|
|
School Wellness Weekly
March 14, 2022
|
|
You are receiving this special issue of School Wellness Weekly: Teacher-Leader Edition, to ensure educators and school leaders get timely information about upcoming workshops and events from our Office. All School Wellness Weekly subscribers whose self-reported profile information indicates they are educators and school leaders will receive this issue. Continue to read our traditional School Wellness Weekly issues for highlights of teachers and schools, and resources and opportunities for building the wellness community. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this email, click “Update Profile,” and follow the quick and easy directions so that we have your most-up-to-date details.
If you know other DOE educators who would like to receive this Teacher-Leader Edition, please forward this issue to them, and be sure they subscribe (opens in new window)!
|
|
Photo credit: New York City Department of Education, Office of School Wellness Programs |
|
New Opportunities to Support Inclusive Physical Education for K-12
-
Strategies for Inclusion in Physical Education: Join this two-part live webinar series to review universal design principles and strategies to differentiate instruction to include students with disabilities in general Physical Education. Participants are required to attend Part 1 before they will be admitted to Part 2:
-
Adapted Physical Education and the IEP: Physical Education teachers, school psychologists, and other Individualized Education Program (IEP) team members: Join this two-part live webinar to review the IEP processes necessary for the successful instruction of students with disabilities who have a program recommendation for Adapted Physical Education. Participants are required to attend Part 1 before they will be admitted to Part 2:
-
Part 1: IEP Development, Tuesday, March 22, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (opens in new window) and Wednesday, May 11, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (opens in new window): Focuses on IEP components related to Physical Education.
-
Part 2: Student Goals and Progress, Wednesday, April 6, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (opens in new window) and Thursday, May 26, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (opens in new window): Focuses on assessment and instruction.
|
|
School Wellness Councils Best Practices: Build, Engage, Strengthen, Sustain
Connect with other School Wellness Council Champions and members on Wednesday, March 30, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (opens in new window) to explore practices that build councils’ capacity, engage students in council work, strengthen council leadership, and sustain thriving council work. The last portion of the session will cover upcoming spending deadlines and information about preparing to close out budgets at the end of the year (for councils with funding).
Grades K-12 Staff: Create Affirming School Communities for LGBTQ Students
Join the Build an Affirming Community with OUT for Safe Schools® session this Wednesday, March 16, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (opens in new window)—presented by Office of School Wellness Programs staff—to learn tools to build affirming school communities in classrooms through instructional best practices and outside of classrooms with the OUT for Safe Schools® badge campaign, Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) club, and resource availability for LGBTQ students that includes all their identities.
Want Free Access to Nearpod? Register for Our Webinar!
Experience the advantages of Nearpod (opens in new window) and explore the Nearpod library of lessons. Join our partners at Nearpod on Monday, March 28, 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (opens in new window) for the Learning and Creating with Nearpod webinar to get an introduction to the Nearpod learning platform, which includes standards-aligned lessons, formative assessment, and educational content that ignites student curiosity and engagement. Learn how to create lessons using your own resources and how to view student progress during the lesson, as well as in the post-session reports.
Upon successful completion of this session, teachers will be provided free access to the Nearpod platform through June 2022. Access information will be emailed to participants after the session. Open to NYCDOE teachers only.
|
|
Join a Health Education Online Professional Learning Community (OPLC) Today!
Register now for Health Education Online Professional Learning Community (opens in new window) sessions that will take place on today, March 14, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Health Education teachers who participate in OPLCs enhance their leadership skills as they work with colleagues in ongoing, high-performing, collaborative teams that focus on improving student learning. CTLE credit will be awarded for eligible OPLC sessions.
Upcoming Health Ed Professional Learning Opportunities
This year’s offerings of the Health Ed Basics Series for teachers in all grade levels have been extended to continue through May:
Go to the following pages to register for these live webinars and to access On-Demand webinars for viewing at any time:
|
|
Join PE Online Professional Learning Communities (OPLCs) on Monday, April 4
Upcoming Physical Education Professional Learning Opportunities
Go to the following pages to register for live webinars and to access On-Demand webinars for viewing at any time:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
