Working Out for Wellness

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Working Out for Wellness

• Quality Physical Activity for Coordinated School
  Health

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Todays Goals

• Understand Why Physical Education/Activity
  (W.O.W.) is Important
• Learn Legislation and A.I.S.D. Rulings
• Review the W.O.W. Guidelines
• Understand what each Principal, P.E. teacher and
  classroom teacher must do to to meet the state
  mandate of 135 minutes of structured TEKS based
  physical activity

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What has happened over the years?
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1986
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1987
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1995
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1996
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1999
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
(BMI ?30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 person)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2003
(BMI ?30, or about 30 lbs overweight for 54
person)
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2004
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4
person)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2005
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Facts

• 35 of Texas schoolchildren are overweight or
  obese.
• Children as young as 6 are diagnosed with type 2
  diabetes.
• 1/3 of all Texas kids born after the 2000 are
  projected to develop Type 2 diabetes unless we
  act now.
• If a child is overweight as an adolescent, they
  have a 75 chance of being obese as an adult.
• Research shows obesity that costs the average
  Texas school district 95,000 in lost state aid.
• More than 200 studies confirm fit kids learn
  better.

Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, Former Commissioner of State
Health Services
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Academic Performance30 minutes of daily physical
activity improves cognition.

• Repetitive movement strengthens dendrite
  branching (the part of the neuron that remembers
  details).
• Exercise may strengthen particular areas of the
  brain, and oxygen intake during exercise may
  enhance greater connections between neurons.
• Exercise activates brain chemicals that reduce
  stress and elevate self-esteem.
• Crossing the midline integrates and energizes the
  brain for better focus and retrieval of memory.
• Oxygen and glucose (brain fuel) get to the brain
  faster and better.
• Source Jean Blaydes,
  Neurokinesiologist

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AISD 5th Grade Fitness Tracking Results ( in HZ)
33 of AISD 5th graders are overweight or obese
(2005) 15 is the National Average (CDC)
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AISD 7th Grade Fitness Tracking Results ( in HZ)
39 of AISD 7th graders are overweight or obese
(2005) 15 is the National Average (CDC)
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Review 5th Grade Campus Fitness Tracking Data

• What percent of your students are not in the
  Healthy Zone for BMI?
• What sub groups have the best percentage in the
  Healthy Zone for the cardiovascular
  assessment?
• What can you do to improve these scores?
• Are your students stronger in their upper body
  (push-ups) or their abdominal area (curl-ups)?
• What can you do to improve these scores?

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Texas Education Code 28.002

• All students enrolled in full-day Kindergarten
  or Grades 1-6 in an elementary setting are
  required to participate in physical activity for
  a minimum of 30 minutes daily or 135 minutes
  weekly under the following conditions

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Texas Education Code 28.002

• Participation must be in TEKS-based physical
  education class or a TEKS-based structured
  activityand
• Each school district shall establish procedures
  for providing the required physical activity that
  must consider the health-related education needs
  of the student and the recommendations of the
  local school health advisory council (SHAC)

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AISD Board of Trustees Ruling

• The required state mandated time will be
  implemented through Physical Education classes
  taught by Physical Educators and through Working
  Out for Wellness (W.O.W.) taught by Classroom
  Teachers during the school day for a total of 135
  minutes per week.

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What is the purpose of Working Out for Wellness
(W.O.W.)?

• Provide moderate to vigorous physical activity
  for all students for at least 135 minutes a week
  to meet the state mandate.
• Create enjoyable movement experiences for
  students so they will have the confidence and
  desire to participate in physical activities
  throughout their lives.
• Reduce the risk of student obesity, diabetes, and
  other ailments.
• Improve academic performance.
• Teach students social skills.

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W.O.W. Requirements

• All K-6th grade students in elementary school
  will participated in a combination of both TEKS
  based Physical Education class and TEKS based
  structured activity for a total of 135 or more
  minutes per week through Physical Education and
  W.O.W.
• Recess time can not be counted for W.O.W. time.
  Recess is unstructured activity.

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W.O.W. Requirements

• All students must participate in at least 135
  minutes each week unless a medical excuse is
  provided.
• Students may not be held out of P.E. or W.O.W.
  for disciplinary reasons, tutorials, mentoring,
  counseling, library or completions of class work
  or assignments, etc unless time is made up
  during the school day by an AISD employee within
  the same week.

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W.O.W. Requirements

• All elementary classroom teachers must implement
  W.O.W. guidelines and time requirements during
  the school year.
• All elementary campuses must document the
  Physical Education and W.O.W. minutes in their
  master schedule for accountability.
• On extreme weather days, modified W.O.W.
  activities must be taught inside.

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Grade Level W.O.W. Activities

• Are TEKS-based and aligned with the P.E. IPGs
• Provide opportunity for students to improve their
  fitness and skills
• Are easily monitored and require little equipment
• Provide limited space activities for bad weather
  days

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Best Practices for W.O.W.

• Activities should be from W.O.W. notebook.
• All students actively participating and actively
  supervised.
• Teachers should match the activity with safety
  and the size of the playing area.
• No more than 4-6 students using a single piece of
  equipment.
• Teachers should allow students to warm-up
  properly before beginning an activity.

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W.O.W. Schedule

• W.O.W. time must be scheduled for 20 minutes each
  day.
• This is based on the Elementary Sample Schedule
  from the Elementary Area Superintendents Office.
• W.O.W. activities must include both
  cardiovascular and skill practice during the
  week.
• Optional Recess time may be scheduled after
  W.O.W. requirements are met.

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W.O.W. Schedule Recommendations

• Rotate students through cardiovascular
  activities, skill practice activities and recess
  to meet the time requirement and coordinated
  school health lessons.
• P.E. days- 20 minutes of recess or health lessons
  (5 per nine weeks)
• Art days 20 minutes of cardiovascular
  activities (running the track and/or tag games)
• Music days 20 minutes of skill practice
  activities (ie throwing, catching,
  kicking, jumping rope)
• Wednesday P.E. days only- students must
  participate in 20 minutes of choice structured
  physical activity to meet the state mandate time
  for the week.

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W.O.W. Equipment

• All schools will receive start-up W.O.W.
  equipment kits by the end of the 2006-2007 school
  year. (1 Kit per 2-3 classroom teachers)
• All equipment is provided to teach the W.O.W.
  grade level activities.
• Replacement and additional equipment cost must
  come from the campus budget or other sources (not
  from the P.E. budget).

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W.O.W. Accountability

• Principals must document the method by which
  their campus meets the state requirement through
  the CSHP Report for Result Policy 7.
• A campus should be able to explain upon request
  from a parent what structured TEKS based
  activities are being provided.
• Classroom teachers and P.E. teachers must provide
  structured TEKS based activities for 135
  minutes a week.

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W.O.W. Campus Action Plan

• Train teachers on W.O.W. requirements,
  expectations and activities
• Implement and monitor W.O.W. to meet the state
  mandate.
• Recruit a W.O.W. leader to train new teachers on
  campus procedures for W.O.W..
• Order replacement/additional W.O.W. equipment at
  the end of each year.
• Complete the CSHP Report by April 1 of each
  school year for Results Policy 7.

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Please Remember
Health and education go hand in hand one
cannot exist without the other. To believe any
differently is to hamper progress. Just as our
children have a right to receive the best
education available, they have a right to be
healthy. As parents, legislators, and educators,
it is up to us to see that this becomes a
reality -Healthy Children Ready to Learn An
essential collaboration between health and
education, 1992