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For
a complete list of professional development
opportunities, visit
www.southdakotapd.com.
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Aligning Health and
Reading with a HEAP of
Books
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Health Education
Standards and Assessment
Online Training
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LifeSkills Training
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Physical Education
Curriculum Analysis Tool
(PECAT)
Aligning Health and Reading with
a HEAP of Books
October 25-26, 2007, Comfort
Inn, Mitchell , SD
You know how important health
education is for your students.
But it is no secret that there
just isn’t enough time for it.
The Aligning Health and
Reading with a HEAP of Books
training is the practical
solution for elementary and
secondary teachers, school
counselors, nurses and many
others for getting it all done
in the little time you have.
The Aligning Health and
Reading with a HEAP of Books
training is designed to help
teachers make connections
between the health knowledge and
skills their students should
achieve in order to become
health literate and the books
they integrate into their daily
lessons on reading and writing.
The training will be held at the
Comfort Inn, 2020 Highland Way,
Mitchell, SD from 8:30- 4:00
p.m. on October 25-26, 2007.
Participants will be eligible to
receive one graduate credit
through Black Hills State
University for $40.00 and one
Department of Education Teacher
Renewal Credit at no charge.
Participants may also take the
course for no credit.
For information about the course
objectives and to register for
this training opportunity go to:
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/schoolhealth/training/index.asp.
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Health Education Standards and Assessment Online Training
Coordinated School Health will
be offering an on-line training
of the South Dakota Health
Education Standards and
Assessment. The training will be
held over a four week period
beginning November 1, 2007 and
ending on November 30, 2007. For
more information about the
course objectives and to
register go to:
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/schoolhealth/training/index.asp
The South Dakota Health
Education Standards and
Assessment Training is designed
to provide participants with
information and skill-building
opportunities related to South
Dakota’s health education
standards and assessment.
Participants will explore the
health education standards,
including the core concepts and
skill categories. They will
learn to align standards,
assessment and instructional
activities, as well as, obtain
practice in scoring student’s
work. Participants will learn to
differentiate between assessment
for the purpose of
accountability and assessment
for the purpose of instructional
improvement.
This training is appropriate for
elementary teachers, curriculum
directors, health education
teachers, administrators, school
counselors, school nurses,
parents, and other interested
individuals.
Approval has been granted for
one hour of graduate or
undergraduate credit or for one
Department of Education
Certificate Renewal Credit. The
course may also be taken for no
credit.
Questions regarding the training
design and content can be
directed to Karen Keyser,
Coordinated School Health
Program, at (605) 773-6808 or
karen.keyser@state.sd.us.
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LifeSkills Training – November
28-29, Sioux Falls
Lifeskills Training is a proven,
highly effective, substance
abuse prevention program. The
training is recommended for
Teachers, Counselors, Prevention
Advocates, Safe & Drug Free
School Coordinators and School
Nurses and is designed to:
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provide students with
the necessary skills to
resist social pressures
to smoke, drink, and use
drugs;
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help students develop
greater self-esteem,
self-mastery, and
self-confidence;
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enable students to
effectively cope with
social anxiety; increase
students knowledge of
the immediate
consequences of
substance abuse.
Approval has been granted for
one hour of graduate or
undergraduate credit or for one
Department of Education
Certificate Renewal Credit. The
course may also be taken for no
credit. Information regarding
the training design and content
and how to register go to:
http://doe.sd.gov/oess/schoolhealth/training/docs/LST-Flyer%20Nov%20%202007%20Sioux%20Falls1.pdf.
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Physical Education Curriculum
Anaylsis Tool (PECAT)
Pre-Convention Workshop
Register today for the annual
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, Dance convention
November 1-2, 2007 in Aberdeen
SD. The pre-convention is a
Physical Education Curriculum
Analysis Tool (PECAT) workshop
designed to help teachers
analyze their physical education
curriculum which begins at 1:00
p.m. on Wed. October 31.This is
free workshop if you are
attending the convention! For
more information about the PECAT
go to:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/PECAT/.
The opening session for the
convention will be at 6:00 p.m.
October 31 followed by a social
for all. Thursday is a day full
of sessions covering a variety
of topics. After the awards
banquet, a social gathering at
the local bowling alley will
round out a busy day. Sessions
will continue Friday until
1:00p.m. The featured speaker
for this convention is Robyn
Starks Holcomb who is the South
Dakota Artist in Residence in
dance. She will be presenting
sessions all day Thursday and
Friday morning on her topic
"Athletic Art in Motion". The
opportunity to participate in
personal fitness testing will be
available as well as tours
through the new technology
fitness lab on NSU campus. Door
prizes and registration gifts
add to the learning, the
networking. We are also looking
for members who are interested
in serving on the board. If you
have any questions, please
contact Vickie Semmler at
605-367-7970 or
vickie.semmler@k12.sd.us.
For more information about the
convention go to:
http://sdahperd.sdstate.org/voodoo/confer.htm.
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Incentives
are available for students K-6 who participate
in the Schools Walk program. Teachers can
register their class on-line and receive a free
gift. Also check out the Healthy Habit School
Calendars for student activities to do at school
or at home. You can register at