Welcome to SPARK

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SPARK creates, implements, and evaluates programs
that promote lifelong wellness.
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Obesity is a big problem. SPARK is here to
help!
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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

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SPARK Programs
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SPARKIs About Moving and Learning

• Time to Pata Pata!

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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

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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!
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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!

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MVPA Today
MVPA is on the decline!
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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
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How Much 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)
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Increase MVPA Minutes? Three Strategies

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1. Talk Less

• Object is do that by
• 80-20 Rule
• Be a plumber - fix the leaks!

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2. Differentiate and Disguise

• Empower students with choices, levels
• Disguise the fitness element

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3. Think MVPA

• Watch for it
• Change what youre doing to
• achieve it
• Stopwatch strategy

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Each Program Provides

• Curriculum
• Training
• Follow-Up
• Equipment

SPARK Works!
SPARK Lasts!
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SPARK Lesson Plans

• Teacher Friendly
• Minimum Prep
• Standards-Based
• Field-Tested

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Yearly Plans
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Unit Plans
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SPARK Workshops
Inspirational, motivating, effective!
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SPARK Equipment
Matched to SPARK content
And Age-Appropriate
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CDC Coordinated School Health Model
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Healthy School Environment
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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.

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Why Staff Wellness?

• Lets focus on
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• Stress Management

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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

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FREE SPARK RESOURCES FOR YOU!
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And More SPARK

• On-Site Consultation Models
• Booster workshops
• Institutes in each program
• 2 full days each
• Spring and Summer
• Train the Trainer Model

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Coming Soon

• Password accessible website
• Videoclips
• Standards alignment tools
• E-textbook capability
• SPARKlights

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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 [phone]
• By email - eormsby_at_sparkpe.org

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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 Generals report
• Awarded Exemplary Program of the U.S.
  Departmentof Education, 1993
• Received Governors Commendation award from
  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governors Council on
  Physical Fitness and Sports, 1993

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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 Universitys use SPARK as part of their
  curriculum!

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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!
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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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