McGill Doctoral Student Cathy MacDonald invites you to participate in a survey investigating teachers' use of instructional strategies in physical education for students with and without a disability. The survey will take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. There are no right or wrong answers.
When you fill out this survey, your name will be entered in a random draw for $100.
Please note that this survey is for Physical Activity Teachers only.
Thinkfirst
– Sudden Impact/Dive Smart DVD – A DVD on Diving Injury Prevention
To help a
new generation of teens, the Think First Foundation of Canada has developed two
diving safety education programs for elementary and high school students using
dramatization of realistic events with peer testimonials - now on DVD!
Sudden
Impact is intended for a high school student audience, age 12 years or older,
specifically in grades 7 to 12
Dive Smart
is intended for an elementary school audience, ages 6 – 12 years, in grades 1
to 6
2009
NEDIC Conference:Body Image and Self
Esteem: Shades of Grey
University of Toronto Professional Development Centre, Toronto, ON
Save the
Date!May 11-12 2009
The
National Eating Disorder Information Centre presents the 2009 NEDIC Conference:
Body Image and Self Esteem: Shades of Grey.Keynote speakers include Niva Piran, Ph.D and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer,
Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D.
Tim Hortons Coaches Helping Coaches Clinic - Learn
from the Leafs<
Join the Toronto Maple Leafs for this free and unique
learning experience where you will spend a half day at the Air Canada Centre
while you learn from the Leafs. Participants will watch an intense NHL practice
session followed by a series of learn from the Leafs training sessions where
participants can learn valuable teaching techniques and skills to improve their
knowledge of the game.
Be a part of hockey history while you and hundreds of
hockey parents, trainers, coaches and managers gather in Toronto at the home of the Leafs, the Air
Canada Centre. Here’s your chance to ask questions, find answers, and
learn what you always wanted to know about teaching the game of hockey.
Don't miss out! REGISTER NOW... space is
limited!
Register before September 26, 2008 for your chance to win one
of the following Leaf prizes!
2 Pairs of tickets for the Tim Hortons Private Box vs
Detroit on October 4, 2008
1 Lunch & Learn with a member of the Leafs coaching staff
1 Signed Curtis Joseph Jersey
1 Team Signed Stick
Draw will take place during the coaching clinic on October 4, 2008.
Participant must be in attendance to be eligible to win.
Ophea’s Daily Physical Activity (DPA) supports ensure a comprehensive and quality approach to implementing and sustaining DPA across Ontario.
2008/09 supports include:
1. Ophea’s DPA Training and Support Services
Available to school boards on a subscription basis. This is the third year of these services and this year’s subscription emphasizes professional development, training, consultative expertise and integrated learning classroom supports.
Highlights from the 2008/2009 subscription:
Monthly DPA Activity Cards for the 2008/09 school year. This year the concept of Integrated Learning was applied in developing the DPA Activity Cards. Look out for the first set of Cards arriving in September.
Three supplementary resources to enhance the use of the DPA Activity Cards will be supplied to each school throughout the school year. The first supplementary resource is available now to subscriber on the DPA Subscribers’ Section.
Access to the DPA subscriber-only section on www.ophea.net/dpa which houses the DPA Teacher Resource Database.
Two web-based workshops are on the subscriber-only section.
Make sure that you and your school have the supports needed to implement DPA. Ask your school board contact if your school board has subscribed.
2. 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.
3. Ophea’s Movin’ Music CD
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
How We Live, How We Learn,
and How We Work: Implications for the Prevention and Treatment of
Childhood Obesity – will take place from October 2-4, 2008 at the Coast
Plaza Hotel & Suites, Vancouver, British Columbia.
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of
professionals who work in the field of childhood and adolescent obesity
or are confronted with this growing problem. The sessions have been
proposed based on a framework of living (home/community environment),
learning (school environment) and working (work environment) and how
these settings are associated with childhood obesity.
For further information or a downloadable flyer, please visit our website at www.interprofessional.ubc.ca or contact 604.822.7524 or via e-mail at ipad@interchange.ubc.ca
