Key Note Speaker -Dr. Stephen Jefferies President of SHAPE America

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Key Note Speaker -Dr. Stephen Jefferies – President of SHAPE America

Stephen C. Jefferies, Ph.D, professor, Department of Physical Education, School and Public Health at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, was recently elected President-Elect of the nearly 20,000-member Society of Health and Physical Educators, doing business as SHAPE America. As a national spokesperson for SHAPE America,

Dr. Jefferies will promote quality physical education, physical activity, and health education programs and lend expertise to tackle the growing epidemic of physical inactivity in children and the importance of physical activity for everyone. In 1999, Jefferies was recognized as Central Washington University's Distinguished Professor of Public Service. In addition to teaching, he created and for more than 20 years directed summer PE camps for children in grades K-8. Jefferies is also nationally known as the creator and publisher of the online magazine for physical education professionals, and PE News the monthly emailed newsletter he sends to more than 30,000 subscribers. An established leader, Jefferies has served SHAPE America/AAHPERD in a variety of elected and appointed positions at the state and national levels. He was the President of one of AAHPERD's associations, the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), and also served as President of the Washington State AHPERD. In 2011 he received the AAHPERD Honor award and in 2013 NASPE/AAHPERD recognized his contributions to physical education with its Joy of Effort Award. A native of Great Britain, Jefferies received his Physical Education Teaching Certificate from St. Luke's College in Devon, England and his B.Ed. from the University of Exeter. He taught public school physical education before completing his MS and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Oregon.

Google Classroom in PEMariuszBorkowski

Bay Shore

Everything is in one place… Start a conversation … Submit and grade assignments. A teacher can create classes with a few clicks, distribute individual assignments, send class and/or individual feedback, and communicate with students.

Instant, paperless and easy.

Water Carnival/Aquatic Games: No Swimming Necessary!Kathleen Young (Purdy)

Newburgh Enlarged City School

This session will focus on games that can be used to engage students of all ages in aquatic activities. The session will focus on "non-swimming" activities that can be used as a single lesson or within an aquatic unit of instruction. Many of the activities can be modified as students become more skilled.

Make a Splash! Tools for teaching swimmingMarc Vachon

Often times Physical Education Teachers are out of their comfort zone when it comes to teaching swimming during Physical Education classes. It doesn't have to be as stressful as you think; Teaching swimming can be easy, fun, and most important you're likely to see instant success in the skills of your students.

Maurer Foundation High School Breast Health ProgramEileen Pillitteri

A 40 minute workshop, led by a certified breast health educator, designed specifically for high school students. Topics cover nutrition, risk reduction through lifestyle changes, and early detection of breast cancer. Each participant learns to properly perform a breast self exam on our high fidelity silicone breast models and will receive our take home guide which includes a nutritional Switch List.

P.E. Kix: Student Tested, Teacher Approved!Brandon Flowers

Chesterfield County,

Non-traditional activities incorporate traditional skills but in a unique learning environment! Come check out a wild assortment of crazy activities that my classes beg for all the time! This highly active session will be sure to re-energize your current units!

Domestic Violence Safe DatingPO McVeigh #6029

Suffolk County Police

Youth age 16-24 are more vulnerable to intimate partner violence than any other age group at a rate almost triple the national average. This program will discuss the different types of abuse, signs of an unhealthy relationship, and what they can lead to, the role of police when investigating Domestic Violence and laws violated. How to protect yourself and what you can do if you know someone in an abusive relationship.

Kinesthetic Classrooms and Labs supports Health and PE JOHN RUTIGLIANO;MEGAERA REGAN

VENDOR AND PORT WASHINGTON

The program provides research data to justify the benefits of physical activity during school with classroom movements (exercise) to enhance cognitive learning and a component of a comprehensive school physical activity program, The program will discuss the basic neurosciences how exercise and dedicated movements enhance and supports physical activities and cognitive learning. The program will discuss how movement and exercise and resistance training contributes to the battle against obesity.

101 Instant ActivitiesBrandon Flowers

Chesterfield Co.

Want to find out how many new instant activities you learn in one session? Come check out this insanely packed presentation where you'll leave with a wide variety of instant activities guaranteed to start you class off with student engagement!

101 Large Group GamesBrandon Flowers

Chesterfield Co.

Does 75 students in a single class sound scary? Don't let large class sizes intimidate you! Come see a variety of different large group games that will get maximum participation and a great work out for your students!

Peer-to-Peer Substance Abuse Prevention Program Stephanie Sloan

Suffolk County

In order to help proactively address the growing problem of substance use and abuse among our children, the goal is to properly inform and educate our youth to make healthy choices and to give them the opportunity to discuss substance use and abuse with their fellow classmates. The purpose of the peer-to peer substance abuse education program is for students to collaboratively work with one another, educating their younger peers, on how to stay drug-free and empower them with the skills to make health enhancing decisions. More specifically, the program involves training high school students to teach an evidenced-based substance abuse prevention curriculum to middle school students using a peer education model.

A Helmetless Tackling Training Behavioral Intervention in FootballErik Swartz

University of New

Youth football participants can experience over 100 impacts in a season, with impacts greater than 80g of linear acceleration having been reported in this population. By the time children begin playing high school football they sustain an average of 600 impacts to the head in a season. This presentation will review the underlying theory and preliminary research findings of a helmetless tackling and blocking training intervention designed to reinforce the behavior of avoiding head-first contact during tackling and blocking in football.

Get a Kick out of PE with KickboxingKaren Bonnett

Raleigh County West

Kickboxing will strengthen students' core, cardio, upper body as well as lower body while learning self-defense movements using written and oral cues to improve performance. Students will display cognitive skills of spatial awareness and develop coordination by using combinations of basic skills, assessing partners in order to refine movement forms as a formative assessment tool, and partners will collaborate in designing combinations of punches and kicks after which they will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their creative process to the class. Students will enjoy this non-traditional fitness program and find it a stress release.

LacrosseKaren Bonnett

Raleigh County West

Participants will learn and apply lacrosse skills, rules and vocabulary in practices and game situations. Participants will demonstrate stick control through cradling and scooping, will participate in throwing and catching skills at various levels of difficulty with formative verbal feedback and will develop passing skills to moving receivers while using cognitive strategies for game situations. Differentiate will be implemented as needed.

Suffolk's Addiction Crisis and the Kid on Your TeamKym Laube

Hugs

As Suffolk County finds itself in the throes of an opiate crisis, school district personnel, coaches teachers and administrators, find themselves faced with unprecedented conversations, situations and challenges. This workshop will give clear accurate information about the scope of the addiction problem and it's impact on the local community, school athletic teams, individual students and families. Join us as we work together to bring about change by identifying risk factors and exploring ways to strengthen protective factors bringing about change so our kids stop dying!

Reality Check LIMichael Hoffner

Suffolk

Reality Check is a New York State youth-led, adult supported group that works to counter the deceptive marketing practices of the tobacco industry and the effects of tobacco marketing on youth. Reality Check youth work to expose the truth about tobacco industry advertising and promotion, and to reduce the burden of tobacco-related disease and death in their communities.

Providing Physical Education for Students with Multiple DisabilitiesBrad Weiner

Montgomery County Public Schools,

This session will address teacher difficulty with meeting individual needs of students with severe and multiple disabilities. Research indicates that teachers struggle with breaking down curricular standards and the skills associated with the standards that promote alignment with the general physical education curriculum. The participants will analysis video and engage in practice scenarios.

An Overview of the NYS AHPERD Curriculum and Assessment Guidance Document Dr. Alisa James

SUNY Brockport and Former NYS AHPERD

This presentation will provide an overview of the NYS AHPERD Curriculum and Assessment Guidance Document. The presentation will provide a rationale for the document and why it is relevant. Furthermore, examples of the pieces of the document including content, assessments and connections to state and national standards, national outcomes as well as ELA common core state standards will be provided.

TRI, A New Sport For New York Jeremiah Schwarz and Charles Wolcott

Presentation: The Creator and CEO of a new 3 team sport called TRI will present the history, development and value for school PE. This lecture will include videos a presentation, Q&A, and a discussion with a former NFL player from Connecticut. After 10 years of international development TRI is finally being offered to schools across America. Activity: Participants will get to experience the game and play with patented TRI products. Coaches will teach different aspects of the game including passing, kicking, and shooting and easy to teach drills that could be used in school PE classes. The primary focus of the activity is to relearn/remaster eye hand coordination and explore unique team building and communication tactics.

New Trends in Substance Use and Young PeopleLICADD Clinical Team

In the midst of a drug crisis in Long Island and nationwide, it is extremely important that our school professionals are up to date on current substance use trends and how they are impacting our students and their families. This presentation will cover new information about the drugs found in Long Island, why people are using them, the signs and symptoms of substance use, how to engage students and motivate them towards treatment and who to call for help.

Creating Safer Schools for LGBT Young PeopleAaron Braun

This workshop is intended for Elementary, Intermediate, Middle, Junior, and Senior High School faculty, staff, and administrators interested in learning about the challenges facing LGBT youth in schools. Topics to be discussed include bullying, myths and stereotypes, best practices, and how to create a safe and supportive school environment.

Outdoor Education From an idea to ten years laterShawn Dillon

Longwood High

The PE Hat Trick (Fitness, Health, and Wellness)Elizabeth Bolger

Sayville School

The PE Hat Trick (Fitness, Health, and Wellness) This fun and interactive session will provide you with plenty of creative new games, activities, and assessments that integrate fitness, health, and wellness. Get ready to break a mental sweat through these exciting games! Learn tools and tips to optimize student learning through activity. Make every PE second count! Objectives • The participants will learn many new, creative types of assessments that can measure the students’ health literacy, fitness concepts and nutritional knowledge all while keeping the students active and moving.

• The participants will learn many new games and activities that they can implement immediately into their Physical Education program. • The participants will learn tips and tools to make our students health literate through physical activity.

We will demonstrate how Physical Education and Health Education can and should go hand and hand.

Polar's New Strapless Heart Rate Solution is Here!Julian Acevedo

Polar Electro

No strap required! Live heart rate monitoring to your iPad with Polar's new A360 wrist based heart rate solution. Use the H7 or the A360 to collect HR data which is instantly downloaded and stored on PolarGoFit.com for easy access for teachers, administrators, students and parents. No downloading required. No strap required! Live heart rate monitoring to your iPad with Polar's new A360 wrist based heart rate solution. Use the H7 or the A360 to collect HR data which is instantly downloaded and stored on PolarGoFit.com for easy access for teachers, administrators, students and parents. No downloading required.

Yoga for Students and AthletesJeff Shiebler

Retired - Connetquot

Many people think yoga is stretching. While stretching is certainly involved, yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing strength and flexibility. This session will provide teachers and coaches with an introduction to yoga and how to integrate it into PE classes and sports practices.

RampShot Yard GameJosh Bonventre and Kevin Texeira

Developer of Rampshot

RampShot is an active, four-player yard game that keeps students moving and having fun. Players work together to toss and/or catch in attempt to score points for their team. Three out of four players are involved in every play keeping everyone on their toes and in the game! RampShot.com

National Archery in the Schools Program Melissa Bailey and Brandon Coones

NYSDEC

The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is designed to teach international style target archery, the core content covers archery history, safety, technique, equipment, mental concentration, and self-improvement. Before presenting the two-week archery course, teachers will complete a one day NASP Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) workshop. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation implemented NASP in January of 2008 and currently has enrolled and trained 313 schools, including over 38,000 in grades 4-12 during the 2015-2016 school year.

Best Practices in Concussion Management James Pierre-Glaude, DPT, ATC, CSCS

Stony Brook University

This presentation will entail both a lecture and lab component. For the lecture session, I will discuss best practices and options for formulating a concussion management program; from baseline, assessment, and return to plan considerations. For the lab component, participants will engage in a simulated basic concussion assessment. This is assessment will include symptoms checklist, balance testing, visual acuity, neurocognitive portion, etc. Stony Brook athletic training students will serve as lab assistants.

Cultural Proficiency in Working with TGNC IndividualsDonna B. Riley, Ph.D., LCSW-R

1. To increase knowledge about TGNCs’ terminology and social service needs.

2. Learners will understand the societal barriers to TGNC and the effect on the client.

3. Learners will understand the shifting family and dynamics and importance of institutional support.

Learn & Teach Circus Skills Right Away!Greg Milstein

Circus skills are both basic and complex manipulative motor skills that help students understand the fundamental principles of movement. Circus training requires skill analysis, self-assessment and self-correction to improve previously acquired skills. Circus programs will often involve community building team work which address’s the emotional and social needs of participants. Everybody who participates in circus both teachers and students work together to create a healthy, safe positive learning experience.