James Thomas Howard III
Assistant Professorof Health Physical Education and Recreation
College of Education, University of North Georgia, Gainesville Campus
Education
Master of Applied Science 2001 - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane,
Australia
- research degree in applied science with an emphasis was on Motor Learning and thesis title: Physical Guidance in Motor Learning
B.A. 1985 - HardingUniversity, Searcy, Arkansas
- teaching degree with a Physical Education major and a minor in Biology
Honors and Awards
Recipient of a Major Grant from the Innovative Teacher Program - 2007
Recipient of a Minor Grant from the Innovative Teacher Program - 2004
HardingUniversity Athletic Hall of Fame - 2000
Highest GPA from HardingUniversity graduation class - 1989
Alpha Chi National Honor Society - 1988,1989
NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) All-American - 1987-1989
CoSIDA (Coaches and Athletic Directors Association) Academic All-American - 1988,
1989
A. O. Deur Award (scholar athlete) - 1988
NAIA Scholar Athlete – 1987, 1988, 1989
All-AIC (Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference) – 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
Courses Taught
PHED 4420 Research Methods
PHED 4405 Physical Education Administration
PHED 3360 Motor Behavior
PHED 2900 Principles of Coaching
PHED 1900 Personal Health and Wellness
PHED 1908 Beginning Weight Training
PHED 1916 Beginning Golf
Committee Service
Sport Exercise & Recreation (SER)
degree workgroupMember2011, 2012, 2013
SER degree ApplicantsChair2013
HPER Consolidation WorkgroupMember2012, 2013
Education Faulty SearchMember2010
Part-time Intramural SearchMember2010, 2011
Physical Education Search Member 2008, 2009
Dean of BEH&W SearchMember2009
Faculty SenateMember2010, 2011, 2012
Student Fee AllocationMember2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Chair2008
Institutional Review BoardMember 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Academic ComputingMember2009, 2010
Professional Development Member2008, 2009
Outstanding Traditional StudentMember2008, 2009, 2010
Advising CouncilMember2008, 2009
Student Evaluations ReviewMember2009, 2010
Director of Advising SearchMember2009
Other Service
My service goes beyond the UNG environment. In the summer of 2010 I lead a group of 22 to Leon, Nicaragua where we provided daily vacation Bible school for children and nightly lessons for adults. In the summer of 2012 my two sons and I spent six weeks at an orphanage/school in the jungle east of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, West Africa. We taught courses on Entrepreneurship for 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grade classes. Each class was divided up into companies of 3-5 students. We instructed them on wood working, welding, and business skills. They signed contracts, took out loans, purchased materials, produced products, sold the products for a profit, and spent the profit.
The 7th grade class sold 8 wooden safes. The 8th grade sold 6 church pews. The 10th grade made 3 rocking chairs. And the 11th grade made 5 desk chair combinations for a special education resource center. In our spare time my sons and I also completed 30 double desks for the primary school and finished four teacher’s desks. We also held a three day camp where 73 “kitchen chairs” were produced. (Photos Below)
Academic and Professional Activities
Jan. 27, 2011 attended: Student-Centered Engagement Practices in the Asynchronous Learning
Environment
Feb. 3, 2011 attended: Web Development Class
Mar 25, 2011 attended: Health and Wellness Workshop
Sep 14, 2011 attended: Webinar on Distance Learning Leadership
Sep 20, 2011 attended: Degree Works Introduction
Oct 7, 2011 attended: USG Core Advising Workshop
Oct 12, 2011 manned a booth: Mountain Center Health Expo
Dec 7, 2011 attended: Online Compliance Webcast
Mar. 30, 2010 participant: CDC Web Conference Roundtable on Higher Education and H1N1
Influenza
Sept. 24, 2010 certified: CPR Training
Nov. 9, 2009 attended: Professional Development GSC
Nov. 1-3, 2009attended: Georgia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance(GAHPERD) Conference
Oct. 29, 2009attended: Webinar on iPod in classroom
Nov. 2-4, 2008attended: GAHPERD conference
Apr. 11 and 18, 2008 certified: CPR Training
Nov. 2, 2009GAHPERD ConferencePresented Golf Online!
Nov. 3, 2008GAHPERD ConferencePresented Online PE
Oct. 9, 2008GSC Professional DevelopmentPresented Using the Tranguider
Oct. 9, 2008GSC Professional DevelopmentPresented Online PE