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| 'Like' Us on Facebook! | |
NJAHPERD's Facebook page is up and running...join the fun!
Find out the latest information about professional development events, special announcements and legislative issues affecting our profession.
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| NJAHPERD BOARD MEMBERS | |
Kathy Fritz, President
Jackie Malaska, Executive Director
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| NJAHPERD Events 2012-13 Professional Development Plans | |
Pre-planning...
As you begin to prepare your Professional Development Plan for the 2012-13 school year, NJAHPERD recommends that you include participation in content specific professional development to ensure that you will have the opportunity to attend a NJAHPERD sponsored professional development event. NJAHPERD Events |
| Be the CHANGE...Join the conversation |  Third Annual NBC News Education Nation - Teacher Town Hall with Brian Williams
Welcome back to school!
As you embark on another school year, I have no doubt that you will see your fair share of challenges. However, I also have no doubt that you will rise to meet them with dignity, grace, and unwavering determination.
Across the country, folks are finally starting to realize that our nation's educators are problem solvers, not problem creators, and this year's MSNBC TeacherTown Hall looks to celebrate your innovative solutions and achievements. Please click here for a special message from NBC News' Brian Williams.
Teacher Town Hall with Brian Williams
Sunday, September 23, 12 - 2PM EDT LIVE on MSNBC
Susan Toth, NJAHPERD Teacher of the Year and NJEA Bergen County TOY will be one of the panelists.
I urge you to join the conversation. Visit facebook.com/educationnation to answer questions, share ideas and tell us what you want to discuss! Please submit comments regarding your successes and challenges, the correlation between health and academic achievement, Let's Move in School, Fitnessgram and fitness education, funding, 150 minute mandate compliance, mandatory study halls for athletes, large class sizes and anything else that is on their mind! Let's keep our focus upbeat and positive as we work together to refocus our challenges!!
But don't stop there: we want to hear from you, too! Send us an email and let us know all the ways in which you are continuing to make New Jersey's public schools the best in the nation.
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| Call for Program Proposals for the 2013 NJAHPERD Annual Convention | |
Deadline: September 30, 2012
Call for Program Proposals for the 2013 NJAHPERD Annual Convention, February 24-26, Ocean Resort and Spa, Long Branch, NJ. A great way to share your ideas with other professionals.
NJAHPERD is the leading state organization that offers high quality professional development for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance professionals teaching in the P-12 schools. If you have a great program to share, a new activity, innovative method of teaching, or new content that can contribute to helping other professionals, consider submitting a proposal for a convention session. Go to www.njahperd.org and click on Events, Annual Convention to submit a proposal or click here.
The due date is September 30, 2012. Contact Theresa Purcell Cone, Convention Manager, if you have any questions, conet@rowan.edu.
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| Weekend Professional Development Event |  Lake Conference...Register Now! The Lake Conference will be held September 28-30, 2012. Set aside some time to join the fun for this action-packed activity weekend featuring Jean Blaydes (Texas), Amy Gagnon (Connecticut), Kerry Lubin (Pennsylvania) and our own Chip Candy, Jim Ross, John Smith, Shawn Bennett, Arvin Arjona, (New Jersey) and Eric Eder 2010 NJAHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Check out the tentative schedule and the session descriptions on the NJAHPERD web site. See the Lake Conference page listed under Our Professional Events and check out the speaker page for more information about our presenters. MORE Have further questions? Contact Gregg Montgomery, NJAHPERD Lake Chair, 973-927-4862 home, 201-841-1059 cell or the NJAHPERD office. |
| Engaging Strategies for Teaching Adolescent Health | Friday, October 19, 2012
Stockton College, Galloway, NJ
The conference is in collaborationwith AtlantiCare and features expert health educators, Joann Kinsey, RutgersCooperative Extension, Brendan O'Reilly, NJDOE Coordinator of ComprehensiveHealth & Physical Education and Dawn Francavilla, NJAHPERD 2012 HealthEducator of the Year.
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| NJAHPERD Adapted Conference "Believing is Achieving" | |
Wednesday October 10, 2012
Registration now open on NJAHPERD website!
For more program details visit our website
Lunch included with registration!
Featured presenters include:
Opening Session EDA-AAHPERD past president Gene White
NJAHPERD 2012 Adapted Teacher of the Year Diane Glover
NJAHPERD 2011 Adapted Teacher of the Year John Gagliano
FlagHouse Educational Consultant John Smith to unvail FlagHouse's new Anti-Bullying in PE program
To register, click here.
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| FlagHouse NJAHPERD Teachers of the Year Conference |  Monday, October 15, 2012
North Arlington High School
North Arlington, NJ
Sponsored in collaboration withFlagHouse, this conference features the NJAHPERD Physical Education Teachers of the Year.
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| Are you using the President's Challenge for Fitness Testing? | |
President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
The launch of this new program signals a new era in youth fitness assessment-one that focuses on health over performance. The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) began recognizing participation in the Youth Fitness Test in 1966. This step represents the first major changes to the test in 25 years. The new program features three key components: 1. Assessment, 2. Professional Development, and 3. Recognition and awards. The Youth Fitness Test, will be phased out during the 2012-13 school year to encourage use of FITNESSGRAM®, which provides a barometer on students' overall health and, when used in conjunction with the other elements of the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, empowers kids and families to become physically active for a lifetime.
PYFP is managed through these partnering organizations:
President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
Amateur Athletic Union
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Cooper Institute®
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Educators are invited to participate for a Webinar on September 25th from 1-2 pm EDT to learn more about the new program. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now. MORE
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| Incorporating fitness tools into physical education class |
Tara Kolbe,
Physical Education Teacher,
Incorporating vigorous exercise into a workout routine is not only hard for an adult to attempt, but try talking to a second grader about it. Instead of talking about it, why not show them how to do it? Allow the class to read, touch, and discuss. Last year our elementary school was awarded strapless heart rate monitors through a mini-grant provided by NJAHPERD and pedometers through an in-district board of education grant. Not only were the students enthusiastic about trying "the mini heart computer," but they looked forward to wearing both tools. Additionally, students reported what they learned to their families. MORE
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| September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month | |
COAM
In the past four decades, obesity rates in the United States have soared among all age groups. This rise in obesity rates has affected our youth in alarming fashion. Childhood obesity has increased more than fourfold among those ages 6-11. More than 23 million children and teenagers in the United States ages 2-19 are obese or overweight, a statistic that health and medical experts consider an epidemic. And this epidemic puts nearly one third of America's children at early risk for Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and even stroke - conditions usually associated with adulthood. Even greater disparities exist among young Hispanics and children of color. MORE |
| The more they burn the better they learn | Voices for a Healthy Southcoast
It's back to school time again and educators, parents and kids are focused on making this year as successful as possible. Did you know that teens who receive mostly As are almost twice as likely to get the CDC recommended daily 60 minutes of physical activity than teens who receive mostly Ds and Fs? Kids who perform better in school are more likely to be physically active on a regular basis. Adding physical activity to the school day can not only keep kids healthy, but also increase attention, behavior and positive attitudes leading to improved academic performance. MORE |
| Changing our tune on exercise | The New York Times
What would it take to persuade you to exercise? A desire to lose weight or improve your figure? To keep heart disease, cancer or diabetes at bay? To lower your blood pressure or cholesterol? To protect your bones? To live to a healthy old age? MORE |
| Health insider: Kids and exercise | Indianapolis Star via Detroit Free Press
The annual University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health comes up with a top 10 list of adults' biggest health concerns for kids in their communities. For the first time, 39 percent of adults rated "not enough exercise" at the top of the list. MORE |
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JAM World Record 2012...with Let's Move In School...REGISTER NOW!!!
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Thursday, September 27, 10:00am local time
The country's first national movement led by children to get everyone moving, JAM World Record 2012 with Let's Move in School will take place on Thursday, September 27 at 10 am local time.
This inaugural national initiative has been created to raise awareness about the importance of everyone making good health choices and physical activity a daily habit. JAM World Record 2012 with Let's Move in School urges everyone to support our schools where every student has the opportunity to learn healthy habits and participate in a quality physical education program.
Signup your school today!
People of all ages and abilities are invited to pause and join in, wherever you are at 10 am your local time, to do a fun, easy one-minute fitness routine and participate in creating a world record.
In the spirit of friendly fun, there is a state competition and the state that recruits the most people to participate will be awarded the National JAM Title. To be counted in our state's total and learn the easy routine, go to www.jamworldrecord.org. NJ has registered 1,658 participants as of August 20 and is currently in 7th place.
Let's spread the news and get your school involved! MORE
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| Let's Move in School NJ | 
Let's Move is School (LMIS) is an AAHPERD initiative to provide resources for a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program in all schools. NJAHPERD supports the initiative and has taken the lead to "spread the word" through our ShapingNJ partners. The goal of Let's Move in School is to ensure that every school provides a comprehensive school physical activity program with quality physical education as the foundation so that youth will develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime.
NJAHPERD has purchased a limited number of toolkits to be distributed to our members who register as a Let's Move in School advocate. Toolkits include a CD of resources, poster and more. LMIS registration is FREE and available HERE. Once you register, please contact the NJAHPERD office and we will send you a free toolkit.
Already registered? We are seeking members who have already had success with improving physical activity time in their school and would like to highlight the activities. Send us an email and we will contact you to find out more about your advocacy efforts.
Committee Members Needed
Sue Toth, has been appointed Chair of the newly created Let's Move in School NJ Committee and is seeking members to assist in formulating a statewide plan of action to involve as many schools as possible in the initiative. If you are interested in "getting involved" please contact the NJAHPERD office.
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| Hoops for Heart and Jump Rope for Heart Links and Resources | 
American Heart Association
WELCOME!! click here...
Links of interest:
Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart Grantwww.aahperd.org/jump
NASPE Standards linking Physical Education to JRFH Register YOUR event: http://www.aahperd.org/jump/AboutJump/eventregistration.cfm  The PULSE online newsletter
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| Study: Short bouts of exercise can cut heart risks in kids | The Canadian Press via CTV News
Engaging in less than 10 minutes of vigorous exercise as part of daily physical activity appears to provide increased heart-protective health benefits in children and teens, a Canadian study suggests. Bouts of high-intensity physical activity - such as running, swimming or playing soccer - are superior to longer periods of light and moderate exercise in reducing the risk factors that set kids on a path towards cardiovascular disease. The findings were published online by the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. MORE |
| Influence of sports, physical education and active commuting to school on adolescent weight status | |
GlobalPA Net
In this new study from the U.S., the influence of different types of physical activity on the weight of adolescents was examined, finding sports to be strong strongly associated with weight, as well as active commuting. Telephone surveys were conducted with 1718 grade 9-12 students and their parents. Six main forms of physical activity were measured, using one-item self-report measures. MORE |
| Pressuring children to eat increases risk of obesity | Medical News Today
New research in the September issue of Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics suggests that children's risk of obesity may become reduced if parents join an education program that shows them how to take the pressure off their kids to eat. In order to take the pressure off of children to eat certain foods, parents should be educated in an approach based on "division of responsibility" for eating, according to a team led by Dr. W. Stewart Agras of Stanford University. MORE |
| OPEN CALL for 2013 AAHPERD National Educator of the Year Awards | |
Submission Deadline: October 15, 2012
All AAHPERD members have the privilege of submitting nominees for the following 2013 National Association Awards. Nominations are due by October 15:
Any AAHPERD member who has not previously received one of these National Awards is eligible to apply or be nominated. Candidates do not have to have been selected as their state winner in order to apply or be nominated.
State Associations may follow a process of selection and forwarding to the national pool providing that all candidates are submitted to AAHPERD by October 15.
All applicants or nominators will submit application materials using national association forms [available on the National Association websites] to the Programs Office at AAHPERD headquarters, postmarked by October 15: AAHPERD Programs Office, 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. For more information call 703-476-3400.
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| Run for the planet | National Geographic Kids
Help National Geographic Kids set two Guinness World Records. Do something good for your health and the planet. Between noon EST Oct. 26 and noon EST Oct. 27, anyone, anywhere can help break two Guinness World Records. MORE |
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| NJAHPERD Actively Monitors Legislation |
Did you know that NJAHPERD pays a legislative consultant to monitor bills that come forward that affect our profession? We also work closely and seek advice from the AHA Government Relations Director on Health and Physical Education, NJEA and our ShapingNJ partners.
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| Advocacy Tip of the Month | Your Legislators need to hear from advocates like you about the importance of physical education and health education.
Visit the AAHPERD Legislative Action Center to:
* Locate your Congressmen to request a meeting, ask them to visit your school, or to view a schedule of town hall meetings,
* Locate your local media contacts to submit an op-ed or letter to the editor about the importance of physical education and health education in your community,
* Continue to support physical education and health education by using the action alerts available on the AAHPERD Legislative Action Center.
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| Need ideas, lesson plans, assemblies and more? | |
Get the Latest Resources...
From NJAHPERD's Teacher Resources page.
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| Get Kids Active Through Free Tennis Events! | | US Tennis Association
Childhood Obesity has tripled in the last three decades. But the United States Tennis Association (USTA) is doing its part to encourage kids to live healthy and active lifestyles - during September, National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and beyond - through tennis and encourages parents to attend a USTA Free Tennis Play Day with their kids in celebration of Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play.
From Sept. 1 - Oct. 6, there will be thousands of events taking place across the country - and there's sure to be one near you! Best of all, USTA Free Tennis Play Days are open to all skill levels.
Tennis is the sport for a lifetime so give the kids in your life the gift of tennis!
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| Sun Smart U...free skin cancer prevention lesson and classroom poster | |
Skin Cancer Foundation
Register and download The Skin Cancer Foundation's online curriculum for a chance to WIN a new iPad!
Sun Smart U gives educators authoritative and engaging tools to teach students about sun protection and skin cancer prevention. The interactive lesson can be taught in one or two class periods - perfect for middle school and high school Health and Physical Education classes. Materials are downloadable, projectable and printable, so teachers can adapt the lesson to best suit their classroom needs. This program was designed in accordance with National Health Education Standards. MORE |
Youth coaching resources a running start...the video resource for coaching youth runners
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New York Road Runners
With 22 activities for elementary age students, 51 for middle school and 51 for high school, this website has short video clips that highlight skill development as well as how to cultivate enjoyment in running. MORE |
| HHS/CDC launches Heads Up PSA with Kurt Warner | |
US Dept. of Health & Human Services
Check out the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Heads Up public service announcements (PSAs) with Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner - just one of the professional athletes who are volunteering their time to help keep kids and teens safe from concussion, and more serious brain injuries. The new CDC Heads Up PSAs will air nationwide to help educate parents, kids, and teens about this injury both on and off the sports field.
View the PSA with Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner.
Through the Heads Up program, CDC provides information on preventing, recognizing, and responding to concussion, and more serious brain injuries. MORE |
| Free Healthy Highway Poster | |
Healthy Highway
Go to the website and click on the poster icon at the bottom of the home page for a free Healthy Highway poster for the beginning of your year.
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| The smarter lunchroom movement | |
Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
The Smarter Lunchroom Movement, started by Brian Wansink, PhD., Cornell University. You may have received some references to his work in the past from Elaine Suehnholz. Wansink was on leave from Cornell from 2007-2009 to assume the role of the Executive Director of the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, the Federal Agency in charge of developing the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. His work around the smarter lunchroom focuses on the use of applied behavioral psychology to get kids to eat healthier. MORE |
| NASPE Position Statement | |
Availability & Access to Automated External Defibrillators in Schools During Participation in Physical Activity
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| Protecting your children from tobacco use | |
CDC
To coincide with the start of the school session, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) has developed communications products and resources that not only remind parents about the harms of tobacco use but also provide tips on how to help prevent initiation and keep children tobacco-free. We hope your organization can use these materials to support parents and other caregivers in your community. We encourage you to share this E-mail with your tobacco control partners so that they, too, can utilize this information.
Protecting Your Children From Tobacco Use
This article:
Describes how tobacco products are designed for addiction and how young people are especially susceptible
- Shares information about why youth smoke, what influences them, and what health harms can result
- Identifies what parents can do to protect their children from tobacco's harms and help keep them tobacco-free
- Provides helpful resources about the health consequences of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke as well as quitting resources for a variety of audiences
Information on OSH's Web Site
Continue accessing CDC's Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site for helpful resources and the latest information. The OSH August Media Calendar page contains links to the CDC feature article, information for parents, quitting resources, and social media tools.
Social Media Engagement
Take advantage of all the activities OSH has planned on its social media profiles by liking and following @CDCTobaccoFree on Facebook and Twitter and subscribing to the Smoking & Tobacco Use playlist on YouTube. That way you can receive and share status updates and profile updates as they are posted.
Another means of engagement that has been developed for this feature is a button: A Tobacco-Free Life Starts Now. Support CDC's tobacco control and prevention efforts by posting this button on your Web site, blog, or social networking site.
Digital Media
Now that all Smoking & Tobacco Use and Tips From Former Smokers Web site pages are social media optimized, we encourage you to share your favorite pages on your social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
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| Redesign of Recreation.gov | |
US Department of the Interior
The redesign of www.recreation.gov is an initial step in a multi-year strategy to engage visitors with enhanced interactive content and more multimedia, mobile, trip-planning tools. The seven million visitors who use the web site every year will be able to make reservations, see ready-made itineraries for destination cities, and search for activities on interactive maps.
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| Active Living Research | |
ALR
Active Living Research Research Briefs and Syntheses: 49 Titles Available
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| Teacher evaluation resources | |
Report Outlines States' Teacher-Policy Shifts
Bellwether Report: Recent State Action on Teacher Effectiveness: What's in State Laws and Regulations?
How Do State Teacher Evaluation Laws Stack Up?
CA: Bill to revamp teacher evaluations in California headed for final vote in state Senate
MI: 14 Michigan districts to try out national models for evaluating teacher
Great story about Michigan's pilot and how it is being conducted
NY: Teacher evaluation plans OK'd for 10 New York districts
Teacher Evaluation Plans Story from NY State; gives a good description of the requirements and how the program is being rolled out
MA-Local districts still working on teacher evaluation deals
MD-Some Frederick teachers to get graded in pilot program
IL: New Evaluation System for Illinois Teachers. New teacher evaluation system begins
MS: Teacher evaluation talk skips detail of Miss. plan
TN: Organization faults state's new teacher evaluation system
NJ: Red Bank Leads Evolving Evaluation Program
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| Collective impact | |
Article Subheading
Collective Impact MORE
Collective impact and what this trend means for your organization
Stanford Social Innovation Review Q&A Roundtable on Collective Impact, Fall 2012
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Back-to-School Reminder to Parents, Teens & Coaches | NJ Teen Safe Driving Coalition
As school begins, the New Jersey Teen Safe Driving Coalition is reminding parents and teens about the need to follow the state's Graduated Driver License (GDL) program, which prohibits teens holding a probationary license from carrying more than one passenger and from driving between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Teens crash at three times the rate of more experienced drivers, and that crash risk increases dramatically when teen drivers carry passengers and drive at night. Carrying a teen passenger is one of the greatest distractions for a teen driver. Just one teen passenger increases crash risk by as much as 48 percent. The more teen passengers in a teen-driven vehicle, the greater the distraction and crash risk. MORE |
| Short on $$ and equipment? | Check out available grants and awards on NJAHPERD's Awards & Grants page.
Click HERE! |
| Bringing activity back into our children's lives | |
Partnerships for a Healthier America/BCBS, Play Streets
Announcement of a new funding opportunity for increasing physical activity among children, which happens to be the theme for our Fall conference on October 25th. We know many of you are registered to attend, and for which we have a waiting list of 25. Enjoy the video as well as get information about the funding: Partnership for a Healthier America and Blue Cross Blue Shield have teamed up to support Play Streets. MORE
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| NFL PLAY60 | |
Aug 1-Sept. 14, 2012
NFL PLAY 60 Super School Contest. From August 1st to September 14th, school Administrators, teachers, PTA and PTO leaders nationwide are encouraged to submit 3 essays, digital photos or videos to NFL Play 60. These may explain/show how their school is celebrating its NFL team pride and/or describe their current PE environment and how their school is prioritizing health and wellness. The 34 winning schools will be named NFL PLAY 60 Super Schools, receive an NFL team celebration, and be awarded a $10,000 NFL PLAY 60 health and wellness grant. MORE
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| 2012 Henkel Helps Get Kids Fit Contest | |
September 16, 2012
Henkel Helps and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation are working together to get kids fit. Nominate your school in the 2012 Henkel Helps Get Kids Fit contest to win $25,000 to improve fitness, inspire self-esteem and build teamwork at your school. Nominations open August 1st-September 16th. MORE |
| Target Corporation Field Trip Grants | 
Deadline: October 1, 2012
Field Trip Grants - Target Corporation Deadline: October 1, 2012 Target Corporation is offering to fund school field trips that connect school curriculum to out-of-school experiences to K-12 schools nationwide. Three awards of up to $700 will be given to select applicants. Education professionals who are at least 18 years old and employed by an accredited K-12 public, private or charter school in the United States that maintains a tax-exempt status are eligible to apply.
Please contact the Target Corporation ( http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880 ) for more information and to apply for this funding. |
| Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play 2012 | |
October 6, 2012
On October 6, the 9th annual Worldwide Day of Play, Nickelodeon turns off all programming to inspire kids to get out and play. Join the movement and host a local Worldwide Day of Play event and enter the I Wanna Play! Giveaway to win a custom Nickelodeon Playground worth over $100,000 or $10,000 to help enhance a play project. MORE
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| Big Help Grants | |
October 15, 2012
The Big Help Grants program is dedicated to the development and implementation of ideas, techniques, and approaches to addressing four key concerns - health and wellness, environmental awareness, students' right to a quality public education, and active community involvement. Multiple grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to select applicants. Public school teachers or public school education support professionals practicing in the U.S. are eligible to apply. MORE |
| Healthy Habits for Life | |
October 15, 2012
Healthy Habits for Life is a major grant-giving program of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Foundation. It is offered to help schools address a current major health issue in Kansas and the nation: childhood obesity.
The Healthy Habits for Life program is offering a total of $150,000 in grants to assist schools in promoting healthy lifestyle choices to their students. School nurses, physical education teachers, principals, health or family and consumer science teachers, or other administrators are encouraged to apply. MORE
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| Help NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS and Let's Move in School set two Guinness World Records! | |
Oct 26-27, 2012
Do something good for your health and the planet. Between noon ET October 26 and noon ET October 27, you and your school can help break two Guinness World Records:
* Most people running 100 meters in 24 hours (You can walk it, too!)
* Longest chain of shoes (They'll be recycled into athletic surfaces!)
Pledge to participate and receive a FREE downloadable Super-Awesome Fun Pack! .Plan a RUN FOR THE PLANET 100-meter event to be held between noon ET Oct. 26 and noon ET Oct. 27. Participants bring a pair (or many pairs) of old athletic shoes to the event. Participants do their 100-meter event.Pre-provided Run for the Planet documentation and shoes are sent to NGK. Total 100-meter numbers will be tallied; shoes will be tied into a chain, counted, then recycled. Guinness World Records reviews all documentation and approves the records! Want to organize an event? MORE
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| Rite Aid Foundation Grants | |
Deadline ongoing
The Rite Aid Foundation funds programs that focus on health and wellness in the communities in which rite Aid operates. Grants are awarded for one year at a time and no organization can receive a grant from the foundation more than two years in a row. Proposals are accepted throughout the year and are reviewed after July 1, October 1, January 1, and April 1. MORE
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| Time-Sensitive Obesity Policy and Program Evaluation (R01) | |
Deadline ongoing
The National Institutes of Health recently released a new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) supporting time-sensitive research to evaluate policies or programs expected to influence obesity related behaviors (e.g., dietary intake, physical activity, or sedentary behavior) and/or weight outcomes in an effort to prevent or reduce obesity.
All applications to this FOA must demonstrate that the evaluation of an obesity related policy and/or program offers an uncommon and scientifically compelling research opportunity that will only be available if the research is initiated with minimum delay. For these reasons, applications are eligible for only one submission. Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact one of the scientific contacts listed in the FOA before applying.
It is intended that eligible applications selected for funding will be awarded within 3-4 months after the application submission/receipt date. MORE
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| The Fuel Up Breakfast Grants | |
General Mills and National Dairy Council
The Fuel Up Breakfast Grants program is sponsored by General Mills Foodservice as part of a partnership effort with National Dairy Council® to help improve student access to high-quality, nutritious foods at school. This grant specifically targets breakfast, providing funds to help schools improve or expand their breakfast programs with an emphasis on alternative breakfast options that are sustainable. MORE
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| Professional Development Events | |
Fitnessgram Trainings for In-service Days
NJAHPERD will provide Fitnessgram training for your staff at your site. Fee: $650
Please call/email the NJAHPERD office.
Events Listing:
- Regional Workshops Fitness Education
- Lake Conference
- Teacher of the Year Conference
- Communities and Schools in Motion: Working Together for Healthy Active Kids
- Engaging Strategies for Teaching Adolescent Health
- Adapted Health & Physical Education Conference
- NJEA Convention
- Mary Jo Young Hands on Health Conference
- 2013 Annual Convention
- Pre-Convention Workshops
Details are available on the NJAHPERD website for all professional development events.
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Additional Professional Development Events...Save the Dates
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2012-13 Health Observances Calendar of Events
Plan Ahead for the New School Year
Communities and Schools Working Together for Health
October 25, 2012
9:00am-3:00pm
Robert Wood Johnson Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness
Mercerville, NJ
Communities and schools across NJ are concerned with rising rates of childhood obesity and declining options for daily physical activity in youth. Join the NJDepartments of Education, Health, Transportation and other statewide, regional and local leaders in this conference to empower communities and schools to implement policies that foster healthy active youth. Click here for the day's agenda and here for a website with more information. Waitlist available at this time.
Obesity Prevention in New Jersey. The State of the State: Important Next Steps
December 11, 2012
Hilton
East Brunswick, NJ
Sponsored by the Office of Nutrition and Fitness, ShapingNJ, NJ Partnership for Healthy Kids, The NJ Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and Family and Community Health Sciences, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, this conference will provide information about actions that can be implemented in New Jersey to accelerate progress in obesity prevention. MORE
Generation Fit: Steps to a Healthier Lifestyle
Through December 30, 2012
Newark Museum Newark, NJ
The Newark Museum is featuring an interactive family exhibition that explores issues of nutrition and exercise. The exhibit includes animation and exercise challenges to learn about a healthy lifestyle.
WEBINARS:
Tuesday, September 25 at 1 pm EDT
Cost: FREE
Lead by: Dr. Jayne Greenberg, district director of Physical Education and Health Literacy, Miami Dade County Public Schools.
The first of monthly free webinars about different aspects of the program that will be held this school year. All webinars will be archived. REGISTER
Tuesday, October 16
7:00-8:00pm
Lead by: Sandra Grenci, Hunterdon County, Occupational Therapist
Nichole Turmelle, Children's Specialized Hospital
Michelle F. Brill, M.P.H., Family and Community Health Sciences Educator, Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
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