Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities 

OAHPERD Introduces Fall Workshop Series

The OAHPERD is offering a free benefit to members and nonmembers.  Education is important to the development and improvement of our health and physical education programs.  OAHPERD has compiled a list of “experts” in the various fields within these discipline as well as a list of workshop topics which may be of interest to OAHPERD members.  

As a host of a workshop, all you need to do is secure the location and equipment necessary for the presentation and advertise it within your school or district.  OAHPERD will coordinate the presentation and speaker with you and the speaker, and will provide reimbursement for reasonable costs incurred by the speaker. Most workshops are three hours in length.

Click here for a list of potential topics or contact Peggy Blankenship at Peggy@assnoffices.com for additional details.

Information Sheet on Fall Workshop Series

Health Education: A Skill Based Approach

The Ohio Department of Education and Buckeye Healthy Schools Alliance are sponsoring a two day health education workshop for middle and high school health teachers. This workshop is set up as two interactive training sessions designed to teach educators to develop curriculum, teaching units and lessons plans that focus on building the critical thinking and decision making skills students need to establish good health behaviors.  This development opportunity is designed as two full-day workshops scheduled 4 months apart. Participants will meet on November 19, 2010 and learn how to incorporate characteristics of effective health programs into their health education curriculum then come back together on February 11, 2011 to share the successes and challenges they experienced when they implemented the skills and strategies they learned in their classrooms.  For more information about this training opportunity and to register for the workshop go to the Buckeye Healthy Schools Alliance website… http://www.bhsalliance.org/
 

Physical Best is a comprehensive health-related fitness education program developed by physical educators for physical educators K-12.  Physical Best was designed to challenge, encourage, and educate ALL children regardless of athletic talent, physical and mental abilities or disabilities.  Its focus is to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes for a healthy and fit life.