Week #6 What have I taken.....

This EDG 693 class has been challenging for me over the summer since I am not gifted with the use of technology. I have found that the activities have provided me with a great opportunity to enhance my computer skills by creating a blog and maintaining it. Blogging is something that I never heard of until 5 weeks ago. Now it is something that I intend to incorporate into the classroom. It should provide a great avenue to provide students with a variety of information that they can access.
Another area is from the second week with the class wikki. This activity allowed me to have a great list of sites to aid in my teaching activities and hopefully create a new way for students to be given information in the classroom. I plan to share the list with the staff.
The last few weeks of the class have presented me with opportunities to be creative with my instructions in the classroom. I feel that the Service Learning Plan is a great challenge for the students and would be an activity that demonstrates their ability to teach their peers with the community involvement. I also am excited for the opportunity to bring in outside resources such as EMT's and the YMCA for the students. I know during the semester everyone tends to get in a rut.... This would be a great change up in the classroom to give the students an opportunity to learn from someone besides a teacher. My Instructional Plan also has the community coming into the classroom for student learning. I also feel this is another way to break up the monotony of me teaching everyday and gives the students something to look forward to besides me.....
Overall I feel more confident using online resources and getting community involvement in the classroom. I know in the past I have spoken with colleagues about different strategies to enhance student learning but I have never really acted on it. This class has given me the opportunity to grow from the first day and end with several great activities for the student to participate in next year.

Instructional Plan Week #5 - New Hope Center Unit

A. New Hope Center - Choosing the Best Unit

B. For this Instructional Plan that I created, I will be using the New Hope Center to come into and speak with the high school students on sexual education as a community resource for the unit. This unit covers a wide variety of standards from the KDE. It is a 10 day unit with a guest presenter for the first 8 days. The presenter will use a variety of materials such as a booklet, videos and student handouts and activities.

C. The students will be completing a workbook and several daily activities along with a daily video segment. Since it is an elective class with pertinent information, I feel the students should provide the information school wide. This will be accomplished by creating 8 fliers or pamphlets to be given to the student population or home rooms and hung in the hallways. This would ensure all students of the school the opportunity to access the information not only those involved with the class.

D. At the conclusion of the guest presentation the students will complete a multiple choice exam that confirms knowledge obtained by the KDE standards.

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Students will understand that individuals have a responsibility to advocate for personal, family and community health.

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Students will understand that decisions regarding sexuality have short and long term consequences and responsibilities.

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Students will understand that behavioral choices affect physical, mental, emotional and social well-being and can have positive or negative consequences on one’s health.

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Students will understand that positive health habits can help prevent injuries and spreading of diseases to self and others.

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Students will understand that a variety of resources are available to inform, treat and counsel individuals with physical, mental, social and emotional health needs.

E. At the end of the unit I will use the multiple choice assessment and the flier/pamphlet to measure the success of the plan. If the students do well it with those two assessments it will be a success. However the ultimate measurement would come when the disease rate is lower along with unplanned pregnancy. That success rate will be determined ongoing.

Co-Teachers Plan Week #4

Professional Educator:
Megan Manley
Emergency Medical Technician
megan.manley@boone.kyschools.us

Along with being a special education teacher, Ms. Manley is also local EMT that I have spoken with and plan to partner with for my upper level wellness class. The wellness class was developed to be a continuing health educational class offered for the students here at the high school. One key component of the class is the offering of CPR/First Aid certification for the students pending the passing of the CPR/First Aid exam. Since only certified personnel can administer exams and grant certification, it will be necessary for her to participate with the wellness class CPR/First Aid administration.
Ms. Manley has a variety of resources that will be used for certification. Video, website and oral presentation will be used for the students. This will take approximately two class periods followed by a 50 question exam for certification. Once competed she will issue CPR/First Aid completion cards to the students that certify them proficient in those areas of rescue.

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Students will explain how proper first-aid procedures (e.g., CPR/rescue breathing) for responding to emergency situations (falls, drowning, choking, bleeding, shock, poisons, burns, temperature-related emergencies, allergic reactions, broken bones, overdose, heart attacks, seizures) can help reduce the severity of injuries and save lives.

Students will be assessed once again by the 50 question multiple choice exam given for CPR/First Aid certification at the completion her presentation. Students are required to receive a minimum score of 70% to reach proficiency and obtain a certification card.


Professional Educator:
Trisha Rayner
Executive Director, RC Durr YMCA Burlington, KY
trayner@cincinnatiymca.org

The RC Durr YMCA offers a "Take Out Program" that will be brought to a group of people at their location such as a school. I briefly spoke to Mrs. Rayner last month while at Ryle HS during a YMCA presentation. I have also sent an email with more detail and awaiting relpy. The program I would like to utilize is the "Beginner Yoga Course". Since I know nothing about yoga and students have been asking to participate in the activity this would be a great opportunity for community outreach to help with the instruction of yoga.
A traditional setting will have a yoga instructor or the use of a video for the students to follow. I would recommend this plan be used for week long session. This will provide the students with adequet skill practice and knowledge of the lifetime benefits to be gained. This would be provided to all physcial education students.

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Students will analyze the principles for motor skills (e.g., accuracy, technique, physics, mechanics) and make applications forimproving these skills (locomotor, nonlocomotor, transitional).

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Students will explain how physical, emotional/mental and social benefits result from regular participation in leisure/recreational or competitive physical activities:

· mental/emotional benefits (e.g., reduces anxiety/stress, depression, provides better body image, improves self-discipline and self-respect)

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Students will apply techniques (e.g., practice, peer/teacher evaluation, individualized coaching) to achieve performance consistency in games and sports.To assess the students I have thought about two options. The first option would be for a student to create a yoga skill presentation demonstrating the propper techniques of the skills they have learned. This would be approximately 3-5 minutes demonstrated to the class. The second option would be creating a brochure or powerpoint about the benefits of yoga.