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 May 1/2013

EXECUTIVE BOARD NEWS

NJAHPERD is urging all physical educators, parents, school administrators and policymakers to recognize the importance of a comprehensive school physical activity program and celebrate National Physical Education and Sport Month in May!

Your school can start by registering to become a Let's Move! Active School.

Visit the NJAHPERD website for ideas to assist you in celebrating, including classroom activity energizers for NJASK week! 

Let us know what you have planned so that we can share your events with our members.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

The NJ State Board of Education will consider a resolution to recognize May as Physical Education and Sport Month at the May 1st meeting. President JoAnn Doherty will accept the resolution on behalf of our members.

We have also received a Senate and Assembly Joint Resolution sponsored by Senator GORDON, Assemblyman EUSTACE and Assemblywoman WAGNER, honoring NJAHPERD and recognizing May as National Physical Education and Sport Month.

"EVERY CHILD STRONGER, EVERY LIFE LONGER" continues to provide the foundation for NJAHPERD's advocacy initiatives! FIT2ECSELL is the most recent of many NJAHPERD targeted movements to promote quality Health and Physical Education in New Jersey schools.

This initiative focuses on developing the first ever state- wide centralized data base for student health-related physical fitness. This collaborative effort between NJAHPERD, Rowan University, the YMCA State Alliance/Healthy U, and the Horizon Foundation of New Jersey has created a sustainable model for evaluating the health-related fitness status of New Jersey youth.   The project goal is to provide a comprehensive data profile of student fitness levels. The analysis of this data will lead the way for the development and implementation of viable fitness education and assessment programs in the future. The first year pilot includes 20 schools that are implementing the FitnessGram to assess local student fitness level. Local Health and Physical Education professionals as well technology staffs have been in-serviced regarding program implementation and data collection and reporting. The plan includes recruitment of additional schools each year. If you are interested in adding your school to this initiative, please contact NJAHPERD Executive Director, Jackie Malaska.

Grant funding is available for training and web based FG school site license.

Application Deadline extended to June 1st!

The Barclays is back in NJ at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City!

Tournament Dates: August 20-25, 2013

Tickets Fore Charity is NJAHPERD's only fundraising event.  Through TFC, NJAHPERD (a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) we have the opportunity to raise significant charitable funds while becoming aligned with one of the most prestigious golf tournaments in the world.The Barclays is the first event in the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedExCup and regularly attracts the biggest names in professional golf. The best part is 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of these tickets go to charity. NJAHPERD receives 75% of the proceeds with the remaining 25% donated to The First Tee of Metropolitan NY. Funds are raised by promoting ticket sales. Last year we raised over $3500 from sales and volunteers!

NJAHPERD has purchased a limited amount of tickets to save you ticketmaster fees.

GOOD ANY ONE DAY GROUNDS TICKET are avialable $55.

WEEKLY CLUBHOUSE TICKETS are available for $125.

Please visit the NJAHPERD website for more details or call the office.

Tickets make great Mother's and Father's Day gifts!

VOLUNTEERS needed for the Barclays.
Please consider joining the NJAHPERD team us as a volunteer for this year's tournament.
The tournament needs over 1,800 volunteers to make the event a success and that means WE NEED YOU! There are many great volunteer opportunities still available including: being a Marshal, driving the special needs shuttles, working in the volunteer center, helping with special events during the tournament, and many more. The volunteer package is $75 which includes shipping right to your front door as well as a logoed golf polo, logoed baseball cap, lunch vouchers on the days that you work, volunteer credential (valid all week, even when you aren't working), one grounds ticket per day for a guest, volunteer pin, lanyard and an invitation to the volunteer appreciation party. This package is an over $300 value!
If you can't volunteer, consider sponsoring a Future Professional! We have students willing to work! Please visit the NJAHPERD website and click on the Barclays Tickets Fore Charity tab for more details or call the NJAHPERD office.

NJAHPERD is proud to recognize Dance Teacher of the Year, Barbara Brady, Linden High School and Middle School Teacher of the Year, Susan Toth, Tenafly Middle School.  Both teachers were honored at the NASPE Hall of Fame Banquet in Charlotte, NC on Friday evening as Eastern District TOYs.

Judy LoBianco was also presented with the Channing Mann K-12 Physical Education Administrator of the Year Award honoring an individual who exemplifies the highest standards in accomplishmnet and innovation, strong and vigorous leadership and significant scholarship within the field.

The National Association for Sport and Physical Edcuation proudly recognized Alexander Calleros, Wesley Ostrzycki and Natalie Santillo, William Paterson University and Cristofero Di Nucci, Kean University as the 2013 Outstanding Majors of the Year.

NJAHPERD extends an invitation to Athletic Director/Supervisor of Health and Physical Education to join NJAHPERD. If your AD is also the Supervisor of Health and Physical Education, please send his/her name and email address to the NJAHPERD office. We will formally invite them to join NJAHPERD and send you a special thank you gift.  

• AAHPERD's new vision statement is: "Healthy People - Physically Educated and Physically Active!"
• The new mission is: "To advance professional practice and promote research related to health and physical education, physical activity, dance and sport."

At that same meeting the AA elected Dolly Lambdin, Ed.D., of the University of Texas at Austin, as the new President-Elect.

AAHPERD and NJAHPERD are dedicated to meeting your needs and bringing you innovative and meaningful programs, products and services that contribute to the betterment of our professions. NJAHPERD encourages all professionals to join AAHPERD, as well as the state professional organization. The time is NOW for our profession. Join AAHPERD

Professional Development  

NJAHPERD recommends that you include all the professional development events you would like to attend for the 2013-14 school year in your Professional Development Plan now so that you are not denied the content specific professional development you need to be a highly effective teacher.

Dates are listed on the NJAHPERD website.

The presenters at the Nutrition Education Conference held on Friday, April 12, 2013 at NJSIAA headquarters in Robbinsville provided a wealth of resources on performance nutrition and resources for teaching MyPlate and beyond. Thank you to Dr. Felicia Stoler, Nutritionist & Exercise Physiologist and Joanne Kinsey, Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Special thanks to Steve Bergonzoni who provided USDA resources for attendees

This PD event was a collaborative effort with the NJDOE Coordinated School Health Project, Thank you to NJSIAA for hosting the event.

Resources will be posted on the NJAHPERD website.

Best Practices Fitness Education/Fitnessgram Training

June 7, 2013
Ocean Township Intermendiate School
West Park Ave
Ocean, NJ 07712

More information 

NEWS YOU CAN USE

HEALTH EDUCATOR NEWS YOU CAN USE 

Drinking just one 12-ounce soda a day may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, a new study from Europe suggests. 

In the study, people who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened soda daily were 18 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes over a 16-year period compared with those who did not consume soda. And people who drank two sodas daily were 18 percent more likely to have a stroke than those who drank one; those who drank three sodas daily saw the same risk increase compared with those who drank two, and so on.

The results held even after the researchers took into account risk factors for Type 2 diabetes such as age and physical activity levels, body mass index (BMI) and the total daily calorie intake.

The findings agree with earlier studies in the United States, which found daily soda consumption increased the risk of Type 2 diabetes by 25 percent.

However, the study found only an association, and cannot prove soda consumption causes Type 2 diabetes. It's possible other factors not accounted for by the study influenced the disease risk. In addition, participants answered questions about their diet just once at the study's start, and it's possible they changed their diets over time, the researchers said.

The researchers analyzed information from about 12,000 people who developed Type 2 diabetes between 1991 and 2007, and a randomly selected group of about 15,000 people, most of whom did not develop diabetes. All participants were taking part in a larger study looking into the interaction between diet, environmental factors and the risk of cancer and chronic diseases conducted in eight European countries.

People who drank one or more glasses of sugar-sweetened soda a day were about 30 percent more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who drank less than one glass a month.

Because the link between sugar-sweetened soda and Type 2 diabetes was independent of BMI (an indicator of obesity level) and calorie intake, this finding suggests that other factors, such as the spike in blood sugar people experience when they drink soda, may play a role in the risk, the researchers said.

People who drank diet soda were also at increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes during the study compared with those who drank no soda. However, when the researchers took into account participants' BMI and total energy intake, the increased risk disappeared. This finding suggests that the link between diet soda and diabetes risk was driven by participants' weight: People who are obese, and thus already at risk for Type 2 diabetes, tend to report higher consumption of diet drinks.

Healthy food choices (such as eating plenty of fruits and vegetables), daily exercise and weight loss can help prevent Type 2 diabetes, or slow the progress of the disease in those with prediabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic. 

The new study was published on April 24, 2013 in the journal Diabetologia.Here is a resource to encourage consumption of healthier drinks: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/pdf/rethink_your_drink.pdf

Let's Move! Active Schools 

 Become a Champion TODAY!

We know that schools today are facing all sorts of challenges.  They're balancing multiple priorities and dealing with shrinking budgets while striving to do every single thing they can to help our children learn and grow. 

Let's Move! Active Schools is designed to address these challenges by spurring innovative solutions and offering customized support every step of the way.  We know that our kids need 60 minutes of physical activity daily, not only so they can grow up healthy, but also because we know it helps them succeed in school.  That's why this program empowers schools to find free or low-cost ways to incorporate movement before, during, and after the school day.  We'll help connect schools to grant opportunities, online resources, personal assistance, and hands-on professional development.

There's just one thing we're still missing-you. 

We're looking for school champions to lead this effort in communities across the country.  Every school needs a champion, and anyone can be that champion.  From P.E. and classroom teachers to administrators, staff, and parents, all it takes is one dedicated person to step up and start making a difference.  

All you have to do is sign up at LetsMoveSchools.org and follow a simple, six-step process to create an active school environment and build support among leadership, staff, families, and other community members.  Along the way, you'll have access to free tools and resources to help you take action.

Remember to indicate NJAHPERD for "How did you hear about us?" Register NOW!

To read the First Lady's remarks in Chicago, click here. 

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

Many THANKS to ALL of you who have completed your scheduled JUMP and HOOPS events. Please remember to complete the surveys that will be sent from American Heart with your thoughts about improving educational materials, "Thank You" gift suggestions, etc.

Most importantly....DON'T FORGET  to talk with your AHA representative about registering next year's event!

Sincerely,

Christine Baccarella

Jump Rope/Hoops Coordinator, NJAHPERD

ADVOCACY

NJAHPERD Advocacy has had a very productive and busy year.  The Every Child Stronger Every Life Longer theme continues to drive us forward.  The creation of our new Legislative Action Committee is helping us to continue our proactive push to advocate and lobby with legislators and for legislative action that supports our mission.   We are working hand in hand with our lobbyist, the Torok Group, to strategize multiple and diverse ways to connect with NJ legislators as well as to educate our membership about legislative action and issues. Prescheduled bimonthly meetings as well as additional meetings based on need have facilitated this process.  Furthermore, our committee is developing stronger alliances and communication networks with partners and other stakeholders such as NJEA, American Heart Association, New Jersey Driver Education Coalition and the ShapingNJ Coalition.  Recently a proposed Recess Bill was brought before the NJ Senate for a vote.  The bill would require all elementary schools to provide a daily 20 minute recess period for all children.    NJAHPERD and partners pushed for an amendment that would stipulate that schools could not use recess in place of physical education class. The amendment was approved by the Senate! To become law, the bill will still need to pass in the New Jersey Assembly as well as approved by the governor.  The NJAHPERD Legislative Action Committee is currently working with the Torok Group and our many partners to support approval of this bill.

RESOURCES

TEEN DRIVER RESOURCES

Judging from all the prominent wreaths and crosses memorializing young people killed on our roads, North Jersey parents don't need statistics to recognize the grim reality that traffic accidents kill more people under 21 than anything else.

But a recent New Jersey State Police analysis produced a stunning statistic that's cause for hope in the campaign to keep novice motorists safe...MORE

Federal regulators issued guidelines Tuesday aimed at making it tougher for drivers to become distracted by the navigation or infotainment systems in new cars.

But automakers say limits on in-car technology will backfire, enticing drivers into using their personal smartphones instead of cars' built-in systems.

The guidelines issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are voluntary, although widespread adoption is likely. Car companies are urged to restrict any system that lets drivers push buttons or otherwise manually input addresses or other data while the car is moving. Voice-activated systems are preferred. MORE

New research suggests it's just as unsafe to use a voice-to-text mobile app while driving as it is to text manually.

The new study is by the Texas Transportation Institute, which says this is the first research on whether there are driving safety advantages in using voice-to-text apps.

Thestudy involved 43 licensed drivers in a 2009 Ford Explorer. They each drove four times for about 10 minutes at 30 mph: while not texting at all, while texting manually, while texting with the voice-to-text app on the iPhone, and while doing so with the Android smartphone voice-to-text app. MORE

GRANTS & CONTESTS

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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 Best Practices Fitness Education/FitnessGram training
• Nutrition Conference
• Lake Conference
• Teacher of the Year Conference
• Dance in Physical Education Conference
• Adapted Health & Physical Education Conference
• NJEA Convention
• Hands on Health Conference
• 2014 Annual Convention
• Pre-Convention Workshops

Details are available on the NJAHPERD website for all professional development events.

Disclaimer: The ideas in the FYI do not necessarily reflect NJAHPERD's official position on the issues. NJAHPERD assumes no responsibility for any statement as fact or opinion presented, nor does acceptance of advertising imply endorsement of any products or services by the Association.