The Mighty One The Quarterly Newsletter of CPRS District 1 CPRS District 1 A message from our District 1 President... Calendar of Events Hello District 1, It has already been 3 months since the new District 1 Board was installed at the Awards and Installation Banquet in Novato. Since then we have been hard at June: work organizing multiple workshops, trainings, and networking opportunities 6 Surf-n-Turf for you this year! July: Our first big event is happening on Saturday, June 6th at the Finley Community 16 Board Meeting, Center in Santa Rosa. We have combined two of our well known summer Marinwood events, the Summer Leadership Workshop and TOTAL Guard Aquatics Workshop, to create one incredible training for all – Surf ‘N Turf, Aquatic and Camp Staff Training! With over 20 educational sessions throughout the day for August: Summer Camp Staff, Lifeguards, and Swim Instructors, this event truly has 20 Board Meeting, something for everyone! Registration is still being accepted. Please see the Sonoma County lyer in this newsletter for more information about this phenomenal event, and ways to register your staff! Special thanks to the City of Santa Rosa for September: allowing us to utilize their great Community Center for this event! 17 Board Meeting, Novato Looking further ahead to this Fall, we are excited to be hosting our Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament (date and location TBA), General Membership Meeting in Novato this October, and our Biennial Region 1 Fall Forum in San Ramon on November 5th! Our Board is also currently working on planning Visit us on the web for several roundtables this year to provide more opportunities for our members to more information on connect, share ideas, and learn from one another. More information about all of what’s happening in these events can be found in the next edition of our Mighty One Newsletter – stay tuned! District 1! www.facebook.com/cprsd1 This year, we have an incredibly enthusiastic and motivated board of 18 recreation professionals ready to represent you. Yes, that’s right, you! CPRS is http://districti.cprs.org a member-driven organization and our board is here to ensure that you, our members, are receiving the services, professional development and networking opportunities you signed up for when you joined CPRS. A complete list of our http://community.cprs.org current board members can be found in this newsletter for your reference. Please do not hesitate to contact myself, or anyone else on our board, if you have a burning question or idea, if you would like to see something changed, considered, enhanced or added – we would love to hear from you! District 1 Mission Statement: As you finalize your preparation for summer, I leave you with a quote from the poet William Carlos Williams, “In summer, the song sings itself.” Enjoy! CPRS District 1 promotes and enhances the benefits Sincerely, of parks and recreation Katie Gauntlett through the empowerment CPRS District 1 President of its members. City of Novato [email protected] 415-899-8298 Surf-n-turf FOR: Camp Director/Counselor FOR: Swim Instructors/Aquatics Session 1 Session 1 1 Snacks Reality Check: Lifeguards and Swim Instructors 2 Customer Service Come learn about the reality of being a part of an aquatic team 3 Verbal Self Defense and how best to serve pool goers this season. Lifeguards and 4 Directors Round Table Swim Instructors have the important job to prevent incidents and 5 Big Games/Sports Remix save lives. 6 From Chaos to Order - Transitions 7 Games to Keep Campers Engaged Session 2 - Roundtable: 8 Behavior Management 1 Games, Songs and enthusiasm 2 Creating a lesson plan/structuring classes Session 2 3 Communicating with non-English speakers 1 Snacks 4 Words, phrases and communication issues in 2 Liability teaching others how to swim 3 Bullying 5 Talk about challenges in teaching the specific age group 4 Just Theme It 5 The Parent Perspective Session 3 6 Turning a Potentially Bad Overcoming challenges when teaching people with disabilities 7 Put Me In Coach 8 Songs, Skits, Stunts Session 4 1 Taking the classroom to the pool Session 3 2 How to set up the location of specific levels in a pool area 1 Recycled Crafts 3 Types of teaching aids that can be used 2 Customer Service 4 How to physically demonstrate or help others learn strokes 3 First Impressions/Memorable Exits 5 How to hold others in the water 4 Bullying 6 Where to stand while teaching in relation to the class 5 Improve State of Mind: 6 Planning with Pinterest 7 Behavior Management FOR: Lifeguards/Aquatics 8 Big Games Session 2 Session 4 Breaking rescue skills down into small steps to accomplish big results. 1 Recycled Crafts 2 Role Play Scenarios Session 3 3 Planning with Pinterest Training yourself for emergency response. 4 Taking the Comp out of Sports/Games 5 Motivating Campers/Volunteers Session 4 6 Team Work Putting it all together - Rescue drills and caring for the victim 7 Songs, Skits, Stunts until EMS arrives. 8 Big Games Sincerely, Surf-n-Turf Planning Committee What’s Happening In District 1 Mill Valley Recreation By: Kat Reisinger “You say that you love your children…And are concerned that they learn today…As am I, that's why I'm providing…A variety of kinds of play.” In answer to NAEYC’s poem “The Value of Play,” Mill Valley Recreation has been busy providing a springtime full of play for all ages. Earth Day In Mill Valley With a plethora of activities throughout the month of April, the Mill Valley community came together on April 25th to celebrate “It’s My Park!” – a beautification day where individuals of all ages helped clean two neighborhood parks by picking up litter, pulling weeds, painting signs, planting trees and native vegetation all while enjoying the outdoors and taking ownership over their community. Starduster Dances Slip into your dancing shoes and kick up your heels one Tuesday a month as the Mill Valley Seniors Club welcome the Starduster Orchestra for an evening full of dancing and fun. The Orchestra is a traditional big band playing music from all periods, they specialize in swing and dance music from the 30’s, 40’s & 50’s. The excitement of their music compels audiences from eighteen to eights to get up and dance! Mill Valley Recreation By: Kat Reisinger Sustainable Sports Marathon Spring welcomed Mill Valley Recreation’s 3rd year of its partnership with the Sustainable Sports Foundation of Marin, the sponsor for our swim lesson scholarship program which has reached over 35 families in Southern and Central Marin providing high quality swim instruction to children. To qualify, all scholarship recipients volunteer for one large event. This day is always fun and provides children and families with an opportunity to get outdoors, see athletes compete and give back to their community. Mill Valley LIVE – Illusionist and Magician Brian Scott A crowd of young and old laughed at and with Brian Scott on April 26th during the final installation of our Spring Mill Valley LIVE series where families gathered at the community center from 11:00 – 12:00 to make Sunday a FUNday! Being described as a mix of one part Elvis impersonation, two parts goof, and the facial expressions of Jim Carrey, Brian had families laughing, scratching their head in wonder, and being just outright amazed. All in all, spring has been an exciting time. Mill Valley staff and community alike are gearing up and excited for a great summer of fun! What’s Happening In District 1 Town of Windsor Parks and Recreation By: Olivia Lemen Windsor is planning for the future! With growth and development on the horizon and a General Plan Update underway, the department launched a Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update in the fall of 2014. Your Voice! Your Parks! Your Future! is the theme of our campaign to solicit input while planning the future of Parks and Recreation Services in Windsor. After over 10,000 phone calls, numerous community meetings and workshops, Council interviews, an on-line survey and staff contributions – the Windsor Parks 2030 Master Plan is almost complete! Master Plan consultants Gate + Associates of San Ramon will have the first draft to staff to review by summer. It is anticipated that the Parks and Recreation Commission will review and recommend for adoption by Town Council this fall. As we are also in the biennial budget cycle, it has been exciting to see very consistent immerging areas of interest which we can plan for right out of the gate. Visit our Master Plan website at www.windsorparks2030.com In conjunction with this Master Planning process, the Town hired Geographic Technologies Group from North Carolina to engage in an innovating geodatabase project called GreenCityGIS. The project establishes an inventory of every town owned park, amenity, facility and tree and then creates a complex layer of maps which can be utilized by the public and staff to display all that the town has to offer. Eventually, when the Town switches to our new registration software it will sync and allow staff to see program utilization and saturation as it relates to location and census data. GreenCityGIS also has an Operation Dashboard feature to be used by the Park and Facility maintenance staff which will track the condition of any Town asset in real time and allow staff in the field to update on-the-spot as issues are identified and addressed. Windsor Parks 2030? We are ready! What’s Happening In District 1 The Greater Vallejo Recreation District BattleBots is back — and will be filming new episodes in Vallejo in May, a show producer and the city’s film liaison said Friday.