Presidential Youth Fitness Program 

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

11 AM CST

 

Registration

 

How can Kansas Department of Education's Social Emotional/Character Development standards inform our practice in out-of-school time opportunities?

 

Kansas Enrichment Network is hosting a webinar with special presenter Dr. Elaine Johannes from Kansas State University. This call will focus on social and emotional learning and development in out-of-school time. The Kansas Department of Education's Social Emotional/Character Development standards are the first in the nation. We will discuss how the standards can inform our practice in out-of-school time. Also share information from the report on social and emotional learning from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Listen, learn, and then join in the Q&A with Dr. Johannes!

 

Dr. Elaine Johannes is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist - Youth Development in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. Johannes has a Bachelors degree in Psychology, Masters degree in Adult and Community Counseling and a doctorate in Lifespan Human Development from the School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University.

 

As a member of K-State Research and Extension faculty, Johannes focuses on youth development, healthy lifestyles and community capacity-building. She also supports evidence-based programming for 4-H Youth Development. In addition to teaching courses for Great Plains-IDEA, Elaine manages grant-funded projects that promote health through youth/adult partnerships, as well as building the capacity of rural communities to embrace and encourage "youth voice". In 2010, Elaine won the College of Human Ecology's Faculty Extension Excellent Award for her community-based, health promotion work featuring effective youth/adult partnerships. Other projects include grant funded projects addressing the unique needs of military-connected youth and those professionals who provide military families and service members social services during times of deployment. Elaine has directed two five-year USDA/CYFAR grants for a total of $2.5 million to prevent risk behaviors among youth and to promote adolescent health. She has also directed Extension's Rural Mental Health Project, Kansas Emergency Flood Recovery Assistance Center, and three Disaster Crisis Counseling Projects. Prior to joining Extension in 1991, Johannes provided community-based services to older adults and their families in 18 counties as Director of Community Services for the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency on Aging. In that capacity she also established a rural housing authority and a housing rehabilitation function for the agency.

 

Questions: Contact Kevyn Gero at [email protected]

The KC Metro Afterschool Educator Conference is designed for traditional and non-traditional urban to rural educators who work with students in pre-K to 8th grades in school, community, and faith based organizations. The conference is designed for program directors and/or leads in three track areas of STEM, Leadership, and Curriculum. The conference has been designated as a 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC), which is only one of three held in Kansas. The KC Metro Afterschool Educator Conference committee estimates between 100-150 educators will be in attendance. The conference is free, and lunch will be provided. Registration will be available on the website by late January.

 

Conference Flyer

 

Kansas Kids' Fitness and Safety Day is a statewide event held every year on the first Friday in May. This event focuses on increasing physical activity and safety awareness among 3rd grade students in Kansas. Nearly 18,000 students participate each year at more than 40 sites across the state.

 

To participate in KKFD, go to the "School Registration" link to register and receive more information. If you would like to be a Host Site, go to the "Host Site Coordinator" link to register your site and to get more information on being a host site.

 

The 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted in Kansas High Schools reported that 13.1% of students surveyed were at risk for becoming overweight and 12.4% of students were overweight. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that children and adolescents participate in 60 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily. The benefits associated with regular physical activity include: weight control, increased muscular strength, improved bone mass, improved cardiovascular fitness, decreased blood pressure, improved self-esteem, reduced anxiety and stress. In 2009, only 49% of Kansas High School students reported being physically active for a total of 60 minutes per day on five or more days of the past seven days.

 

Safe Kids Kansas is pleased to be able to participate in this statewide event that reinforces to children the fun and health benefits of noncompetitive physical activities and injury prevention. Unintentional injuries are still the leading cause of death for Kansas kids. Preventable injuries to children peak during the summer when children are less supervised, have more free time and engage in more outdoor activities. Through public awareness activities such as these, Safe Kids seeks to educate children and parents and about preventing accidental injuries.

 

Event Details 

 

Program Sponsored by: Governor's Council on Fitness

Created in 2002 by the Harvard School of Public Health and MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, National Mentoring Month (NMM) focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us-individuals, businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits-can work together to increase the number of mentors to assure positive outcomes for our young people.

• Raise awareness of mentoring in its various forms.
• Recruit individuals to mentor, especially in programs that have waiting lists of young people.
• Promote the rapid growth of mentoring by recruiting organizations to engage their constituents in mentoring.

More than 15 million school-aged children (26 percent) are on their own after school. Among them, more than 1 million are in grades K-5.

(Afterschool Alliance, 2009)

 

 

National PTA President Otha Thornton penned an op-ed discussing the links between families, schools, and communities with academic standards. Together families and schools must raise the bar and remain committed to ensuring all students graduate prepared to succeed globally. The Common Core State Standards and effective partnerships between schools and families are important steps that Thornton notes in her piece.

 

 
Marcia Dvorak, Director