Welcome back to the school and academic year.

Advocacy may be defined as the ability to influence positive outcomes in decision making that will influence elements in your school such as engagement with Health and Physical Education (HPE), Principal support, access to professional learning opportunities, and investment in your school's physical environment, sport and HPE programs.

2015 will bring opportunities for you to make a difference in your advocacy contributions. Advocacy may enable you to provide programs and influence healthy and active educative outcomes in your schools and wider communities.

In order to support you, ACHPER National has released two National Position Statements to give you access to information that will strengthen and offer clarity to your advocacy.

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ACHPER National has developed a Position Statement on the Importance of the Health and Physical Education learning area in schools to assist teachers, parents and caregivers, school principals and administrators, kindred scientific, professional and service organisations to understand and advocate HPE curriculum implementation, to enable real change. 

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ACHPER National, in its Position Statement Support for the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education, advocates for high quality well-resourced professional development opportunities for teachers focused on improving confidence and competence in planning and delivery of HPE curriculum content and knowledge of valid and authentic assessment practices in HPE. 

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2015 holds a particular significance for ACHPER, celebrating 60 years of being a national organisation, with its beginnings going back to the Australian Physical Education Association.

To recognise this momentous milestone, ACHPER will be celebrating and reflecting on the successes of the past and the opportunities and challenges that will have a profound impact on its future during the 29th ACHPER International Conference. 

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Now is a great time to think about your professional learning needs for 2015. There are a number of workshops and conferences for both primary and secondary teachers being held by your ACHPER branch this year to inspire you to new heights with your teaching. 

You can view Term 1 events via the National PD Calendar. This is updated regularly so make sure you keep checking back.

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After processing more than 200 abstracts for the 29th ACHPER International Conference, the Conference program is now in the development stages and will be released mid-February 2015. The program will feature national and international educators in Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Registration is open! Come and network with like-minded individuals and stimulate your professional thinking by hearing from presenters from Australia and overseas. To find out more information about keynote speakers, registration costs and to register online, please visit the #ACHPER2015 website below.

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Andy Hair from Leopold Primary School in Geelong, Victoria reflects on where he started and what has helped shape his career in Physical Education, and shares the greatest impact on his career which has occurred in the last 5 years.

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Play with Purpose: The Game Sense Coaching Approach for Australian Football (AFL) emphasises learning strategies and skills required to participate more confidently and in a 'thinking' way.

This second edition incorporates reader feedback, containing 16 additional pages of content to encourage teachers and coaches towards game-based Game Sense coaching at all stages of game development.

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