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SPARK creates, implements, and evaluates programs that promote lifelong wellness.

SPARK creates, implements, and evaluates programs that promote lifelong wellness. Obesity is a big problem. SPARK is here to help!. SPARK Background. Originally funded in 1989 by Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of N.I.H. SPARK is the conduit that moves research to practice

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SPARK creates, implements, and evaluates programs that promote lifelong wellness.

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  1. SPARK creates, implements, and evaluates programs that promote lifelong wellness.

  2. Obesity is a big problem. SPARK is here to help!

  3. SPARKBackground • Originally funded in 1989 by Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of N.I.H. • SPARK is the conduit that moves research to practice • Over 40 publications proving SPARK programs work and last! “Children are our most valuable natural resource.” Herbert Hoover

  4. SPARK Programs

  5. SPARKIs About Moving and Learning Time to Pata Pata!

  6. PE and PA “Hall of Shame” • Being “picked” for “teams” • Sitting on roll call numbers • Standing in lines waiting a turn • Relays and elimination activities • Fitness as punishment • Focus on star athletes • Sharing 1 ball with 45 close friends • Using people for target practice

  7. Hall of Shame • Being picked last for teams • Standing in lines waiting for a turn • Fitness as punishment • Focus on star athletes • Grouping by gender • Sharing 1 ball with 30 close friends • Big people throwing balls at little people • Relay races • Elimination games • Inappropriate-sized equipment These things DO NOT happenin SPARK!

  8. New PE is About Outcomes.. Students Receiving SPARK PE Improved: • Activity levels: over 50% of class time • Physical fitness scores • Sport skills (throw, catch, kick) • Enjoyment of PE • Activity levels away from school • Scores on academic tests • Teachers improve PE quantity and quality • SPARK lasts!

  9. MVPA Today MVPA is on the decline!

  10. Healthy People 2010 Goals for Youth Physical Activity • Objectives for physical activity in youth: • Moderate physical activity • Vigorous physical activity • Provide daily school physical education • PE classes that are highly active

  11. HowMuch MVPA in PE Classes? • The Goal = 50%* • The Usual = 36%** • *Healthy People 2010 Goal • **Catch and NICHD baselines = 36% MVPA • (900 schools, 3rd grade: McKenzie 1995; Nader, 2003) • **TAAG Baseline = 37% MVPA • (36 middle schools, 6 states, McKenzie et al, MSSE, 2006)

  12. Increase MVPA Minutes? Three Strategies…

  13. 1. Talk Less • Object is… do that by… • 80-20 Rule • Be a plumber - fix the leaks!

  14. 2. Differentiate and Disguise • Empower students with choices, levels • Disguise the fitness element

  15. 3. Think MVPA • Watch for it • Change what you’re doing to • achieve it • Stopwatch strategy

  16. Each Program Provides… • Curriculum • Training • Follow-Up • Equipment SPARK Works! SPARK Lasts!

  17. SPARK Lesson Plans • Teacher Friendly • Minimum Prep • Standards-Based • Field-Tested

  18. Yearly Plans

  19. Unit Plans

  20. SPARK Workshops Inspirational, motivating, effective!

  21. SPARK Equipment Matched to SPARK content And Age-Appropriate

  22. CDC Coordinated School Health Model

  23. Healthy School Environment

  24. Nutrition • We are pleased to offer The OrganWise Guys® Pre-K/K – 5 award-winning, science-based curriculum to develop an approach to the prevention of childhood obesity. • Custom Professional Development • Educators learn the OrganWise Guys curriculum and focus on integrating components into the overall education • Food-services learn how to create an environment that supports healthy lifestyle, food, and beverage choices.

  25. Why Staff Wellness? • Lets focus on • Nutrition • Physical Activity • Stress Management

  26. Health Education • The Healthy Lifestyle Choices program (HLC) meets all 7 of the National Health Education Standards. • Core Subject Integration • Includes Assessment tools • HLC provides FREE online training • and web-based resources for teachers. • Life Skills • Conflict Resolution • Nutrition • Substance Abuse Prevention • Safety • Fitness

  27. FREE SPARK RESOURCES FOR YOU!

  28. …And More SPARK • On-Site Consultation Models • Booster workshops • Institutes in each program • 2 full days each • Spring and Summer • Train the Trainer Model

  29. Coming Soon • Password accessible website • Videoclips • Standards alignment tools • E-textbook capability • SPARKlights

  30. Contact me for… • Free grant development services • Free webinars and newsletter registration • Free consultations • Free program and/or equipment quotes Ellen Ormsby – East Coast Program Consultant By phone – 443.995.9011 By email - eormsby@sparkpe.org

  31. Great Reasons to Choosea SPARK Program • SPARK content and instruction give teachers tools to align with their state/district/national PE standards! • Proven effective in research • Cited in the U.S. Surgeon General’s report • Awarded “Exemplary Program” of the U.S. Departmentof Education, 1993 • Received “Governor’s Commendation” award from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, 1993

  32. Great Reasons to Choosea SPARK Program • Over 100,000 (teachers) served! • The only research-based, nationally disseminated program Pre-K through 12th gr., in and out of school • In 2005, SPARK was awarded “Gold” status for BOTH elementary and middle school programs by a Cooper Institute study in 2005 • Twelve SPARK schools have won awards for their physical education programs! • Leading University’s use SPARK as part of their curriculum!

  33. Financial Strength,Organizational Capacity • 810 workshops conducted, plus7 Institutes • Trained 25,000+ teachers • Effected over 1 million students • 50+ conference presentations • 60+ staff with international reach Not since 1989; all this last fiscal!

  34. In Closing; a Thought to Live By… “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth becomes useless, and reason becomes powerless.” Herophilus, 300 B.C.

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