Keynote Address: What is the Key to Happiness?: How to Be Resilient When Life Takes Over
This presentation was very well received at last year’s NYS-AHPERD conference and has big implications for both Health and Physical Educators
Dr. Chris Xaver
Two Special Offerings for Directors of Physical Education
1. Roundtable Presentation: APPR and Your Curriculum: Are You Going to Be Ready? What Do I Need to DO?
S. Daggett
2. Workshop: The Four Most Important Documents in Physical Education
J. Foley, J. Murphy, C. Graczyk
SPECIAL CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP (90 Minutes)
Introduction to Coaching Special Olympics
Presenter | Session | Section | Description |
Chris Xavier | Finding What You Love and Doing It | PE and Health Professionals/ Students | This a breakout session & workshop led by our keynote speaker |
S. Yang | Instant Feedback in Group-based Exergaming: iDANCE ExerGame Expo & Workshop (TWO SESSIONS) | Come and play iDANCE, the best group-based exergaming solution for schools and fitness clubs and learn how to technology can help teachers and students lead a healthy lifestyle. | |
M. English W. Brownell | Disk Golf in Your PE Curriculum | Middle / Secondary PE | This is the real thing. See what the official version of Frisbee Golf looks like- try too |
G. Babjack | Developing an Effective Strength & Conditioning Program for Your Athletic Team | Fitness/Wellness & Coaching | Most coaches use antiquated conditioning programs and wonder why the results are minimal….Find out how to maximize your gains w/ sport specific conditioning |
B. Bromka | Teaching Salsa Dance in PE | Secondary PE | This workshop has been a hit at other conferences! More than dance- also ideas to teach cultural diversity |
G. Babjack | Kidnastics: A Refresher on a Model That Works in Schools | Elem. PE | If “Kidnastics” is a new term or an old one- get a refresher on this easy to use model that makes gymnastics teaching much easier |
K. Taylor | Leadership : The Power to Empower | Secondary/Coaching philosophy | What’s does your coaching philosophy include??? How can you nurture leadership in your athletes at the high school level or beyond? |
Project LEAPE : L. Herman, A. Houghtaling, A. Marks | Sled Hockey | Adapted PE | This one meets in the ice arena. Learn about a great adaptation of ice hockey. Bring your jacket and have some fun! |
S. Malmberg | Theme Days for Elementary PE | Elementary PE | Halloween?, Thanksgiving?, Olympics? Get a bundle of ideas about making special themed days in your curriculum |
L. Kapakpchiev | Fencing in School PE Program (TWO SESSIONS) | Middle & Secondary PE | Yes, you can teach fencing. Find out how to use plastic replicas to teach real fencing skills in school |
N. Kane | Turning Sports Skills into Hip Hop | Secondary PE | This workshop is just what you have been looking for! Make your dance offerings more relevant- morphing sports into hip-hop. |
L. Keeney | Modified Australian Games | Middle/Secondary PE | Australia is a great sporting country. See some of their games modified for use in PE settings! |
B. Wehinger Polar Electro | Integrating Polar Technology into Your Physical Education Program (TWO SESSIONS) | Secondary PE | See Polar’s newest stuff! Trifit & Pocket Trifit (fitness data collection), PE Manager & Pocket PE Manager (grading, rubrics, and class management), E600 Heart Rate Monitor with PDA download capability |
W. Cooper | Healthy Highway | Elem/MS PE | A K-5 nutrition and exercise program- learn new ways to incorporate nutrition concepts into PE classes |
M. Ferro | Bringing Roller Skating Instruction to Your School | Middle / Elem PE | Learn about program offerings for roller skating instruction by the folks from Reva Rollerdome. Be the one to bring roller skating to your district!!!! |
L. Burghardt | Aerobic Drumming | Elem/middle/sec PE | Ever see the show “Stomp!” ???…this is similar application to the PE setting. Check it out. |
Whitney Point Staff | Heart Partnering: How We Made Badminton into a Community Event | Secondary Directors of PE | What a great story- you can do it too! Find out how physical education can expand into the community. Implications for PE’s future role as community activity advocate |
M. Gibbons M. Wolfe | Strategies for Meeting PE through Rope Jumping | Elem/Middle | Strategies for meeting PE Standards through jump rope… “Jump in” with our JD George jump team showing you how |
C. Wert | Elementary Level PE Profile | Elementary (K-2) | Find out what is happening with the proposed NYS AHPERD Elementary level (K-2) PE Profile |
Project LEAPE : L. Herman, A. Houghtaling, A. Marks | Wheelchair Sports | Adapted | Got wheelchair sports? Learn about them and try them out too! |
J. Thompson & Cortland PE Majors | Spice Up Your Warm-ups | All levels- PE | Back by popular demand…ideas you can use Monday! |
D. J. Bevivino J. Walkuski | Play Hands Free with Sepak | Middle/ High school- PE | Sepak is a wild international game with good application to PE class settings. Try it you’ll like it! |
J. Walkuski | Fitness Assessment and Preparation: Not For the Week | All levels- PE | Don’t just give fitness tests- prepare them for it! That’s the theme of this workshop. Rethink the purpose and process of fitness assessing in your program |
Cyber Bullying & Sexting | Secondary/Middle Health | ||
M. Morgan | Nutrition | All levels Health | |
Teaching the Spectrum of Autism | All levels health | ||
R. Carapella | More Than Sad: Teen Depression | Health | |
MS Health Ed. Leadership Team | Exciting Lessons for MS Health | MS Health | |
HS Health Ed. Leadership Team | Exciting Lessons for HS Health | HS Health | |
G. Scutt | Health Projects with the Community | Health | |
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