Pump Up P.E. E-Newsletter: 
Nominations for P.E. Champions and Professional Learning Opportunities
Hello, Pump Up P.E. community:
 
We hope your school year is off to a healthy and active start! We are excited to announce that we have several upcoming learning and training opportunities to support your efforts to strengthen physical education (P.E.) and create healthy school environments.

As we continue to advocate for high-quality P.E. for every student in Illinois, we need your help celebrating the P.E. champions across the state! See more below about how to  nominate P.E. champions in your school and community that should be recognized! These nominees will join our network of P.E. champions to advocate for improved P.E. policies at the state and local level.

More on our exciting new offerings: we will provide a set of webinar-based and in-person professional learning opportunities to you over the course of 2018-19. You can register for the first of these, our October 10th webinar on wellness policy best practices, below. We will also give you a sneak peek of the other opportunities we'll be providing.   
 
Finally, while this newsletter focuses on P.E., you can now sign up to receive our new quarterly school health e-newsletter, which will share professional learning opportunities, resources and tools on an array of school health topics such as school nutrition, physical activity throughout the school day, P.E. and out-of-school time strategies to increase physical activity. 

We look forward to continuing to support your efforts to provide high-quality P.E. programming in the year ahead!
In this issue...
  • Nominate a P.E.champion in your district/community
  • Upcoming Oct. 10 webinar on wellness policy best practices
  • Sneak Peek: 2018-19 Professional Learning Opportunities
  • Other events, resources and learning opportunities
Nominate a P.E. Champion 
 
We are looking for P.E. champion(s) in your districts or communities! You can nominate yourself, another person or a team/group by clicking the button below and completing a brief questionnaire !

Why nominate P.E. champions? By lifting up powerful examples of how strong voices in a school or community can increase awareness of the importance of P.E. and support for strong P.E. policies and programs, we can empower others to advocate for high-quality P.E. programming for all Illinois students.

Who is a P.E. champion?
There are many types of P.E. champions.
  • The school administrator who prioritizes P.E. programs.
  • The school health council/team working to strengthen P.E. policies.
  • The P.E. teacher working to improve programming or engage students.
  • The nurse working to promote P.E. and physical activity in schools. 
  • The resource coordinator who wrote a grant that secured fitness testing supplies.
  • The parent/parent group or student/student group asking for strong P.E. programs.
  • Others you think champion P.E. in important or creative ways.
What it means to be a P.E. champion:
  • Champions will be featured online to help inspire others and spread the message about the value of high-quality P.E.
  • Champions will be invited to join us in advocacy and training to improve P.E. policies in their community and at the state level.
  • Champions will be awarded an official certificate acknowledging their efforts.
Nomination Process

Step 1: Nominate - Click the button below to nominate P.E. champion(s). Nominations are due by Monday, October 15, 5:00pm CST.  

Step 2: Approval Process - Submissions are evaluated.

Step 3: Champion Acknowledgment - P.E. champions are selected and certificates are issued. Champions will be featured online. We will also engage the champions in further advocacy and training opportunities.
Upcoming webinar -
Strong School Wellness Policies: Best Practices, New Resources, and Tips for Illinois Schools & Districts
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Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 
3:00pm- 4:00pm CST* 
*Webinar will be recorded and a link to the recording will be sent to all registrants
 
Download the webinar flyer here and help spread the word!
 
Description 
For any school participating in federal Childhood Nutrition Programs, developing a school wellness policy is a must. However, how can schools and districts ensure their wellness policy meets best practice, has community buy-in, and is implemented comprehensively across the school campus and day?

Join this webinar to hear about model wellness policies, best practices, and resources available to Illinois schools/districts to support strong wellness policies. Also hear how wellness policies can support the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and new wellness policy evaluation tools.   
 
Presenters  
  • Jame F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS, Professor of Health Policy and Administration, UIC School of Public Health
  • Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, MS, RDN, Principal Consultant, Nutrition Division, Illinois State Board of Education
  • Marlene Schwartz, PhD, Director, Rudd Center for Obesity & Food Policy
  • Kate Yager, Director of State Policy and Advocacy, Healthy Schools Campaign
Target Audience 
Physical education, nutrition and health teachers, school nurses, school wellness council members, principals, superintendents, parent leaders, school health advocates.  
 
Strong Wellness Policies: Best Practices, New Resources, and Tips for Illinois Schools & Districts is a webinar produced by Illinois Public Health Institute through a sub-contract with Illinois State Board of Education through Cooperative Agreement CDC-RFA-DP18-1801 (NU58DP006429-01-00) with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 
Sneak Peek: 2018-19 Professional Learning Opportunities

In addition to the Oct 10th wellness policies webinar, we will be providing the following learning opportunities in 2018-19. We will send you more information on times/dates when it becomes available.

Curriculum Development Webinars:
  • Intro to Standards-Based Physical Education Curriculum
  • Deep Dive into Backwards Design
P.E. Advocacy Trainings
  • Basics of advocacy - webinar
  • In-person advocacy trainings in Aurora and Springfield
 Pump Up P.E. Trainings
  • Your district can commission IPHI to provide Pump Up P.E. trainings (half or full day) and custom technical assistance. Learn more.
Other Events, Resources and Learning Opportunities 
  • Take Your Parent to P.E. Week, September 24-28. Register yourself/your school to participate in Active Schools' Take Your Parent to P.E. Week from September 24-28. It's a fun, immersive way to introduce parents to your school's P.E. program and teachers and invite them to engage with P.E. throughout the year.
  • 2018 Illinois Great Apple Crunch, Thursday, October 11. A day-long celebration of fresh, local apples from the Midwest! Read more.
  • A new round of Safe Routes to School funding is now available to Illinois municipalities and school districts. Applications accepted from Sept 24 to Nov 19, 2018. Awards range from $2,000-$200,000 and no local match is required!
    Note: We've heard it's important for school districts to get started now as the application requires some items that may take some time to complete.
  • New resources from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, including:
  • Webinars by Action for Healthy Kids:
    • Your One-Stop Shop for School Health, Wednesday, September 26, 2:00pm-2:45pm CST. Action for Healthy Kids' Game On program is a no-cost, step-by-step online guide that serves as your one-stop shop for school health. Game On provides all the information and resources you need to build a healthy school. School staff, parents, health professionals and other community members are encouraged to attend.
    • Take Action to Improve Health with the School Health Index , Thursday, October 11, 2:00pm-2:45pm. How does your school determine what to prioritize around student health and wellness? Action for Healthy Kids recommends using the School Health Index to assess your school's health environment to determine what you're doing well and where you could improve. Attend this webinar to learn about the School Health Index, how to use Action for Healthy Kids' school portal to complete the assessment online and how to make the most of the summary reports generated by our technology to improve school and student health. School and district staff, parents and community members are encouraged to attend this webinar.
    • School Breakfast | Menu Options for Alternative Breakfast Models,
      Thursday, January 10, 3:00pm-3:45pm CST. Join Action for Healthy Kids to discover healthy menu options that work for alternative breakfast models at varying grade levels. Learn from other districts that have created interesting menus that work with breakfast in the classroom or with a Grab n' Go kiosk. School and district school nutrition staff, school staff and parents are encouraged to attend this webinar.
About the Illinois Public Health Institute 

The Pump Up P.E.: Promote Health, Learning & Lifelong Fitness P.E. training program is a program of the Illinois Public Health Institute. The Illinois Public Health Institute mobilizes stakeholders, catalyzes partnerships and leads action to promote prevention and improve public health systems in order to maximize health, health equity and quality of life for the people of Illinois.

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