A-Z Health and PE Presented by NYS AHPERD NYS AHPERD

Welcome to the NYS AHPERD A-Z Health and PE Podcast.  In this episode, we will be discussing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy with a tremendous scholar Dr. Joannie Halas.  We are very fortunate to have Dr. Halas join us from the great white North and the province of Manitoba for today’s show.   Dr. Joannie Halas (PhD, University of Alberta, 1999) is a Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba. Now retired, Joannie's integrated teaching, research, and community service was in the area of access to culturally relevant physical and health education for Indigenous and other under-represented populations, including racialized minority youth. A seminal feature of Joannie’s nationally funded research has been the development of the Rec and Read/Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program for All Nations, which was awarded the international MacJannet Prize in 2014 for exceptional university-community student engagement initiatives. With the purposeful intent of using her settler, white colonial heritage and university privilege, Joannie worked with Indigenous colleagues and community partners to develop and deliver the Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation in the Community Certificate as a pathway to post-secondary education for Indigenous students. In 2013, Joannie gave the Physical and Health Education Canada ‘R Tait Mackenzie Scholar Address’ at the national conference, where she drew attention to Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; using examples from her own work, she emphasized the potential of physical and health education to play a transformative role in mitigating the harmful impacts of colonization on First Nations, Metis and Inuit students in their schools and communities.  You can also connect with Dr. Halas directly on the X social media platform using @fightinggopher

Welcome to the NYS AHPERD A-Z Health and PE Podcast.  In this episode, we will be discussing Unified Sport with one of NYS’s true physical education icons Ms. Allison Reylea.  We are very fortunate to have Allison join us from the Guilderland Central School District in the Capital/Albany Region of NYS.   Allison Relyea earned her BSE in Physical Education ‘99 (concentration in Adapted PE) and her MSE in Recreation Education ‘01 from SUNY Cortland.  Allison has been teaching at Guilderland High School since 2003. She teaches 9-12 PE, two dance classes, and Unified Physical Education. During her career at GHS, she has coached Softball, Cross Country, Unified Bowling, Unified Bocce, Unified Cheer, and a Dance Team.  She currently serves as the faculty assistant to the Athletic Director and is an adjunct professor at Russell SAGE College in Troy, NY.Allison is also an active member of NYS AHPERD.  At the state level, she currently serves on the Board of Directors and was recently voted to serve a second term. Allison has presented at various state and zone conferences on dance, technology in PE, assessment, Unified, and other topics.  She is the Treasurer and Past President for the Capital Zone and is the co-chair of the Grant and Secondary Student Leadership Awards committees. Allison has also been honored as a 2011 Dance TOY (NYS AHPERD), a 2018 Secondary  TOY (NYS AHPERD), and a 2020 Eastern District HS TOY (SHAPE). Recently, Allison was recognized as the 2023 Unified Champion Award from Special Olympics NY for her involvement with Unified programming.  Allison is a current member of NAHPL and has attended regional and national conferences.She loves teaching physical education and bringing opportunities to ALL of her students in and out of the classroom. You can also connect with Allison directly on X @agrelyeaAlong with Allison’s most impressive accomplishments as a health and physical educator, is the work with the New NYS K-12 Physical Education Learning Standards (2020) where she served on the Leadership Team to complete this groundbreaking task for the State of New York. Allison, is a visionary and continue to take the discipline to new heights.

In this episode, we discuss the Meaningful Physical Education Framework with one of its main contributors–Dr. Douglas Gleddie who joins us from the great white North and the province of Alberta for today’s show.   Dr. Doug Gleddie is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. He teaches physical education curriculum and pedagogy to undergraduate students. He also teaches graduate courses in health and physical education, reflective practice, physical literacy and research methods. Dr. Gleddie’s research foci include: narratives of physical education; school sport; physical literacy praxis; meaningful physical education and; teacher education. Dr. Gleddie has a number of publications including peer reviewed journal articles, books and also writes a blog. You can also connect with Dr. Gleddie directly on Twitter @doug_gleddieAlong with Doug’s impressive publication record, are his efforts with the Learning about Meaningful Physical Education Blog–LAMPE for short.  This is among the Health and PE profession’s most popular resources, not only in the U.S., but around the world.  

As a special treat for our listeners, we have two fabulous guests today to help prime our listeners for the upcoming conference.  The first is our current President of the Association, the one and only, Ms. Shelly Connors. Our second guest is our honorable executive director of NYS AHPERD—Ms. Colleen Corsi.It’s not too late to join us at the NYS AHPERD 85th Annual Conference, November 15th-18th, at the Turning Stone in Verona, New York; you can register onsite when you arrive!  Need a room?  Call the Turning Stone at (800) 771-7711 and be sure to mention NYS AHPERD to receive our discounted room rates. Don’t forget about our blood drive!  Visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter NYSAHPERD in the red Find a Blood Drive box in the upper right corner of the page. Questions? Call our central office at 315-823-1015.

This is the final of our summer series where we have invited special guests and students from summer courses I teach at Canisius.  Students in these classes are graduate teacher candidates on the verge of student-teaching, newly inducted teachers, and some experienced health and physical education practitioners.  We have asked special guests and students to review articles ahead of time and discuss accordingly.The article we will be chatting about today is entitled:“Grading In Physical Education” published in JOPERD in 2018 by Dr. Alisa JamesWe are truly honored to introduce our special guest for today’s episode--Dr. Alisa James.Dr. Alisa James is a Professor and Associate Dean at SUNY Brockport. Dr. James has been at SUNY Brockport for 22 years. Dr. James is a past President of NYSAHPERD as well as a past President of the Future Professionals section and the Higher Education Section. 

This is the third of four episodes where we have invited special guests and students from summer courses I teach at Canisius University.  Students in these classes are graduate teacher candidates on the verge of student-teaching, newly inducted teachers, and some experienced health and physical education practitioners.  We have asked special guests and students to review articles ahead of time and discuss accordingly. The articles we will be chatting about today are entitled:“Physical Educators’ Attitudes Toward the Teaching Profession and Perceptions of School Climate by our very own Dr. Kate Cardina and Dr. Seymour“Why You Should Participate in Your State Association … at Every Phase of Your HPE Career by Ben Schwarmberger and colleagues“A Professional Legacy Is a Journey: What  Path Will You Travel?” by Clancy SeymourOur first guest is the honorable executive director of NYS AHPERD—Ms. Colleen Corsi.  Colleen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Brockport, a Master of Science in education from Central Missouri State University, and her Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Administration from the NYS Education Department.  She has been a teacher, a coach and served as the Associate in Physical Education and Athletics for the NYS Education Department.  For the past 25 years, she has been the NYS AHPERD Executive Director providing leadership and vision to NYS AHPERD’s governing body to ensure financial growth and stability. She is a past president of the Eastern District Society of Association Management, National Society of Association Management and New York State Council of Education Associations. Colleen presented the Gerry D’Agostino Memorial Lecture at The College at Brockport; presented the 2010 Eastern District Memorial Lecture; and was honored to present, “What Will Your Legacy Be?” at the first Puerto Rico AHPERD Conference. Most recently, she was the lecturer for the Dr. Ron Feingold Lecture Series at the 2017 NYS AHPERD Annual Conference. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions.Not to be outdone, our second guest is Dr. Kate Cardina who currently serves as the Chair and Professor of the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Program at Buffalo State University. She is a New York State certified health and physical education teacher.  Her areas of research and academic interest include professional preparation in school and community health education and program evaluation. Her scholarship focuses on the role of teacher certification and professional development to enhance teacher quality. Other contributions to the field of health education include workshops for teachers, staff, and administrators designed enhance their skills related to facilitating health and sexuality education among youth, including individuals with exceptional needs.