New PEP Grant Update (June, 2010 PEP Grant Newsletter)

The Virtual PE Administrator! Want to add a greater level of student and teacher accountability to your PEP Grant application? A poorly-developed process for data collection and program assessment is often an "under-performing" area (i.e., this is where most folks lose points) for grant writing teams. To get the maximum amount of points possible, your grant proposal will need to consider the following:

Upkeep of Student Data: Did you explain how the proposed grant's project design will create and store measurable data (i.e., individual students' nutrition, physical activity, fitness, BMI, and standards-based assessments) that "moves with the student" each year?
Clear Process for Handling Data: Does your district's PE data management plan explain how large amounts of K-12 student health and fitness data will be stored, retrieved, and updated by PE teachers during the five required data collection cycles?
Collecting and Storing GPRA Data: Do you have a way to collect and monitor the mandated GPRA data (Proposed Requirement 9)?
Traditional or Transparent Grading? How transparent is your proposed data management plan? Will parents be able to see their student's progress in real time? Can your PE teachers compare student growth over multi-year time periods? How do you move fitness data from school to school (i.e., elementary school to middle school)?

Why Web-Based is Best! While there are a variety of excellent computer/PDA software programs on today's market to track and monitor student growth at a single school, a web-based application has the ability to manage and maintain large amounts of student data effectively.

Uniquely Designed for K-12 Physical Education! Listed below are several of the many benefits and"one-of-a-kind" features solely found in the Virtual PE Administrator:

Not a PC User? A web-based platform can be used by both PC and Mac users.
Forget Your Laptop? You can update student data with any web-accessible computer, iPad, or iPhone!
Pre-loaded PE Standards! This comes pre-load with PE Standards (aligned to NASPE and individual State PE Standards) and grade-appropriate grading rubrics. No need to "re-invent the wheel" here!
"Personal PE Assistant" Features! We have also designed this innovative resource with a variety of time-saving administrative features (i.e., auto-generated forms and reports), and auto-default scores when assessing students.
Custom-Designed PE Resources! The VPE system is also includes the ability to create custom-designed curriculum resources with your school district's logo on all instructional products, including - Instructional Gym Posters, Teacher Manuals, Pacing Guides, your own District PE website, etc.
Other: PE teachers can also track and monitor student progress on Jump Rope Skills, Basketball Skills, Jugging Skills, or other items as created. You can also track and monitor student achievement on a variety of other individualized assessments such as "Bigger, Stronger, Faster" and "Foundational Fitness."

Free District-Wide Cost Quotes: To obtain school district costs, please fill-out the "State Administrators On-Line Form" with your contact info and indicate the number of schools and physical education teachers in your district. If desired, we can also provide you with "PEP Grant appropriate text" that has been used in numerous winning PEP grants!

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