COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 107
May 12, 2005
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Acting
Superintendent of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Virginia Health and Physical Activity Institute,
July 23-27, 2006, James Madison University |
The Virginia Departments of Health and
Education, and the Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance extend an invitation to all administrators and teachers
to participate in the 2006 Health and Physical Activity Institute. The conference theme this year is Your
Best Health Insurance is Good Nutrition and Regular Physical Activity. The institute is scheduled for July
23-27, 2006, at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
This
staff development provides opportunities for sharing effective teaching and
learning practices that improve the health and educational performance of
children through better nutrition and physical activity instruction in
Virginias schools.
The
2006 institute will feature several nationally acclaimed educators. Jean Blaydes
Madigans opening workshop Action Based Literacy highlights the importance of
movement and physical activity in the learning process. In another
keynote presentation, Its Not Just Gym Anymore, Bane McCracken will
show how to develop a program that prepares students to be physically active
after they graduate.
A variety of concurrent sessions will also be offered that will
focus on nutrition, technology, fitness, dance, curriculum resources,
standards-based assessment, and differentiated instruction for special needs
students.
In
addition to the highlighted keynote and concurrent sessions there are several
special events that require early arrivals on Sunday, July 23, 2006.
The Bicycle Education Certification Course for
teachers will be offered again this year.
This 12-hour specialty workshop covers types of bikes, gears and shifting basics, basic
bike maintenance, and K-12 curriculum ideas.
A train-the-trainer course for CPR will provide teachers with the skills to take the curriculum back
to their communities to train other teachers and staff.
Virginia
Commonwealth University will offer a three-credit health and physical
education graduate course, and James
Madison University will offer a three-credit Technology in Health and
Physical Education course (KIN 511).
Registration information for the institute and additional
information about the special events is available online at http://www.jmu.edu/kinesiology/hpainstitute/.
If
you need additional information about the 2006 Health and Physical Activity
Institute, please contact Vanessa
Wigand, principal specialist for health education, physical education, and
driver education, Office of Middle and High School Instruction, by e-mail at Vanessa.Wigand@doe.virginia.gov,
or by telephone at (804) 225-3300; or Dr. Jacqueline Williams,
professor, James Madison University, by e-mail at williaja@jmu.edu or by telephone at (540)
568-6957.
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