Oregon SHAPE
Early Bird Registration Ends in One Week!
Early bird registration ends September 14! Join us on October 12 & 13 for our annual Oregon SHAPE conference hosted in Bend! We are bringing out an all-star line-up of speakers to share on exciting topics! Here is a sneak peak of some of our featured sessions.
Unified PE Greatest Hits: Unified PE is a physical education environment which provides a unique opportunity for students with and without disabilities to come together through ongoing educational and physical activities. This session highlights activities and adaptations that are made for students with disabilities in the areas of outdoor pursuits, individual-performance activities, team sports, net/wall games, target games, and dance.
The #PhysEd Playbook: At this session, participants will work collaboratively to start creating The #PhysEd Playbook, a go-to guide filled with highly effective instructional strategies that have a positive impact on student learning. The instructional strategies within the playbook will be organized around the themes of Purpose, Rituals & Routines, Differentiation, Formative Assessment, and Questioning. You will be able to use The #PhysEd Playbook as a starting point to create your own instructional guide for your classes.
If This is Love…Why Am I so Miserable: One-third of adolescents have been involved in an abusive or controlling relationship by the time they leave high school. This workshop will combine usable, student-centered, interactive teaching strategies for recognizing unhealthy and building healthy relationships while allowing movement, discussion, and real life “meaning makers” in a non-sexist package.
Health: Hooks, Meaning-Makers, and Teaching with GRIT!: Gain a classes attention, focus learning, make meaningful connections and foster student-centered culture through a wealth of quick to implement strategies for health education. Find or renew your Teacher GRIT (Get Revved In Teaching) to meet those challenges, and increase that joy!
SHAPE America and Western District Awards
Just a little reminder of these deadlines for SHAPE America and Western District Awards.
District/National TOY in PE, Adaptive PE, Health, and Dance by September 15 with an online application (preferred) to https://www.shapeamerica.org/recognition/awards/toy.aspx OR to the Western District Awards chair Cathy Fischer at dogfish@bresnan.net.
SHAPE America Awards by October 15: https://www.shapeamerica.org/recognition/awards/. Online, email or mail accepted.
SHAPE America Western District nominations by March 1 with applications by April 1 (no fooling) to the Western District Awards chair Cathy Fischer at dogfish@bresnan.net. These awards include the Service, Honor, Scholar and College/University TOY award in health, PE, adaptive PE, and dance pedagogy. The link, https://www.shapeamerica.org/about/districts/western/awards.aspx, will be updated in the next few weeks for the nomination, description, and application forms.
Northwest District Award Nomination Deadline is Fast Approaching!
Nominate your outstanding colleagues today! Deadline to nominate is February 1, 2018. The awards are:
- Honor Award
- Service Award
- College/University TOY
For more information about awards criteria and nomination procedures, please visit the Northwest District website at https://www.shapeamerica.org/about/districts/northwest/awards.aspx
Please contact Cathy Fisher with any questions at dogfish@bresnan.net
Guest Post | Physical Literacy: An American Origin.
November 14, 2017
Written by Tia Kiez and Dr. Dean Kriellaars, University of Manitoba
The use of the term physical literacy has steadily grown since the early 1990’s, due to the promotional and philosophical work of Dr. Margaret Whitehead (M. Whitehead, 2001). Consistent with her philosophical roots, she has a pluralistic view of the term, with a definition/concept that has evolved over time, starting in 1990 (M. E. Whitehead, 1990). Despite the increasing references to physical literacy from the early 1990’s and on, this concept has in fact been mentioned much prior; as early as 1884. Although, the original reference is often attributed to George Morrison in 1969, there are references to physical literacy that date back as early as 1884, where an American in the Army Corp of Engineers utilized the term in colorful description of the physicality of an indigenous culture during a feast. Read More
Advocacy Column | Are you connected with your State and National Organization?
The following is an excerpt from the Advocacy Column. Click the read more tab to access the full article.
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 – Now that the conference has come and gone, we are continuing our series on questions for educators for advocacy. Whether you came to the conference or not, we encourage you to continue to build opportunities for advocacy in your own setting. Check out the following question for extra know how!
And the next question is….
Are you connected with your State and National Organization?
Guest Post | Physical Literacy Kick Starter
October 18, 2017
Written by Dr. Dean Kriellaars
The Oregon SHAPE conference has just wrapped up in Bend, and I was inspired by the participants so I thought I would follow up with a newsletter piece. I was honored to provide three conference sessions – one session on “what is physical literacy and now it might be a stepping stone to active participation”, the second on using physical literacy to enhance performance of athletes, as well as enhancing “durability” of participants, and the third was a workshop on “what does a quality physical literacy experience look like in PE class?”. The links to the powerpoint presentations can be found here. Read More
News Story | Bend seminar takes aim at obesity
KTVZ News Channel 21 joined us today at the Oregon SHAPE Conference in Bend to learn about the importance of physical literacy and how it is the new medicine to battle childhood obesity. Click on the image below to watch the full news story.
