UAHPERD News 1.5 lane change or 22  

re‐licensure points  Staff wellness manual  Four meals catered by 

the Park City Marrio   Water bo le  T‐shirt  Exercise band  Books and other         

resources  Backpack  Free bus service from 

the Marrio  to down‐town Park City   

The opportunity to   network with your peers 

There is s ll me to register so don’t delay. Be part of this very unique professional development experience!

Summer Conference Offers Something for Everyone! Fitness Ma ers, Wellness Works! is set to kick off July 9‐10 in Park City. Staff wellness is the conference theme with informa on linked to Utah’s Core Curricula. If you are interested in personal, staff or student wellness there are sessions for you.

There are extended breakouts that will be repeated so par cipants will be able to a end all the classes they like and need. Come and enjoy instruc on in biking, running, hiking, tai chi, stress management, golf, yoga, healthy nutri on, archery and strength

training, plus many more.

In addi on, 50 minute sessions will be offered in physical educa on, health educa on, dance and sport if the extended sessions are not for you.

New this year is an awards dinner with western themed line dancing following the dinner program.

There is even me available to enjoy the many recrea on venues Park City offers.

For the $70.00 registra on fee par cipants receive:

Excellent content           informa on 

UAHPERD membership  Entrance to the vendor 

showcase 

Utah Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

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Keynote Speaker - Dr. Steven Aldana

UAHPERD/USOE Summer 2012 Conference Fitness Ma ers, Wellness Works

Dr.Aldana will be discussing his book, The Culprit and Cure ,and all par cipants will receive a copy of the book as

part of their conference registra on. You can visit Dr. Aldana's website, www.stevealdana.org

Dr. Steven Aldana is a professor of lifestyle medicine in the College of Health and Human Performance at Brigham Young University. He has published over 60 scien fic ar cles and four books on the impact of healthy lifestyles on chronic diseases. He is a regular consultant to the Na onal Ins tutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven on, and the Na onal Cancer Ins tute. He is the lead scien st on several large healthy lifestyle research trials. As a na onally recognized expert on healthy living, he is a highly sought a er speaker and advisor. When he is not wri ng, teaching or speaking, he likes snowboarding, jogging, and mountain biking with his family.

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How do I register? 

If you are a teacher:   *An online payment system for credit or debit cards will eventually be available to teachers in the OnTrack system.  If you would like to register now you will need to pay by check or money order, but s ll register  with OnTrack.*   1. Go to: h p://usoe.truenorthlogic.com/ and log in 2. Are you having problems logging in?

3. If you are not directed to the UAHPERD registra on page you will need to search for the course Course tle: UAHPERD 2012 Annual Conference  Course number: 33894 *Registra on will open on 1/09/12 at 8:00 AM* 4. A er you have completed your registra on in OnTrack you will receive an e‐mail with a link to pay your

regista on via credit card. If you would like to pay with a check or money order, please use this form.  

If you are not a teacher: Please complete this registra on form and mail registra on and payment to: Jamie Ney Utah State Office of Educa on 250 E 500 S PO Box 144200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114 If you would like to pay with a credit card, you will need to complete this form and note that you paid your regista on online and list your confirma on number. If you would like to pay with a credit card, select this link: h p:// ny.cc/uahpherd

Registra on deadline: July 1, 2012   FREE membership to UAHPERD with                   

registra on  to conference   There will be NO on‐site registra on 

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Page 3 Nearly 250 teachers, administrators and staff showed up on May 5 to par cipate in the USOE‐UAPHERD sponsored Superintendent’s 5K Challenge at Wheeler Farm. The unique se ng offered sights, sounds, and smells not experienced in your normal race. It was an overwhelming success. Superintendent Larry Shumway was present to support the race and was one of the top finishers. Runners represented nearly every fitness level and the one common outcome was fun for all as you can see on the faces of the compe tors in the photos found in the a ached links. We hope to make the race even be er in 2013, so look forward to it next May and stay consistent with your training rou nes!

Healthy educators lead by example. “We know there’s an epidemic of obesity among youth and we hope educators can set an example of healthy living for their students. The clearest research about brain health is that fitness ma ers,” Superintendent Shumway says. “If you want to improve cogni ve func on, your a en on span and your ability to think – be fit.”

Here are the links to the blog post which includes a flickr slideshow:

h p://utahpubliceduca on.org/2012/05/08/photo‐slideshow‐superintendents‐fitness‐challenge‐5k‐fun‐run/

Our flickr photo set where images may be downloaded:

h p://www.flickr.com/photos/utahpubliceduca on/sets/72157629640371756/

USOE/UAHPERD Superintendent’s 5K Challenge 

State Superintendent Shumway,

Robin Bretzing, UAHPERD Pres.Elect,

Frank Wojtech, UAHPERD President

And they’re off! Enjoying the great atmosphere of a

successful race

Student Race

UAHPERD Summer Conference 2013 Mo vate to Move…Win the War! 

July 8‐9, 2013 (tenta ve)  Let’s move in school to combat childhood obesity with sessions on:

TRX‐suspension training  IPad apps for use in Health and Physical Educa on  PE and athle cs   Fitness assessment using the Fitnessgram  Let’s Move in School—A comprehensive physical ac vity plan  Brain Breaks  5 minute energizers for the classroom  And much, much more   Par cipants will leave with lesson plans for each session. If you would like to present at the conference or have a request for a session, please contact Robin Bretzing, 2012‐2013 UAHPERD President, rbretzing@alpinedistrict.org

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Those of you who a ended last summer’s conference had the opportunity to hear Dr. John Ratey, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the au‐thor of SPARK.  SPARK is the revolu onary book about the value of exercise on brain

development and func on.

At the request of Utah Legislators, Dr. John Ratey returned to Utah last month. Over a two day period Dr. Ratey met with key policy makers in Utah that included leaders in educa on, government, and public health. With his help, legislators are looking at a proposed a bill to sponsor pilot projects at both the elementary and secondary levels. This project will study the impact of exercise on brain func on and success in school. It was also recommended that Dr. Ratey serve as a consultant to the governor on fitness and personal health.

The July 2012 conference in Park City will once again highlight the work of Ratey and other brain biologists. With the understanding that exercise and fitness benefits brains of all ages, the focus this year will be

Dr. John Ratey Returns to Salt Lake City 

If you would like to recognize a teacher, student, or event in the Shout Out sec on of the newsle er please send the informa on to cecie.scharman@slcschools.org  

Check out Dr. Ratey’s new website, sparkinglife.org . On that website you will find informa on about the Exercise Revolu on Course.

This is a six session 75 minute/session course that will be offered soon, cost will be $175. For school and non‐profit organiza ons par cipa on can be shared with a group using the same phone or speaker phone (for instance, a number of teachers in the same school can share the cost). We will contact you by email as soon as we finalize the start Date. The course will most likely be on 6 consecu ve Monday evenings beginning at 9PM EST.

SHOUT OUT! Park City $63,377

Jordan $33,540

Canyons $30,189

Private & Charter Schools $12,217

Nebo $9,423

Weber $8,470

Murray $8,177

Logan $5,204

Salt Lake City‐ $4,146

Davis $4,135

Provo $4,052

Carbon $3,989

South Sanpete $1,879

Alpine $1,527

A big Shout Out and Thank You to all of the schools who par cipated in Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart!

A por on of the money raised by Jump Rope & Hoops for

Heart is Donated yearly to UAHPERD. Thank you for sup‐

por ng the American Heart Associa on, heart research

and UAHPERD.

on the posi ve effects of exercise on adult brains and how teachers who exercise regularly are more effec ve in the gym and classroom. Fitness Ma ers,  Wellness Works offers all educators the opportunity to jump start their personal fitness programs in a fun and non‐threatening way.

 

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In April’s newsle er, physical risks in the physical educa on class were highlighted and ideas were suggested to overcome the poten al physical barriers to physical ac vity par cipa on. In our classes, our physical educa on students may find physical ac vity par cipa on socially threatening. Both the Na onal Associa on for Sport and Physical Educa on and our state physical educa on core curriculum states in Standard 6: Students will value physical ac vity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self‐expression and/or social interac on. If we want our students to see the connec on of healthy physical ac vity and social interac on we may have to plan and promote that

social interac on in our class management and lesson planning. As adults we engage in physical ac vi es with our similarly interested peers. We may have a favorite running partner or we might

join a health club or perhaps we are in a golf or tennis or flag football league. We have learned that adults par cipate in physical ac vity and fitness ac vi es more consistently when they have some type of social support. Fitness goals are a ained more easily when those goals are shared with another person who will serve as social support. We are teaching future adults who, now as children and adolescents, are of an age when their peers are gaining more importance to them than their family or any other social ins tu on. We can fight against their natural tendencies or we can work with them to develop a healthy social outlook toward physical ac vity par cipa on. O en we do not allow students to talk during their ac vity me in our physical educa on classes when we might actually encourage their social interac ons. We could allow students to talk to their peers during mes when students are not required to be listening to the teacher or to others. Talking is a social skill being replaced by tex ng and we can preserve that verbal skill by promo ng respec ul socializing at appropriate mes during class. To encourage social skills in our physical educa on classes we might: 

Allow our students to choose one or two team mates they want to play with and then as a teacher we can group the pairs or trios into teams of 4 or 6. It is best to avoid le ng our students choose teams in front of their peers and watching someone suffer in humilia on who was chosen last. When I was teaching junior high school, I allowed a group of challenging students to make up their own team. I was surprised how they increased their par cipa on level since they had to spend less me trying to find and social‐ize with their favorite friends on other teams.

Helping Students Overcome Social Risks in the Physical Education Class

Allow and encourage students’ leadership opportuni es by allowing them to serve as team captains, team managers, equipment managers, etc. Please do not require students to appear in front of their peers alone, with‐out a social support part‐ner. Inves gate the ‘Sport Educa on’ model for its extended seasons and opportuni es for stu‐dents to serve in leadership posi ons.

Ask students to develop a team celebra on to be used when someone accomplishes something posi ve for their team, for instance a er a score, a successfully completed play or pass, or when the en re team is included before a score.

Offer a variety of different ac vi es in our curriculum where a student may be successful and become a leader among their peers.

Include physical ac vity ‘homework’ to be accomplished with their peers in your curriculum design.

Provide incen ves for u lizing all group or team mem‐bers’ skills to accomplish a goal, a score or a finished product.

Stress including others of all abili es in the ac vity by teaching our students to appreciate diversity in culture, language, skills, ap tudes, and interests.

Play down winning and promote coopera on and par cipa on of all team members—allow students to choose their own degree of compe veness.

Develop team trust through adventure‐based and coopera ve learning ac vi es.

Teach social responsibility and hold students accountable for their social ac ons using Hellison’s

‘Teaching for Personal and Social Responsibil‐ity’ model. Who knows, we may be helping students form a social ac vity bond that will promote healthy physical ac vity with their peers a er gradu‐

a on. You may even eventually find yourself compe ng against them in your so ball or volleyball league!! Look forward to the next newsle er for ways to overcome emo onal barriers to ac ve par cipa on in our physical educa on classes.