Active School - PowerPoint Presentation

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Active School

Mini Grant

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Getting Started…

Why did you agree to be on this Active School Team?Did you get a chance to look at the video’s/article sent by email?http://sspw.dpi.wi.gov/sspw_physicaledWhat did you think? What did you take-away?Slide3

60 minutes of physical activity is recommended for kids to get each dayIt is estimated only half meet this guideline.Students who are physically active tend to have better:GradesSchool AttendanceCognitive Performance

Classroom BehaviorIncrease Concentration and FocusWhat We KnowSlide4

Children spend up to half of their waking hours in school. In an increasingly sedentary world, schools provide the best opportunity for a population-based approach to increasing physical activity among youth.Today, the role of the school is more important than ever as fewer families have a parent at home who is not participating in the paid labor force, and

students are spending more time in before- and after-school programs outside of the home.Schools have a broad reach. Structuring school environments to encourage and support physical activity offers a unique opportunity to reach nearly all children and adolescents.Lifelong health habits are initiated early in life. Schools have an impact on children's health both today and in the future.Why should schools be more active?

Glickman, D., Parker, L.,

Sim

, L.J., Cook, H. & Miller, E.A., (Eds.) (2012) Accelerating progress in

obesity prevention

: Solving the weight of the nation. Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention. Food

and Nutrition

Board. Institute of Medicine.Slide5

Studies Show Fitness Matters

Journal of Pediatrics, August 2013Slide6

Many strategies of increasing physical activity effect school performance.How to increase physical activity at school.

Active Classrooms

Active Recess

Active PE

Before & After School

Family & Community

Active Schools: Core 4+ StrategiesSlide7

All are proven to help students’ achievement.

Physical Activity PracticeRelated Academic Achievement Outcomes

Students who are physically active

Have better grades, better school attendance, and better

classroom

behaviors

Higher physical activity and

physical

fitness levels

Improved cognitive performance

More participation in physical education class

Better grades, standardized test scores, and classroom behavior

Time spent in recess

Improved

cognitive performance

and classroom behaviors

Participation in brief classroom physical activity breaks

Improved cognitive performance, classroom behaviors,

and

education

outcomes

Participation in extracurricular

physical activities

Higher GPAs, lower drop-out rates, and fewer disciplinary problems

Healthy Kids, Successful Students. Stronger Communities

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Active classrooms means integrating movement breaks, also known as energizing breaks or brain breaks, outside of physical education and recess, into the school day. Can be shorter time periods (3-5 minutes). Although a total of 20 minutes is the goal.Regular breaks improve learning because they give students time to make sense of information. In the classroom, children need breaks for learning to be effective.

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Active Recess involves purposefully designing the playground and recess activities to encourage physical activity for all students. Incorporates activities on the grassy areas or fields, blacktop surfaces, and playground equipment.Provides children with a guarantee of non-structured play each day.Provides some structure to recess and

may include several activity stations scattered around the playground and green spaces.Active RecessActive Schools: Core 4+ StrategiesSlide10

Effective physical educators can teach skills while students spend a majority of their time being physically active.They employ a variety of strategies, all of which may be used to increase the amount of active time. These can include:Management strategies such as active roll call and assigned rollsInstructional strategies such as student-selected activities during the beginning and end of class

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School districts can implement a wide variety of before- and after- school programs that include physical activity for students and perhaps their families.These can include:IntramuralsSchool-community recreationCommunity education

21st Century Community Learning CentersClubs and related education-focused programsBefore & After School

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Encourage students to develop activity patterns that go beyond the school setting which supports lifelong participation. This may be completed at the school, or PE teacher level.Creating assignments to encourage physical activity.

Family & CommunityActive Schools: Core 4+ StrategiesSlide13

The ultimate goal is the amount of impact you can have.Reach x Dose = ImpactReach ~ how many people in the targeted population are being affected.Dose ~ how much of a given strategy is occurring, which we’ll measure using 10 minutes as one “dose” of physical activity.* Keep in mind impact when thinking

about your strategies. *Making an ImpactActive Schools: Core 4+ StrategiesSlide14

Scenario #1 – The school holds a “1-day walking event”. About 150 students participate (reach) and the average student walks for 30 minutes (dose), which is equal to three doses (10 min = 1 dose). The total impact is 150 x 3 = 450.Scenario #2 – The school implements an Active Classroom policy and all classrooms and students participate daily in 10 minutes of activity in the morning and 10 minutes of activity in the afternoon (2 doses/day). The 200 students participate all year long or about 180 school days. So the total impact is 200 students x 2 doses/day

x 180 days = 72,000.Making the Most Impact

Active Schools ToolkitSlide15

Challenge the strategies you choose :What’s the reach and the dose?Will many students benefit from it?Will this lead to more?Will this continue if our team is not there?Is there a need for more support?

Make Changes That L

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Taking away recess? Using physical activity as punishment?Giving physical activity as a reward?Directing energy toward physical activity?Not having age-appropriate equipment?Providing a wide-range of activity options for all interest and abilities ?

What are the effects of…Slide17

Action Plan FormDecember 15, 2014: Written action plan and preliminary budget due.March 15, 2015: Final project reports due and all orders are complete.

Action PlanSlide18

FolderActive School Core 4+Resources for Active ClassroomsActive Classroom Activity CalendarHealthy RewardsTips for Teachers (CDC)SKIPing toward an Active StartHealthy Roots Team Leader

Resources Slide19

Where do we go from here?Next Steps