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Ruth Lilly Guest Speaker Reflection

Sharon D. Davis

Ivy Tech Community College

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INTASC Standards for Beginning Teachers

Standard #10: Leadership and Collaboration

The teacher seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student

learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and

community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.

Name of Artifact: Ruth Lilly Guest Speaker Reflection

Date: July 7, 2016

Course: Education 240-Physical Education and Health

Brief description: This is my Ruth Lilly Guest Speaker reflection from my visit to the Ecolab at the

Marian University campus on June 30, 2016.

Rationale: I used Standard #10 to show how as a teacher sought out an opportunity to collaborate

with other school professionals and community members to ensure learner growth and advance

the teaching profession. Through collaboration with the Ruth Lilly Education Center I learned new

information to enhance learners growth by informing them of some of the ways that they could

obtain knowledge about the Ecolab on the Marian University campus. I was able to scaffold the

previous information that I knew in regards to obtaining and maintaining a healthier lifestyle,

thereby taking a leadership role.

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Introduction:

I am writing this guest speaker reflection about the field trip my classmates and I took to

the Ecolab at the Ruth Lilly Educational Center located on Marian university campus on

Thursday June 30, 2016. This is a summary of the information I received from both of the guest

speakers from this field trip.

Body:

I did not know that the Ruth Lilly Educational Center existed until I went on this field

trip. I found out that it used to be known as the field trip site for this area. The mission of this

center is provide inspiring Health Education through their innovative presentations that promote

and reinforce health lifestyle choices for children and adults. The center reaches learners through

visual, auditory and kinesthetic techniques.

I enjoyed the talk from Stephanie who I believe she described herself as a jack-of-all-

trades at the center. She said she is an ecologist. She says that the center has three types of field

trip presentations for schools and the public. The presentations can be done in either one, two or

four hour classes. The class can consist of the Ecolab, Nature walk and also inside of the Ecolab

stations.

The other speaker reminded us that we were still in class when she had us to think of the

ten healthiest and least healthy states and the top six Winnable battles. My team got Indiana

correct for being in the least healthy states. Indiana is #41 on the Healthy Ranking chart. The

Winnable Battles are Tobacco, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Obesity, and Food Safety, Healthcare

Associated Infections, Teen Pregnancy, HIV and Motor Vehicle Injuries.

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Conclusion:

In conclusion, I was surprised to find out all of the information that I obtained in regards

to all services that the Ruth Lilly Education Center provides for schools and the community. I

was a little shocked to find out that Healthcare Associated Infections were in the Winnable

battles that could be turned around within 1-4 years. I was amazed at the effects that Hookah

smoking could cause as much damage as it does and that it is 90,000 times more dangerous than

tobacco inhalation.

I learned a lot about health education and the environment of the surrounding property

located on the Marian University campus. This field trip was very informative and the activities

we did were fun and eye-opening, especially the one about the T-cell in the HIV virus.
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References

https://we.tl/HX5dS9s1xh, (2015-2016), Power Point Presentation, Ruth Lilly Education

Center, retrieved on June 30, 2016

http://www.newsy.com/videos/hookah-on-rise-with-teens-more-dangerous-than-

cigarettes/ (2015-2016). Power Point Presentation, Ruth Lilly Education Center. Retrieved on

June 30, 2016

file:///C:/Users/sdavis323/Downloads/RLHECMU%20As%20A%20Resource%20Summ

er%202016%20(1).pdf. Power Point Presentation, Ruth Lilly Education Center, Retrieved on

June 30, 2016.