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School Wellness Weekly

12.20.19


New Year’s Resolutions: Make Time for Professional Learning
As you relax and recharge over the well-deserved Winter Recess, take some time to brainstorm new and dynamic ways to keep your school community active and healthy in 2020. Make developing new strategies and skills through professional learning part of your game plan to support your students’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Register today for the January through early February trainings featured below, and check off professional learning from your list of New Year’s resolutions. 

School Wellness Weekly will be on hiatus through early January. Until then, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Photo: Krisanne Johnson
Physical Education
Image:.Students participate in a bean bag toss at the Walton Avenue School in the Bronx. Photo: Krisanne Johnson

Updated NYC FITNESSGRAM Pacing Guides
NYC FITNESSGRAM pacing calendars , a helpful planning tool for physical education teachers, are now updated and available on WeTeachNYC. Separate calendars target grades K-3, grades 4-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12, and include suggested activities from the DOE-recommended Physical Best Activity Guide, 4 th edition .

Ring in the New Year with PE Professional Learning Community Meetings
Don’t forget to   register for the January PE Professional Learning Community meetings   on  1/13 . PLCs, where PE professionals work together to strengthen instructional practice, meet monthly on Mondays in all boroughs. 

Upcoming Professional Learning

  • Jan. 7: IEP Writing and Co-Teaching Strategies for Physical Education Teachers: Grades K-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Staten Island.
  • Jan. 7: Move-to-Improve: Train-the-Trainer Refresher: Physical education teachers who have already attended the Move-to-Improve Train-the-Trainer workshop, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
  • Jan. 8: Strategies for Inclusive Physical Education: Grades K-12 physical education teachers who teach general PE classes that include students with disabilities, sign up for this session in Manhattan.
  • Jan. 8: Make It Work: Mastering PE in Creative Spaces for Elementary Physical Education: Grades K-5 or K-8 physical education teachers in non-traditional settings, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
  • Jan. 9: Elementary PE Basics 3: Planning for Community Building: Grades K-5 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Manhattan.
  • Jan. 9: Make It Work: Creative Solutions for Secondary Physical Education: Grades 6-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
  • Jan. 9: Move-to-Improve: Train-the-Trainer Refresher: Physical education teachers who have already attended the Move-to-Improve Train-the-Trainer workshop, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Jan 10: Elementary PE Basics 4: Move-to-Improve: Train-the-Trainer: Grades K-5 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Jan. 14: Secondary PE Basics 2: Planning for Skills Application: Grades 6-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Manhattan.
  • Jan. 16: Elementary PE Basics 2: Planning for Skill Acquisition: Grades K-5 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Manhattan.
  • Jan. 16: Strong and Fit: Grades 6-12 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Feb 4: Elementary PE Basics 1: Planning for Fitness and Assessment: Grades K-5 physical education teachers, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
  • Feb 7: Make It Work: Mastering PE in Creative Spaces for Elementary Physical Education: Grades K-5 or K-8 physical education teachers in non-traditional settings, sign up for this session in Queens.

Health Education
Image: Health education display at the Global Learning Collaborative in Manhattan.

Upcoming Professional Learning

  • Jan. 8: Condom Availability Program Training: High school staff, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Jan 15: Middle and High School Health Education Basics 4: LGBTQ-Affirming Schools: Grades 6-12 staff, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Jan. 17: Elementary Health Education Basics 1: Comprehensive Skills-Based Health Education: Grades K-5 teachers, sign up for this session in Brooklyn.
  • Jan. 22: High School Health Education Basics 1: Comprehensive Skills-Based Education: Grades 9-12 health education teachers, sign up for this session in the Bronx.
  • Jan. 23: Health Education Basics 2A: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education: Grades 9-12 health education teachers, sign up for this session in the Bronx. Prerequisite: High School Health Education Basics 1
  • Jan. 23: Middle School Health Education Basics 1: Comprehensive Skills-Based Education: Grades 6-8 health education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
  • Jan. 28: Middle School Health Education Basics 2: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education: Grades 6-8 health education teachers, sign up for this session in Queens.
Building the Wellness Community
Upcoming Professional Learning

  • Jan 10: School Wellness Council Basics 1: Creating and Implementing Wellness Programs: Grades K-12 school staff, family members, and community partners, sign up for this session in Staten Island.

Non-Profit Job Opportunities: Work for a Cause

  • Randall’s Island Park Alliance is looking for an administrative coordinator for programs to support educational, environmental, and community programs.
  • CAMBA is seeking a parent or family member of LGBTQ youth to serve as a client advocate in their Project Accept LBGT Youth (ALY) program. 
Apply for a Plant Grow Systems Grant
New York Agriculture in the Classroom is accepting applications through 1/3 for Grow with Us grants that will fund one of three plant grow systems with retail values ranging from $1,600 to $5,000: the rack-based 2445 Organics SuperGrow, the Tower Gardens, or the High Tunnel.