Ophea has worked in partnership with the Ministry of Education to develop a variety of guides for teachers, administrators and school boards to support DPA implementation.
Click here for the complete teacher guides
In English www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers/dpa.html
In French www.edu.gov.on.ca/fre/teachers/dpa.html
Ophea's 2008/09 DPA Training & Support Services
Ophea is once again offering a subscription and other Additional Services to help fill the specific needs of all school boards.
Ophea's Fabulous Fifty Activity Card Set
This resource will save you time and provide quality DPA support. Great for new teachers and teachers new to DPA! Each package includes 5 different activity cards from the 2006/2007 DPA Activity Cards for either Primary, Junior or Intermediate divisions for 10 months. Please note the month of November features a Chair Aerobics Poster which is suitable for all three divisions. Each card includes a warm up, an activity, a cool down and safety considerations. Also included in your purchase is access to the online 2006/2007 supplementary materials (e.g., mission sheets, fitness station cards, etc.).
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. Also included in your purchase is access to the online 2007/2008 supplementary materials (e.g., mission sheets, fitness station cards, etc.).
Ophea’s Movin’ Music for DPA
Ophea has developed a music CD appropriate for DPA consisting of 21 tracks, of motivational music – that’s over 70 minutes of music! The CD is suitable for Primary, Junior and Intermediate divisions.
Ophea H&PE Master Trainer Workshops
Delivered by Ophea Master Trainers, our workshops focus on improving the quality of Health and Physical Education programs across Ontario
Other Ophea Supports which can help school boards, schools, and teachers implement DPA include:
- Core Support Resource: the H&PE Curriculum Support Binders have many examples of daily physical activities within the physical education units. Appendix B is also dedicated to daily physical activities in limited space and outdoors.
- Ophea’s Safety Guidelines: the Ontario Physical Education Safety Guidelines are considered the minimum standard for safety in Ontario . These documents have undergone a complete review and are available online at www.safetyguidelines.ca
- activ8 and PlaySport also provide a wide range of activities that can be used to implement daily physical activity.
- 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
- Canadian Active Living Fitness Circuit Charts: Developed by Thompson Educational Publishing in association with Ophea, these charts help teachers meet DPA requirements as well as Health and Physical Education literacy requirements. Each fitness chart series consists of circuit charts along with a teacher’s manual and two full-scale anatomy charts. For more information and a brochure, please visit: www.thompsonbooks.com/DPA_Charts
