ceellis@aps.k12.co.us http://ceellis.aurorak12.org/

Brain Activities

• Shake

• Neck / Chin Infinity Sign

• Hip Stretch /

• Elbow to Knee Stretch

Taking Attendance

› Warm-up Activity –

› Attention Command – “Hooty-Hoo!”, “Cowabunga!”

› Attendance / Note-cards

Divide class into groups - Colored Cards

Instructional Lines

Exercise Lines

› Formative Assessment

List and discuss what do you currently do to

promote physical education?

Brain Activities

• Body Drumming

• Switch, Change, Rotate

• Passing Out Papers

Turning Over a New Leaf Activity

› What units do you currently teach?

› List all the units you have taught in the last year.

› Circle all of the Team Sports activities.

Turning Over a New Leaf Activity

› What units are you going to teach in the next year?

› List as many units as you can from the following categories.

Dual and Individual Sports

Rhythm And Dance

Adventure Sports

Team Sports

› Cross out the Team Sports from the other side of the paper.

NASPE Suggestion #1.

› Send an email to your principal, superintendent, and/or

school board, Legislators telling them about an

AWESOME program, change, or contribution you made in

the field of PE last year, or better yet set up a meeting with

the powers that be, to relate the importance of PE in our

schools.

NASPE Suggestion #2.

› Spend the next month planning innovative ways you can

change / improve your PE program this coming year, e.g.,

becoming a Zumba instructor, writing a grant to purchase

equipment, or implementing exer-gaming into your

curriculum.

Advocacy vs. Lobbying

› Advocate or Lobby? Advocate: Convey an opinion

Lobby: Ask for something from an elected official

Advocacy 101—7 Steps

› 1. Identify the problem

› 2. Prepare the message

› 3. Understand the process

› 4. Know who you are visiting

› 5. The meeting

› 6. Deliver your message

› 7. Follow up

• Crazy Eights

• Music Conductor

• Thumb and Index Finger Change

• Nose and Ear Change

• Knife-hand Strike

Brain Activities

8. Lobby – Ask! › List and Discuss your #1 problem or issue

in your situation that need to be

addressed.

• NASPE Suggestion #3.

• Start a Family Fitness Night at

your school, where students and

parents are invited into the school

one night per month to partake in

fun activities as a family!

What facilities are around your school?

› Parks & Recreation Department Facilities

Par-course Fitness, Pools, Ropes Course, Trails

› Gyms / Personal Trainers

› Martial Arts Gyms

› Dance Studio’s

› Sporting Goods Stores, Health Equipment Vendors

Make Contact, Take Pictures, Student Project.

Get Permission -Reserve a Facility - Set a Date!

Design a Schedule

Vendor / Donation Call –

› General Information

› Estimated Attendance

› Tables, Outlets,

› Schedule,

› Supply Door Prizes

› (Fundraiser goals) Cost / Spot

Let’s Move Aurora!

Press Release

› Who, What, When, Why, Contact Information

Create a Flier

› Who, What, When, Why, Contact Information

Let’s Move Aurora!

Aurora Sentinel Article ―Fit for Public

Consumption.‖ › http://www.aurorasentinel.com/uncategorized/fit-for-public-consumption/

Promotion on Channel 2 Colorado’s Best. › http://www.coloradosbest.tv/2012/04/30/family-fitness-night/

Volunteers

› Registration

Liability Waiver – attendance

Local PETE Club

› Set up / Takedown

Cones or tape to mark spots

Sound System

Let’s Move Aurora!

NASPE Suggestion #4

Use a digital camera to take pictures of your

students in action during the first few weeks of

school and create a movie using Windows Movie

Maker, Photo Story, or iMovie and show the

video at an open house night or school board

meeting.

Do you have a physical education website????

http://ceellis.aurorak12.org/

What do you believe

should be included in a

quality physical education

website?

• Rock Paper Scissors

• Hook-ups

Brain Activities

• NASPE Suggestion #5

• Sit down with the English, Math, Science, Social

Science teachers at your school this fall and

discuss ways you can incorporate literacy and

math into your lessons and even better yet, ways

they can incorporate fitness, brain engagement,

and physical education concepts into their

classrooms.

District Curriculum Council

Dialog Classes/District Leadership Presentation

NASPE Suggestion #6.

• Challenge yourself to get at least 5 of your best PE

teacher friends to log on to social networks, groups

and pages. Create an account to become a part of the

newest and latest thing to hit the world of PE!

NASPE ―Speak-Out‖ day, or ―Lobby Day‖

Other AAHPERD days on the hill

State ―Lobby Day‖

State Report Card (Shape of the Nation)

Jump Rope for Heart

Hoops for Heart

There is no "status quo“

You are either in a state of

progress, or a state of

decay!