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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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| Hurricane Sandy | |
Many of our members, their families and friends have been affected by the violent storm that ripped through our state. NJAHPERD will be assisting schools that have been severly damaged and providing equipment so that students will be able to return to classes as soon as possible. FlagHouse has generously provided product discounts so that NJAHPERD can purchase the equipment for the schools hardest hit. If your school has lost equipment due to Hurricane Sandy, please notify the NJAHPERD office and we will do our best to assist you with the basics to get your students up and moving.
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| Mary Jo Young Hands on Health Conference: Healthy Connections for Healthier Students! | |
Professional Member Early Registration Discount extended to November 15th
Dec. 3, 2012
The Mary Jo Young Hands on Health Conference is designed to provide educators with current health information, new resources and teaching strategies for the classroom and school environment. Join your colleagues for a great day of cutting edge, "hands on" professional development. NJAHPERD guarantees you will return to your students refreshed, rejuvenated and with a multitude of new and exciting ideas to teach wellness!
NJAHPERD welcomes all health educators, school nurses, elementary classroom teachers and administrators to attend. MORE INFO and REGISTER NOW!
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| Apply early for professional development approval...NJAHPERD Annual Convention! | 
Feb. 24-26, 2013
Save the Date and apply early for Professional Development approval for the NJAHPERD Annual Convention- Let's Move NJ. MORE
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| NJEA Convention rescheduled PE Session | |
Due to the cancellation of the NJEA Convention, NJAHPERD has rescheduled the Fitnessgram Training Workshop for December 3, 2012 at the Hands on Health Conference at Crowne Plaza Monroe.
"Not Your Mama's Fitness Test" - FITNESSGRAM
PRESENTERS: Jamie Adams (Brick Township High School) and Dr. Jessica Adams (Kean University)
The training is available free of charge to NJAHPERD and Healthy U grant recipients and NJAHPERD members. There is a $20 fee for lunch.
Online registration |
| NJAHPERD Award Nominations deadline extended to Dec 1st |  Do you know someone worthy of an NJAHPERD Award? Are you or a colleague someone in your department who go above and beyond the job's norm in the fields of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance? What better way to advocate for our profession than to recognize the best? Need more information? Please email the NJAHPERD awards committee at the email address below.
Available Awards
- Teacher of the Year
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
- Higher Education
- Health Education
- Exemplary Physical Education School Awards
- Dance Instruction
- Adapted Physical Education Instruction
- Excellence in Recreation Leadership and Programming
- Distinguished Leadership
- Lilyan B Wright Student of the Year Award
- Student Healthy Lifestyle Award
- Everett L. Hebel Award
- The NJAHPERD Honor Award
For further information or to submit a nomination online, please go to the NJAHPERD website or email the NJAHPERD Awards Chair.
Please help us recognize the leaders and deserving members in our fields!
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| Exercise may lead to better school performance for kids with ADHD | |
Science Daily
A few minutes of exercise can help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder perform better academically, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University researcher. The study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Pediatrics, shows for the first time that kids with ADHD can better drown out distractions and focus on a task after a single bout of exercise. Scientists say such "inhibitory control" is the main challenge faced by people with the disorder. MORE
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| The Kinesthetic Classroom...space is limited | |
March 14, 2012
This workshop is open to anyone - we highly encourage regular classroom teachers to attend, in addition to PE/Health teachers. We provide a $5 discount if they you an AtlantiCare Healthy Schools partnering school and/or a student. We will again be limiting it to a total of 60 attendees. ALL MUST REGISTER THROUGH THE ATLANTICARE ACCESS CENTER. MORE
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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.
Resources to assist you implement the program are available on the Presidential Youth Fitness Program website.
If you missed Program 101: Understanding the Basics, it is archived here.
Steps for Presidential Youth Fitness Program Success, it is archived here.
November's webinar "Understanding Health-Related Fitness" is scheduled on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Reserve your seat today! Space is limited. After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Need Funding for Fitnessgram software? Application for web based program and training has been extended to December 1st. |
| Free Special Olympics Online Coaches Training | |
NFHS Learning Center
Each year nearly half a million people worldwide participate in Unified Sports, which join people with and without intellectual disabilities and create friendships and greater understanding for people with disabilities. Special Olympics has partnered with the National Federation of High Schools and the Arizona Interscholastic Association to launch a free online Unified Sports coaches training this October. The course is designed specifically for current high school, community, and Special Olympic coaches of Unified Sports teams.
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| How to raise a fit kid - Without sit-ups | |
Philly.com
Nearly one-third of American kids are seriously out of shape - but the tests schools currently use to check physical fitness are often outmoded and can miss the mark, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Having strong and healthy muscles, heart rates and lungs protect kids from major health problems in later years and are linked with brighter mood, better school performance and a bigger hippocampus, a brain region involved with learning and memory. MORE |
| Is disciplinary running bullying? | |
WGN-Radio
Former NASPE president Dennis Docheff argues that having players run as punishment creates an ethical dilemma. MORE |
| Does your child get 60 minutes of physical activity a day? | |
The Richmond Register
If your child isn't getting at least an hour of physical activity a day, then he or she probably isn't doing as well as possible at school. That's right. More and more research is showing that adding physical activity to the school day not only keeps kids healthy, it also increases attention, behavior and positive attitudes leading to improved academic performance. It also improves brain growth and function. MORE |
| Kids need more calories in their school lunches, lawmakers say | |
Los Angeles Times
Lawmakers and government officials are again engaged in a food fight, this time with Republican lawmakers hungry to lift new federal limits on the calories of school lunches served to 32 million students. The lawmakers have introduced legislation targeting the "nutrition nannies" at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, contending that their "calorie rationing" is leaving students hungry.MORE |
| Treat cheerleaders as athletes, pediatrics academy advises | |
The Wall Street Journal
The nation's pediatricians say cheerleaders should be treated more like athletes to help prevent serious injuries from stunts and pyramids. In a report published online, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that cheerleading should be designated a sport at the high school and collegiate levels "so that it is subject to rules and regulations set forth by sports governing bodies," such as the NCAA. MORE |
| 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.
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| Share your story... | |
LMIS
Does your school do something fun and unique to inspire students to be physically active?
How did you get started? Why do you think it inspires your students? If so, LMIS wants to hear from you.
Submit this form to Susan Toth, LMIS State Coordinator. |
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JUMP ROPE AND HOOPS FOR HEART
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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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| Coordinator Showcase | 
Deb Weiss,
Beechwood Elementary School,
Mountainside, New Jersey
NJAHPERD is proud to showcase one of our AHA JRFH coordinators, Deb Weiss as the 2011-2012 National Award recipient of the Faye Biles Educational Award. *Faye Biles was an early pioneer with Jump Rope For Heart who focused much of her energy on the event's educational aspects. This award is named after Faye to recognize a Jump Rope and/or Hoops For Heart coordinator who has been instrumental in implementing the American Heart Association's school-related programs in his/her school. (Teacher's Resource Guides, skills resources, HeartPower! Online, CPR in Schools, Healthy Schools Program, Play 60, etc.) On March 13, 2012 the Beechwood School students did an incredible job raising $13,020.00!! This was Deb's 10th year running this program for the Mountainside School District. Over the past 10 years they have raised a total of $67,000.00 for the American Heart Association! MORE |
| 4th Annual National Healthy Eating Day |  Wed., Nov. 7, 2012 American Heart Association National Eating Healthy Day is a national public awareness day to raise awareness about the importance of making healthy food choices and to incorporate healthier foods into a daily diet, foods such as fresh vegetables, more fruit, fish, and other healthy choices. National Eating Healthy Day encourages people to make small changes each day to incorporate healthier food choices into their diet. National Eating Healthy Day reinforces the American Heart Association messaging and positioning about My Heart. My Life. and the importance of good nutrition and being physically active. My Heart. My Life.is the American Heart Association's "healthy living" initiative that connects families, communities and worksites with a comprehensive suite of credible healthy-lifestyle solutions, inspiring them to take simple actions that yield life-long heart-health benefits. MORE |
| Consistent criteria for sports concussion might aid diagnosis | |
Health Magazine
Standards used to diagnose concussion in college athletes are inconsistent and require clearer definitions and better tools to make the diagnosis, researchers report. Their five-year study included 450 male and female athletes who played on football and hockey teams at three major U.S. universities: Brown University, Dartmouth College and Virginia Tech. MORE |
| Study: No gender-related difference in neurocognitive testing after sports-related concussions | |
Science Codex
As female participation in sports grows rapidly, there is a popular notion that there are gender-related differences in athletes' responses to sports-related concussion and prior research has supported these gender discrepancies. However, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study, conducted to review symptoms and neurocognitive findings in male and female high school soccer players, shows no gender-related differences.MORE |
| Healthy U Expands | |
NJ YMCA State Alliance and Horizon Foundation of NJ
ShapingNJ partner the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance in partnership with the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey is expanding its Healthy U Initiative. The program is a comprehensive, statewide initiative to combat childhood obesity that uses the CATCH (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) program. With the infusion of $2.25 million from the Horizon Foundation, the program will expand over the next three years to serve nearly 40,000 children throughout New Jersey in after-school settings, preschool settings and 12 NJ public schools. |
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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.
Click HERE! |
| Human Body Maps | |
Healthline
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| Need ideas, lesson plans, assemblies and more? | |
Get the Latest Resources...
From NJAHPERD's Teacher Resources page.
Click HERE! |
| Short on $$ and equipment? | Check out available grants and awards on NJAHPERD's Awards & Grants page.
Click HERE! |
| Some additinoal sites for grants... | |
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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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 |
2012-13 Health Observances Calendar of Events
Plan Ahead for the New School Year
Technology in Adapted Physical Education,
November 8, 2012
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Cost: $30/member, $45/non-member (Purchase all four of the adapted physical education webinars at a discounted rate of $100 for members)
Registrants will be able to submit questions to the presenter and receive a CEU certificate at no additional charge. All webinars will be archived and available to view at your leisure.
To view the detailed descriptions, cost and schedule of AAPAR/AAHPERD's 2012 Adapted Physical Education Webinars, please visit their webinars online.
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:
Topics: From alternative school breakfast programs and school nutrition policy to Fuel Up to Play 60 and our new Parent Leadership Series.
Cost: FREE
Fuel Up to Play 60: Become a Leader in Your School
Have you heard about Fuel Up to Play 60 and wondered what the buzz is all about? Come learn about this program reaching over 75,000 US schools. Join the ranks of over 20,000 Fuel Up to Play 60 program advisors in leading your students and your school to better health. You'll learn about program basics, what it means to be a program advisor (along with the perks that accompany the role!), and how to apply for Fuel Up to Play 60 funds during our 30-minute Webinar, Fuel Up to Play 60: Become a Leader in Your School. You can attend on several different dates:
November 14th, 4 p.m. ET; 3 p.m. CT; 2 p.m. MT; 1 p.m. PT. Register now >>>December 10th 12 p.m. ET; 11 a.m. CT; 10 a.m. MT; 9 a.m. MT. Register now >>> |
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