Developing Healthy and Active Individuals

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Purpose:

Examine best practices regarding PreK-12 health and physical education instruction to address the Bellingham Promise outcome focused on developing healthy & active individuals.
Meet three times a year to address issues related to health and physical education standards, instruction and assessment, and professional development needs.
Communicate findings to stakeholders.

Basis for Establishment:

To increase opportunities for teachers, principals and Department of Teaching and Learning to collectively collaborate around the development of healthy & active individuals as stated in The Bellingham Promise.
To create an ongoing process for addressing standards, instruction and assessment decisions, alignment and communication regarding health and physical education instruction.
To advise regarding needs and priorities in health and physical education.

Decision-Making Process:

This group will make any necessary decisions based on a consensus of those present and primarily serve in an advisory capacity to Department of Teaching and Learning and the Superintendent.

Plan of Work:

Understand how the Developing Healthy & Active Individuals advisory group relates to other Teaching and Learning Advisory groups and The Bellingham Promise.
Review recent research on best practices in health and physical education.
Examine current district practices in health and physical education.
Analyze current assessment data.
Examine current state, local and other related standards, assessments and instructional implications.
Collect feedback from staff, students and parents, as needed.
Recommend revised health and physical education practices for Bellingham Public Schools

2016-17 School Year: All meetings are 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the District Office.

2015-16 School Year: Meetings are from 4 to 6 p.m. at the District Office.

March 18, 2016 – Agenda, Minutes
- Establish team norms, review the scope of the work related to the Bellingham Promise and related advisory groups.
- Describe current district health education practices, with attention to curriculum, instruction, standards, assessment, and professional development.

April 27, 2016 – Agenda, Minutes
- Examine current research and best practices reports about effective health education.
- Compare current Bellingham Schools health education offerings/experiences with needed/desired effective practices.

May 18, 2016 – Agenda, Minutes
- Identify and recommend shifts in current Bellingham Schools health education practice to reflect best-practices research.
- Develop status report for the Department of Teaching and Learning and the Superintendent.

Members

Rotating/staggered memberships: Three-year, two-year and one-year memberships will be established at each level, so that we can have an ongoing advisory group over time without losing momentum
Three elementary representatives: Nic Castona, Melanie Flink, Beth Kealy, Paula Stratman
Four middle school representatives: Julee Pitalo, Shannon Flory, Katie Powell and Matt Macleod
Two high school representatives: Darin Nolan,
One nurse: Barb Cummins
Charisse Berner, Director of Teaching and Learning – Co-chair
Jessica Sankey, Director of Wellness – Co-chair

Responsibilities:

Communicate and make public all meeting agendas and minutes
Director of Teaching and Learning shares outcomes with DTL team to surface potential impact on priorities across the system.

Timeline:

2015-16 school year: January – May 2016
2016-17 and beyond: Teaching and Learning Advisory Group meets fall, winter and spring. Dates to be scheduled and communicated at the beginning of the school year.

Budget Implications:

The advisory group may recommend that a review committee be formed to address significant curricular needs.

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