How to Make Your Physical Education Program

Indispensable!

Presented by

Bob FitzpatrickDebbie Gorman

Making Connections

Making ConnectionsTop Ten List

• Quality Instructional program (Best Practices)• Enlist help/support• Don’t assume anything• Sharpen your marketing, sales and investigative

skills• Success leaves clues; see what others are doing• Networking• Opening doors• Committee work• Parent advocates• Cumulative effect of many pieces

Networking

Get District Staff to

AAHPERD

ProfessionalDevelopment

(district)

District/Schoolnewsletters

ParentIn-service

Faculty Wellness Days

Triage Projects(student/teacher/

Parents)

School/DistrictInitiatives/Advocacy

Community ServiceProjects

How to Make Your PE Program

Indispensable

District InitiativeFaculty Wellness Day

• Sell idea to administration• Garner ideas and support from

wellness staff (physical activity and wellness components)

• Logistics for Wellness Day• Distribution of agenda to staff/faculty• Wellness Day• Evaluation/Presentation of Wellness

Day happenings to faculty

Faculty Wellness Activities

Triage Projects

• Multi-level Students and Teachers– High Five for Fitness

• Student-Teacher-Parent– Appalachian Trail Adventure – Parents in PE Days– Family Fitness Nights– May family Fitness Logs

TriageMulti-Level Projects

High Five for Fitness1. Administration Approval 2. Logistics 3. Letter exchange: Elem. To HS4. HS students make Friendship bracelets.5. Meet for fitness workouts6. Letter exchange: HS to Elem.7. PowerPoint Slide Show8. Future thoughts

Triage ProjectAppalachian Trail Adventure

Community Service Projects

• Jump Rope For Heart/Hoops For Heart

• MS Ride

• Walk for Hunger/Breast Cancer Walks

• Relay for Life

• Kid’s Night Out

• Run for Reed & Rob

District/School InitiativesAdvocacy Initiatives

• Project ACES (also Advocacy)

• Cup Stacking

• Leicester Schools Triathlon

• Dribble Marathon Fundraiser

• Staff/Parent Adventure race

• March Madness Walk-off

• AT Program & JRFH (Advocacy)

School InitiativeA.C.E.S. (students)

Project ACES Advocacy

Legislators & Superintendent

School InitiativeFaculty

March Madness Walk-offOutgrowth of PD Course

(fitness/walking/pedometer use)Sign-ups in FebruaryTournament Ladder on Bulletin BoardChoose walk-off DayBracket ChallengesInexpensive fitness prizes

Faculty Adventure race

Professional Development

• WPDAC• Lifetime Fitness Skills Workshop• Strength and Conditioning (Core

Activities).• Learning Movement Connection• Technology in your personal fitness

regimen (HR Monitors/Pedometers)• Establishing a healthy environment

in the classroom

School/District Newsletters

• Announce monthly happenings (curriculum, special events and community service opportunities).

• Parent resources for Physical activity and wellness links

• Recognition-students/parents/staff• Awareness of staff professional

development• Link to parent volunteers

Parent In-Service Workshops

• Young Athletes Bill of Rights• Sports Medicine Implications• Social-Emotional Development of Young

children• Chemical Substance use and abuse• How to start an exercise program• Lifetime Fitness Activities• Sensitive issues

Parent In-ServiceSocial-Emotional Development

of Young Children NASAPE Standard # 5

Plan a Course of Action

• Evaluate/Add/Create• Media Coverage• Documentation• Utilize Your Network• Research Published Studies • Three Must Add Resources

– Murray Banks– Dr. Robert Gilbert– Roadblocks to Quality Physical Education

• Three Must reads– FISH– Revved– Who Moved MY Cheese?

The Pinnacle of Success!