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Each of the 25 "Make It -Take It" Fitness Games starts with a teacher-friendly and visual overview and richly illustrated exercises. $30.00 (K-8)
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K-12 Curriculum Incentives for the NEW Physical Education is the product of 60+ years of teaching and supervising K-12 physical education programs. Written by Bud and Sue Turner, this is the latest book of this husband and wife writing team. The ideas in this new text offer a library of planned, purposeful, and exciting activities aimed at motivating all students.
$37.00 (K-12)
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A Complete Package: Project ACES is probably the most successful physical education promotional event to date. Hailed by the President's Council for Physical Fitness & Sports as the "world's largest exercise class," this event has generated interest from newspapers and television shows around the USA.
Blueprints for Success: Len Saunders, creator of Project ACES, shares the secrets of 15 successful physical education programs with you. This book contains step-by-step descriptions for innovative projects such as the Tri-Fit-A-Thon, The Great Country Fitness Challenge, The Best-Ever Fitness Fair, The Virtual Fitness Jamboree, Fitness Pen Pals, and much more! $25.00 (K-5)
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Looking for New Ideas? By using the theme-based PE Activity Stations found in this book, you will be able to implement a year-long selection of enjoyable fitness, sport skills, and team-building opportunities for your students!
This book provides over 200 physical eudcation station ideas with 12 fun-filled chapters. A great selection of flexible, adaptable, time-saving, and theme-based activities guaranteed to add more fun to your program! $30.00 (K-8)
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Greetings!: 
The Virtual PE Administrator is Here!
"I'm going to share the information on the Virtual PE Administrator with our PE curriculum facilitator, as well as our Superintendent and School Board members. I'll stay in contact."
Teri Woodruff, Physical Educator
South Bend, Indiana
Just click on the above graphic to "jump" to Artie's Blog!
"Artie - Thank you very much! I really enjoyed your presentation at the Midwest AAHPERD Student Leadership conference. I will definitely be using some of the classroom management techniques and stories which you used.
Thank you again!
Kate Weale, Otterbein College, Ohio
Health and Physical Education Club President
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Our Mission: There are four general purposes for this growing, monthly publication:
- To provide an active forum for sharing valuable and timely information to new an
 d continuing Carol M. White PEP Grant-funded Project Directors, Central Office Staff and teachers.
- To help disseminate the "lessons learned" by PEP Grant winners to all interested Physical Education Supervisors and teachers.
- To encourage more schools and school districts to
implement a comprehensive physical education program model as described
in the Comprehensive Physical Education Profile (C-PEP) model.
- To recognize innovative schools and districts who are doing great things with and without PEP Grant funding.
Sincerely,
Artie Kamiya, Publisher
PS:
If you are a Central Office administrator and would like to have all of
your PE teachers added to the newsletter, just e-mail me an Excel
spreadsheet with each teacher's first name, last name, and e-mail
address.
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 For this issue's "PE Spotlight," we are happy to recognize one of the country's first PEP Grants with an Adapted Physical Education emphasis - Project ACCESS. This grant was awarded to Anchorage School District (ASD) in 2003.
Background: All Children Can Experience Sports Safely (ACCESS) was developed by the Anchorage School District's Adapted PE Department through the leadership of Pam Skogstad. Designed to be a comprehensive and collaborate effort, Project ACCESS addresses the need for intensive collegial professional development, along with the acquisition of optimal adapted physical education equipment, to significantly improve ASD's Adapted Physical Education (APE) program. It will also address identified gaps in preservice PE preparation, awareness and training at the local, state and national level.
PEP Grant Activities: The project applies the Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) to benefit students with disabilities. The PEP Grant activities included:
- Professional development and collaboration within the APE and PE departments, with national expert presenters with the goal to create state-level APE Standards.
- Learning and applying an alternative assessment that works in inclusion settings.
- Liaison and training at the university level in APE pre-assessment program to build consistency of delivery.
- Incorporation of APE methods and adaptations in regular PE classroom programs, K-12.
- Acquisition of APE equipment for appropriate programming for all grade levels.
APE Resources: The following links provide a variety of great teaching strategies, ideas, and instructional aids:
- Ideas for Teaching Skills and Games: Contains tips for throwing, catching and kicking skills and numerous games for your consideration.
- Equipment Photo Gallery: A great collection of recommended APE equipment for students.
- Latex - Is it Safe in My Class? The use of latex products can be extremely harmful to students and adults. In some cases, even the slightest exposure to
latex can cause symptoms serious enough to require immediate hospitalization.
- APE Resource Page: A comprehensive listing of good resources for Adapted and regular ed PE teachers.
- APE in Rural Alaska:Learn more about how APE can be delivered to rural and isolated communities. This is cool (literally and figuratively)!
- Great APE Teaching Strategies: Please remember to look at students with disabilities as the student (person) first and the disability second. Use the disability as an information guideline for including your student! This webpage contains valuable information to help PE teachers working with students with disabilities and the motor development of those students on the borderline of qualifying for services. It also has a great section on developing a Peer Tutoring Program!
Contact: To learn more about Anchorage School Districts' PEP Grant, please click on the Adapted PE logo below.
 For further information, please contact Pamela Skogstag at Skogstad_Pamela@asdk12.org. Pam is a nationally certified APE instructor (C.A.P.E.) and graduated from UW-LaCrosse with a Master's Degree from Alaska Pacific University. She has served as the President of Alaska AHPERD and Northwest District AAHPERD. Also special thanks to Sharon Vaissiere, Health & PE Curriculum Coordinator! Sharon can be reached at vaissiere_sharon@asdk12.org.
 Do you know a school district that's doing great things for physical education? Please feel free to nominate your school district or others that you admire. If
so, please click here to send an e-mail to us with your name and contact information. Type "Great PE School District" in the subject line.
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Great PE Resources for You!
 Free PE Fitness Station Signs! Developed by Railyard Fitness, these free exercise
"Signals" are 8-inch illustrations that can be downloaded and
printed for your use. They can be placed on the floor, taped to a cone or wall, or enlarged to poster-size.
Patch Fitness Training Manual: The signs align to the Patch Fitness Training Manual. You can get a free copy of this training manual on the same page as the "Station Signs." The first set of signs are from the "Ground
Based Workout, Lesson Plan #2" in the Patch Fitness Training Manual (page 44).
The
Signals are color-coded: standing exercises are green and crawling or
supine exercises are in red.
We recommend that you do not set up a
workout that has three of either color in a row.
Alternating colors
will give the participant the optimum balance in the workout.
Signals
may be printed in color or black and white.
Special Thanks to Lee Spieker, President and Founder of Railyard Fitness for providing these great resources!
 *Because I Can Here's a great (and I do mean GREAT!) basic ball handling and charater education program for students in elementary and middle school. The BC Program (Ballhandling Club) is unique in that it incorporates a standardized series of instructional methods and character-building skills through your PE program.
NetWorks Basketball: NetWorks Basketball was created in 1993, by Mike Hollis in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. Out of the desire to serve and teach youngsters on the many benefits of physical education and sports, NetWorks is a nonprofit youth organization that teaches participants of all ages about character, life and sports.
Be a "Coach of Character" Join the hundreds other teachers who have successfully implemented the BC's in their schools. Interact online, download additional resources, and more! Take the BC Challenge! Become a BC Certified Coach of Character and challenge your school to become a community of "I Can."
For More Information: Please feel free to contact Mike Hollis at (919) 233-8801 or info@bcballhandling.com.
*Editor's Note: Mike Hollis recently presented at North Carolina's Fall PE Leadership Training Conference. I was extremely impressed with his sessions. He would be a excellent presenter for those of you who have PEP Grants and are looking for great K-12 presenters!
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November/December/January
- Revision of the Adapted Physical Education Guidelines
- Technical Support for the APEAS II Performance Profile and eScoresheet Software
- Content Referenced Assessment and Ecological Task Analysis
- Collaboration- Pushing Physical Activity into the Classroom
- Open Source, Freeware, and Demo Software For APE
- Without Embarrassment: Inclusion Strategies for Students with Hidden Disabilities in Physical Education
- Activities that Incorporate Visual Supports in PE
- Meeting Students Sensory Needs in APE
- Teaching Adapted Physical Education To Students With Visual Impairments
(2) Kentucky AHPERD Convention: November 11-13, 2009. Lexington, KY. Come and help us celebrate Kentucky's 100th Convention! For more information, please click on the link above.
(3) North Carolina AAHPERD Convention: November 12-14, 2009. Winston-Salem, NC. Join over 2,000 athletic, health, physical education, recreation, and dance professionals as they network while attending over 140 educational sessions! Earn up to 1.8 CEUs and the opportunity to earn 0.5 Reading OR 0.5 Health CEUs as a part of the 1.8. Over 75 exhibitors and vendors will be in attendance to demonstrate their products, so that you may "try before you buy." Register in the exhibit area for chances to win great prizes. Special Health Screenings will be given by the Wellness & Corporate Health Services Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in the Exhibits area, first come- first serve beginning Thursday morning.
(4) "Share the Wealth" PE Conference: January 28-30, 2009. Jekyll Island, Georgia. The primary reason for the success of "Share the Wealth" is that it is an activity-based, hands-on conference. The people who attend come and "share their wealth" of information with other attendees. The presentations are varied, but all have a direct impact on how to improve physical education programs for beginner or seasoned veterans. Individuals from all over the United States and several foreign countries attend each year to make presentations. Present and past presenters have included: Don Puckett (P.E. Productions), Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sandy "Spin" Slade; Ambrose Brazelton, Columbus, Ohio; Mark "The Rock" Rothstein ("World of Rope Jumping"), Atlanta, Georgia; Shirley Holt-Hale (2005 AAHPERD President), Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Melanie Champion (National Teacher of the Year), North Carolina; Chip Candy, Marlton, New Jersey; John Thomson, Boise, Idaho; Bob Fox, "Speed Stacks", Englewood, Colorado; Tom Taylor, "Everlast Climbing Walls"; Bonnie Hopper, "Rocky Mountain Pedometers"; Curt Hinson, "PlayFit Education"; J. D. Hughes, "PE2theMax", and Tim Elrod, North Carolina.
 Would you like to share details about your conference or upcoming state or national event to other national to other national PEP Grant teachers? If so, please click here to send an e-mail to us with your name and event information. If possible, please use the above format to send us your information. Type "State and National Events" in the subject line.
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