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In this episode, we will be discussing how interdisciplinary approaches can improve meaningful learning experiences in physical education with Dr. Kayla Zimmer.Dr. Kayla Zimmer is the Director of Graduate Literacy and teaching faculty in the School of Education at Canisius University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in elementary and secondary literacy, foundational literacy skills, literacy for secondary content areas, and assessment. Her research interests include educational policy, AI in education, student engagement, and questioning.   She has worked as a National Park Ranger, a middle school special education teacher, and a 7th grade aide. These roles have deeply influenced her approach to literacy, education, teaching, and research. Articles for Today's ShowConstantinou, P., & Wuest, D. A. (2015). Using Academic Language to Level the Playing Field for English-Language Learners in Physical Education: Part 1. Strategies , 28(5), 28–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/08924562.2015.1066285 Seymour, C. M., Illg, K., Donnelly, J. P., Kozlowski, K., Lopata, C., & Thomeer, M. (2019). Effects of Common Core State Standards on Student Physical Activity Rates and Student and Teacher Perceptions in Physical Education. Physical Educator.

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.