Kimo Mahi Research Paper

Kimo Mahi is He is originally from Hawaii, where he gets his larger than life, laid back personality. He is married with two children, Ella and Kakowa, and met his wife when she was student teaching in his classroom. His family is a priority in his life and is one of the main reasons he continues to develop his professional life. Kimo earned his bachelor’s degree from Linfield College with a major in Athletic Training, and then attended Oregon State University to receive his master’s degree in teaching. He then became a certified athletic trainer at Sprague High School in Salem, Oregon along with teaching at a local middle school as a health teacher. He recently fulfilled one of his passions as a behavior specialist for the same middle school. Although Kimo said he has no goals for his professional life right now, he does have a few for his personal life. He wants his children to grow up to be productive members of the community. His children are a big part of his life.
Kimo’s most difficult case in the high school setting was a career ending injury. One of his students who played football tore his patella tendon during a game. The athlete had surgery to fix the tendon and his …show more content…
He attended a seminar in the fall, where Greg Hill put on a class where everyone took a questionnaire and learned how they learned. In the seminar Kimo was educated that he is a visual kinesthetic learner. This information has helped him become a better teacher by understanding everyone has a different learning style. Kimo teaches style is recognizing that all students have different learning styles. He takes pride in finding out how others learn and teaching them in that fashion. He is good at adjusting lessons to how each person learns. If someone he is teaching learns visually he shows more images, if they learn are an auditory learner, he explains everything with good detail and used auditory