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Jump Rope for Heart eNasco.com/healtheducation contents VOLUME 55, ISSUE 2 SPRING 2017 M E S S A G E S N E W S & B U S I N E S S President’s Message .......................... 3 Board of Directors ............................. 2 Executive Director’s Message ............. 5 Calendar ............................................. 5 A R T I C L E S & C O L U M N S Convention Location .......... Back Cover Shape America SD Honor Award........ 2 Membership ....................................... 4 A D V E R T I Z E R S Division Report: Physical Education ... 6 Nasco ..............Inside Front/Back Cover Division Report: Health Education 50 Million Strong ............................... 6 and General Division .................... 7 Florida Department of Education Jump Rope & Hoops for Heart ........... 9 Healthy Schools Summer Academy ... 7 District News .................................... 10 Advocacy ......................................... 11 Jump Rope & Hoops for Heart ........... 8 PE Tips ............................................ 13 Women/Girls in Sport Congress... 10 & 16 Teaching Ideas ........................ 14 & 15 Dairy Council ................................... 12 The SHAPE Florida purposes for which the organization is formed are to: Advance high-quality, professional practice in health and physical education, physical activity and sport. Promote healthy, active lifestyles for Florida’s children, youth and adults. Encourage, stimulate, support and provide experiences for professional development in the members of the Society. Encourage, promote and provide programs for continuous improvement and advancement of professional standards for personnel and programs. Advocate for high quality, professional standards for programs in health education, physical education and physical activity for Florida citizens. Affiliate and cooperate with other state, district and national organizations with who the organization shares a common purpose and mission. Monitor, acquire and disseminate current literature in the academic fields rep r es ented in the Alliance. SUBMISSIONS See information on author guidelines listed at the current SHAPE Florida website www.shapefla.org ADDRESS CHANGES E-mail address changes to [email protected] ADVERTISING For pricing and other information, contact E-mail: [email protected] ADDITIONAL COPIES Copies of this Journal are available f or $5 each. Email [email protected]. Quantities are limited. COPYRIGHT Copyright 2017 by SHAPE Florida Society of Health And Physical Educators Florida Opinions expressed by authors of articles summarized, quoted, or published in full in this Journal do not necessarily reflect the official policy of SHAPE Florida, or the institution with which the author(s) is (are) affiliated, unless so specified. The Journal format is copyrighted and pages may not be photocopied, except in limited quantities, or posted online, without per mission of SHAPE Florida. Copying done for other than personal or internal reference use without the expressed permission of SHAPE Florida is prohibited. Requests for special permission should be sent www.shapefla.org to [email protected]. SHAPE Florida 1 SHAPE Florida Board of Directors 2016-2017 Executive Committee At- Large Professional Members President Ashley Grimes Member Ashley Mahaven [email protected] [email protected] President-Elect Daniel Drost Member Laurie Cox [email protected] [email protected] Past President Bruce Sheffield Member Eric Stern [email protected] [email protected] Executive Director Hollie Newnam Student Representatives [email protected] Student Representative Princy Dorsainvil Parliamentarian Jim Ewbank [email protected] [email protected] Student Representative-Elect Megan Brock Physical Education Division [email protected] Other Vice President Ashley Riley Department of Education Nicole Wilder [email protected] [email protected] Vice President-Elect Robert Sinibaldi Jump Coordinator Jeanne Fifer [email protected] [email protected] Health Education & General Division Hoops Coordinator Carolyn Deep [email protected] Vice President Kim Gerlich [email protected] Lobbyist/Advocate Fely Curva [email protected] Vice President-Elect Carolyn Pratt Conference Program Rhonda Chalmers [email protected] [email protected] SHAPE Florida Journal Editorial & Advisory Board JAN PARKE, Editor JANE PANSE NANCY PEREZ ROBERT SINIBALDI [email protected] PEGGY JOHNS LESLIE WILLIAMS SHAPE America Southern District Honor Award Dr. Hollie M. Newnam The SHAPE America Southern District Honor Award recognizes meritorious contributions to the fields of physical education, health education, sport and leisure, and/or dance, or to the profession through such allied fields as science and education. Qualifications for this award include a minimum of 10 years of meritorious service in Southern District; SHAPE America membership for at least five continuous years prior to receiving the award; and being of high moral character whose contributions have most fully expressed the spirit of service, which the award represents. Hollie Newnam, Executive Director of SHAPE Florida, holds a PhD in Physical Education from Florida State University (FSU), an M.S. in Educational Leadership from Nova University and a B.A. in Physical Education from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Hollie was an elementary school principal, assistant professor at FSU in the Sport Management, Recreation, and Physical Education Department and an instructor in the Physical Education Department at UCF. Additional work experience includes high school physical education instruction and supervisor in Volusia County as well as grant writing consulting. In Florida, Hollie served as President of FAHPERDS, Chair of the Advocacy Strategy Panel and 18 years as Conference Program Director. She received the Peter Everett Honor Award, Don Knitt Service Award and Presidential Awards in 2016, 2013, 2008 and 2007. Hollie served a 3-year term on the Southern District Board of Directors, and she currently chairs the Southern District nominating committee, serves as a member of the district membership committee and in 2009, served as the Co-Chair of the Local Arrangements committee for the AAHPERD Convention in Tampa. Hollie’s scholarly presentations center around advocacy, grant writing, and measurement and evaluation in the areas of teacher education and sports conditioning. For the past 18 years, Hollie has been a strong advocate for physical education at the capitol in Tallahassee. 2 SHAPE Florida SHAPE Florida President Ashley Grimes Strength in Numbers: Building Capacity through Physical Literacy As physical education and health professionals we encourage our students to engage in physical activity outside the school day and we utilize best practices in our teaching to ensure that our students are both physically and health literate. Physical education is the only place where children receive formal instruction from a trained professional in the fundamental movement patterns and skills. Physical literacy is the goal of physical education. Our standards contain the content for what students need to know and to be able to do to be physically literate. It’s about developing movement competencies. The more movement competencies a child has the more activities they can do; and the richer their physical literacy journey. Developing physical literacy is a shared responsibility. The Aspen Institute identified 10 sectors positioned to play key roles in developing physical literacy: • Community recreation organizations • Public health agencies and foundations • Education • Media and technology • Fitness organizations • Business and industry • National Sport Organizations • Parents • Health Care and Medical Providers • Policy makers and civic leaders. They say it takes a village to raise a child. We are a part of that Unfortunately our students are not all where we need them village. to be. “Worsening obesity and the associated negative health consequences will have a catastrophic social, economic, military, How do we build that village to support that child? Here are and emotional impact on the nation’s future if left unabated” some questions you may ask. Who will you recruit as your (Jefferies, 2016). Consequently, this has also impacted the teammates? What stakeholders do you bring to the table to direction of legislation as well. We are constantly on the reactive enhance your program? Do you ask the PTA for support to adopt as is relates to physical education requirements, health education your program? Do you ask nearby high schools or universities credits, and physical education waivers. We now have to decide to provide volunteers to enhance your field day? Do you partner how to act. On one hand, we can choose to ignore and let it run its with local community organizations? Do you collaborate course or we can act and make the necessary changes. We have with classroom teachers to provide cross-curricular learning? the distinct opportunity as highly qualified physically educated What are you doing to stand-out and provide physical literate professionals to make the greatest impact on our youth. We are individuals? This is strength in numbers. It is a collaborative equipped with the tools and strategies to make our students fit an and strategic approach to physical education. This is our theme active for life. for this year. Think about your practice, your
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