Ophea's 2008/2009 DPA Training & Support Services Subscription
Ophea is pleased to announce our 2008/2009 Daily Physical Activity Training & Support Services in our continued efforts to support school boards in fulfilling Daily Physical Activity (DPA). These services are available to school boards on a subscription basis. Additional non-subscription supports are also available.
Ophea's DPA Training & Support Services aim to provide quality services educators, schools and school boards. This year's subscription emphasizes professional development, training, consultative expertise and classroom supports. These are designed to meet the needs identified by educators and the requirements set out by the Ministry of Education's renewed funding.
Highlights from the 2008/2009 subscription:
- The opportunity for subscribing boards to have input into the content, audience and timing of this year’s professional development opportunities.
- In response to the strong recommendation that educator’s need hard copy versions of the DPA Activity Cards, this year’s subscription provides hard copies of the DPA Activity Cards to all teachers in subscribing schools boards (as well as access to electronic copies).
- To address educator’s challenges around time and priorities, this year’s cards will be cross-curricular, with a focus on connecting DPA to numeracy and literacy.
View sample 2008/2009 Activity Card
- New and innovative Supplementary Resources to enhance the use of the cards.
Make sure that you and your school have the supports needed to implement DPA. Ask your school board contact to subscribe to Ophea's DPA Training & Support Services.
For more information, and to order the subscription and other additional services please click on the following:
Subscription Brochure & Order Form
Ophea’s DPA Activity Card Set Volume 2
This set of the 2007/2008 Ophea DPA Activity Cards includes a copy of the 50 Fitness Activities Support in chart format and 20 activity cards for either Primary, Junior or Intermediate. Volume 2 follows the 2006/07 Fabulous Fifty DPA Activity Cards, as the next edition of activity cards available at cost from Ophea. Collect all the cards and build your own inventory of DPA activities.
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Ophea's Movin' Music for DPA
Music is an excellent motivator for students when they participate in DPA. Ophea has developed a music CD appropriate for DPA, consisting of 21 tracks. The CD contains songs suitable for Primary, Junior and Intermediate divisions. The CD is available for purchase for $15.00
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Ophea’s 2008 Kids’ Health Conference
This year’s conference will include workshops focusing on DPA, along with a variety of interactive sessions on innovative creative strategies for health & physical education, sport & intramural activities, a selection of health promotion topics, and assessment & evaluation tools. The conference will take place October, 16-18, 2008 at Nottawasaga Inn, Alliston, Ontario. For more information or to register visit www.ophea.net/khc
Asthma and DPA
- What Educators Need to Know about Daily Physical Activity (DPA) & Asthma Resource Folder is designed to increase the knowledge of educators about asthma management and prevention in schools, specifically with respect to DPA. The Resource Folder includes information and a poster about DPA & Asthma inclusion and an order form to request free Ophea Asthma Education Initiative brochures/fact sheets. 15 copies of the Resource Folders have been sent to every elementary school in January 2007. Ask your principal where your school's copies are and share the Resource Folders with other educators in your school.
- Asthma Communications Support Package:An Asthma Communications Support Package was developed by Ophea in consultation with the Public Health School Pilot Project and contains information that can be used by schools, school boards, and public health representatives to inform and increase asthma awareness within their school community. The package includes practical key messages, communication tools and templates, newsletter articles, school-wide asthma awareness activities to support World Asthma Day and much more. Each page has been formatted to allow for school boards, schools and individual educators to reproduce the information and share with all members of the school community. The package is available in English and French and can be downloaded here: www.ophea.net/asthma.
