedagogical Assumptions: Building a Crosswalk from Teaching to Coaching.  Paper presented at the National Coaching Conference, Morgantown, WV.

Ausherman, J., Deglau, D., & Barton-Verdi, M. (2012, March). Cultivating 21th Century Skills: How School Gardening Enhances Health Literacy. Paper presented at the American Alliance of Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, National Conference, Boston, MA

Deglau D., & O’Sullivan, M. (2010, March). Continuous Professional Development Community of Practice: Impact on Assessment Practices of Teachers. Poster presented at the American Alliance of Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, National Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Barnes, D. & Deglau, D. (2009, April). Engaging urban youth in physical education and physical activity. Paper presented at the American Alliance of Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, National Conference, Tampa, FL

Deglau, D., & O’Sullivan, M. (2008, September). Individual and District Change in Response a Long Term Professional Development Initiative. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA), London, England.

Seidl, B. & Deglau, D. (2007, April). Preaching life into culture: Church service and the development of culturally relevant pedagogies. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Deglau, D., Getchell, N., Romack, J., Merselis, T., Santino, K., & Manz, M (2007, March). The intersection of Motor Development, Pedagogy and Service Learning: Fitting PETE students with a developmental lens and a working knowledge. Paper presented at American Alliance of Heath, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Motor Development and Learning Academy, Baltimore, ME.

Ward, P., Lee, M., Deglau, D., Vidoni, C., & Holt, J. (2004, May). Effects of Three Interventions Designed to Generalize a Tactic from Practices to Scrimmages in Basketball. Paper presented at the Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.