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Wyoming Alliance
For Health, Physical Education,
Recreation, and Dance Communicator
February 2002 Volume 14 Issue 2
2001-2002 WAHPERD In This Issue
Executive Board Message from the President…………………………………………… 2
WAHPERD Convention at a Glance…………………………………… 3
President WAHPERD Convention Hotel Information…………………………… 4
Gay Hughes WAHPERD Convention Registration Form…………………………… 5
Riverton High School, Riverton WAHPERD Convention Exhibitor Information……………………… 7
Jump Rope for Heart/Hoops for Heart………………………………… 8
President Elect
ARTICLE: Have Educators Gone Overboard with Standards?……… 10
Don Brinkman
Cody Middle School, Cody ARTICLE: School Physical Education Programs - Are They Meeting
the Grade?………………………………………………………… 12
Past President WAHPERD Apparel Shop…………………………………… 13
Michael Miller WAHPERD Membership Application………………………… 14
Kelly Walsh High School, Casper
Casp
Vice President Physical Education
Kelly Merager
Cody Middle School, Cody
Vice President Elect Physical Education
Chrissy Tavegie
Newcastle High School, Newcastle
Vice President Health
Sandra Goheen-Smith
McCormick Junior High School, Cheyenne
Vice President Elect Health
Karla Hodge
Kemmerer Middle School, Kemmerer
Vice President Recreation
Tim O'Hagan
Newcastle Middle School, Newcastle
Vice President Elect Recreation
Kryssy Brown
Rawlins Middle School, Rawlins
Vice President Dance
Sheila Syvrud
Washington Elementary School, Rock Springs
Vice President Elect Dance
Jean Dalton Holland
Bain Elementary School, Cheyenne
Executive Director (ex-officio)
Nancy Raso Eklund
Washington Elementary School, Green River
Treasurer (ex-officio)
Todd Dulaney
Sweetwater School District, Rock Springs
Secretay (ex-offico)
Jacque Pike
Worland High School, Worland
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WAHPERD
CONVENTION
2002
"Upgrading Our Skills for the 21st Century"
November 6-8, 2002
Cody, WY
SEE DETAILS INSIDE
WAHPERD Mission Statement and Goals
The Wyoming Alliance is committed to providing assistance and support
while empowering its membership to initiate, develop, and conduct
programs in educating the public about the benefits of an active healthy
lifestyle. Following are the goals of the Wyoming Alliance: (1) To provide
professional growth and development services; (2) To increase association
membership and involvement at all levels, student, professional, and retiree;
(3) To promote mandatory quality daily physical education; (4) To improve,
expand, and advocate communication and services to the membership and
public; and (5) To serve as a resource in curriculum development and
implementation at state and local levels.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT, Gay Hughes, Riverton
Greetings everyone. I hope that you had an enjoyable holiday season and that you are refreshed and rejuvenated to
complete your school year.
It was great to see many of you in Casper at the annual WAHPERD conference. For those of you who did not make
it, you missed an outstanding conference. Kudos to Mike Miller and his committee. Already Don Brinkman and
Kelly Merager are working on next year’s conference. If you would like to present, please be sure to contact Don or
myself so that we can get you on board. Cody has an awesome new recreation center that we will be using. We are
also hoping to hold our banquet on Thursday evening at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. The BBHC is also giving
us free admission to the center during the conference. I also have a verbal commitment from AAHPERD President-
Elect, Joanne Owens-Nausler, to attend and present. I don’t know if we have ever had a national president at our
convention, so take advantage of this opportunity to attend and hear one awesome lady.
In early December I had the privilege of attending a WyoWins workshop in Cheyenne. The title of the workshop,
sponsored by the Wyoming Department of Health, Substance Abuse Division, was Reclaiming Wyoming: A
Comprehensive Blueprint For Prevention, Early Intervention, and Treatment of Substance Abuse, Vision
2020. An extensive study was done in response to Wyoming House Bill 83. This study will be presented to this
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year’s legislature and hopefully the plan will be adopted so that Wyoming can take the lead in tackling this huge
problem in our state. The report is lengthy, nearly 300 pages, but has some very good information in it. You can get
a copy of it from the Department of Health, Division of Substance Abuse, or you can download it at
www.wyowins.net or www.paxtalk.com. Updates and additional information about the report may be available at
those sites as well. Please contact your local legislators and urge them to support the adoption of this plan. If you
need a list of legislators, I will get the list to Tami Benham-Deal to post on the list serve. Also, last October the
Wyo. Dept. of Health, Substance Abuse Division received a $9 million Federal State Incentive Grant (SIG) to help
us battle the growing problem of substance abuse among our students. Communities can apply for grants to assist
them in addressing local problems with proven prevention strategies. If you have questions, please contact:
Christine Ricketts at 307-777-3744 or cricke@state.wy.us . Also, be sure that you check out www.wyowins.net.
Once again, please don’t hesitate to become involved in the upcoming legislative process. If we do not advocate for
ourselves, no one else will.
Best wishes for the rest of this school year. I hope to see some of you in San Diego in April.
Yours in service,
Gay L. Hughes
WAHPERD WEB PAGE
http://www.uwyo.edu/wahperd
CHECK IT OUT! LEARN MORE ABOUT:
• The PEP Act • PETE-UW List serve
• WAHPERD Membership Application Page • Physical Education Page
• Health Page • Links to Other Sites
• Assessment in Physical Education
WAHPERD members are encouraged to submit articles and/or ideas for the Web page. Please send them to:
Tami Benham Deal, Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, P. O. Box 3196, Laramie, WY
82071, 307-766-4284
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WAHPERD Convention 2002
November 6-8, 2002
Buffalo Bill Village/Holiday Inn Convention Center
&
Cody Recreation Center
Special Guests
AAHPERD President, JoAnne Owens-Nauslar
Central District President, Kathleen Engle
Learn more about new technology, grant writing, standards
and assessments, and the PEP Bill; get new ideas, network with
fellow professionals, have a great time, and support your
profession.
Be watching the WAHPERD Communicator for more
information or check things out at:
http://www.uwyo.edu/wyhpenet
Come and bring a colleague who has not attended in the past.
Convention Managers
Don Brinkman and Kelly Merager
donbrinkman@yahoo.com
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Wyoming Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
November, 6-8, 2002
“Upgrading Our Skills for the 21st Century”
Buffalo Bill Village Resort/Holiday Inn Convention Center
Cody Recreation Center
Cody, Wyoming
Convention Presentation Proposal Form
With the theme “Upgrading Our Skills for the 21st Century” as our theme and Buffalo Bill
Village/Holiday Inn Convention Center and the new Cody Recreation Center as our site, the program
committee recommends that the program fit the focus themes and the site…e.g. technology, injury
prevention, coaching, physical education, health education, nutrition and physical activity, dance and
rhythms and recreation, wellness, should be considered.
To propose a program presentation for the 2002 WAHPERD convention, provide the following
information. All proposals must be received no later than June 21st, 2002. Incomplete proposals will
not be considered for presentation. Those selected will be notified by September 1st, 2002.)
1. TITLE OF PROPOSED PROGRAM (limit of 15 words - should be descriptive of your content)
2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM FOR BROCHURE (limit description to 50 words or less)
3. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES (objectives must be measurable and indicate what you think your
audience should gain from participating in this program)
a.
b.
c.
4. PROGRAM OUTLINE (include topics and sub-topics; attach a separate sheet if necessary)
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5. PRESENTER INFORMATION (summary of qualification of the speaker or speakers)
Speaker (please print or type)
Title
Mailing Address
Work Number Home Number
E-mail Address Fax Number
THEMES (please check the appropriate theme for your presentation)
Technology Health Education best practices
Physical Education best practices Dance/Rhythms best practices
Nutrition best practices Coaching best practices
Aquatics best practices Recreation/Outdoor Education
Community resources for Health Education
EQUIPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT YOU NEED FOR YOUR PRESENTATION (please check)
Gymnasium Swimming pool
Computer Lab (# of computers)
Lecture Room (list audio-visual equipment required):
Other (please specify):
MESSAGE TO PRESENTERS
Dear Presenters, please make two copies of your proposal and send one to
Gay L. Hughes
WAHPERD President
1235 Robin Lane
Riverton, WY 82501
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AND send the other copy to the appropriate Vice President:
Dance/Rhythms: Health:
Sheila Syvrud-Vice President Dance Sandra Goheen-Smith-Vice President Health
Box 507 3533 Amherst Rd.
Rock Springs, WY 82901 Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: 307-352-4416 (H) Phone: 307-637-4807 (H)
307-352-3242 (S) 307-771-2650 Ext 156 (S)
Physical Education/Coaching/Technology: Recreation/Aquatic/Outdoor Education:
Kelly Merager -Vice President Phys. Ed. Tim O’Hagan-Vice President Recreation
1032 Riverview Dr. 217 W. Winthrop
Cody, WY 82414 Newcastle, WY82701
Phone: 307-527-9731 (H) Phone: 307-746-2243 (H)
307-587-4273 (S) 307-746-2746 (S)
DEADLINE: June 21th, 2002
If you are unsure of where your presentation fits, call Gay Hughes at 307-857-3149 (H), 307-856-4230 (S), or 307-
856-2333 (FAX). If you have any questions please email Gay at: ghughes@trib.com
WY HPE SCHOOL NETWORK
WEB PAGE
http://www.uwyo.edu/wyhpenet
WYOMING CONTENT AND PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
ARE YOU DEVELOPING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTH EDUCATION?
VISIT THE WEBSITE!!!
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WAHPERD: RUNNING FOR OFFICE Gay Hughes
Officers – WAHPERD always needs individuals who are interested in running for a position on the WAHPERD
Executive Board. Serving is a great learning experience and allows you to contribute to your state organization.
Yes, it does take some time, but not that much. Each year an Elect is elected for the offices of VP of each area –
Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, as well as an elect for President. You have one year to learn the
ropes before you take over. If you are interested, contact: Mike Miller, 1085 Waterford St., Casper, WY 82609,
307-265-6501 millerm@trib.com
There are also some appointed positions. Right now we are looking for someone to assist Corney Dereemer with the
awards. It is too big of a job for just one person, but if we have two it will be manageable. Please, we need someone
to step forward and help with this. Contact Gay Hughes at: ghughes@trib.com or Corney at
cornydereemer@aol.com Thanks so much.
WAHPERD 2001 AWARD WINNERS Corney Dereemer
The following individuals were honored at the Banquet at the 2001 WAHPERD Convention for their outstanding
contribution and dedication to their area:
Pax Ricketts Award Middle School Teacher of the Year Award
Kathleen Engle, Newcastle Amy Schroth, Lander
Honor Awards Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year Award
Todd Dulaney, Rock Springs Barb Corriveau, Cheyenne
Barb Schmidt, Cheyenne
Student of the Year
Elementary Teacher of the Year Award Jamie Ziegler, University of Wyoming
Rick Brundage, Cheyenne
Individuals who meet the AAHPERD Award criteria will go on to compete for Central District TOYS and then to the
national level. We have had some winners from Wyoming in the past, so don’t hesitate to nominate someone who
you think does a great job.
Speaking of awards, we need nominations for awards. That includes Teacher of the Year (TOY) awards in each area
as well as nominations for the Pax Ricketts Award (WAHPERD’s highest award) and Honor Awards. We did not
have a winner in all the areas this past year and I know we have some great teachers out there. Someone just needs
to nominate them. Nominations need to go to Corney Dereemer, the sooner the better.
LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION Gay Hughes
The Wyoming 2002 Legislative session will be underway by the time that everyone receives this issue of the
Communicator. As your President, I would like to encourage you to become involved in the Legislative process.
There is a website where you can go and check out the bills that are being presented, their progress, committee
members, e-mail addresses, etc. The site address is: http://legiweb.state.wy.us
Once you get into the site, if you want to find out about bills, click on Session Information and you can then click on
2002 and get to a list of all House and Senate bills.
You can also find the e-mail addresses of all Representatives and Senators in this site.
If we don’t advocate for our profession, and ourselves no one else will. Also, if you choose to send an e-mail, please
send it from your home computer, no a school district one. When the legislators were receiving volumes of e-mails
last year regarding the salary issue, e-mails sent from school districts were over looked.
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WYOMING SCHOOL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (WYHPE)
NETWORK: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Tami Benham Deal
In an effort to provide technical assistance to all 48 school districts in Wyoming, the Wyoming School Health and
Physical Education (WYHPE) Network delivers several different professional development workshops. These
workshops focus on planning and implementing standards-based instruction and assessment in health and physical
education. Through a cost-sharing partnership with school districts, the WYHPE Network provides instruction on
the latest curricula and assessments that are recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trainers for the workshops are health and physical education teachers who currently use the educational materials
and who have participated in an advanced training experience. To learn more about these workshops, contact one
of the WYHPE Network Co-Directors or the WYHPE Website:
Tami Benham Deal, P.E.D. 307-766-4284 benham@uwyo.edu
Ward K. Gates, Ph.D. 307-766-5753 wkgates@uwyo.edu
http://www.uwyo.edu/wyhpenet
Following is information about each of the professional development workshops that are delivered.
Wyoming Health Assessment Training (WHAT)
The WHAT workshop is a two-day training that utilizes assessments created by the State Collaborative on Assessment and
Student Standards (SCASS) for its Health Education Assessment Project. With assistance from ACT, Inc., the project has
developed and validated a variety of assessment materials that are appropriate for use by elementary, middle, and high school
teachers. During the workshop participants become familiar with grade level assessments, a standardized scoring rubric for
health knowledge and skills, practice scoring assessments, discuss YRBS data and how it applies to assessment selection, and
begin developing a matrix that cross references SCASS assessments and district/state standards and benchmarks.
Get Real About Aids (GRAA)
This workshop focuses on the “Get Real About AIDS” curriculum, a curriculum that the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention has identified as a “Program That Works.” Two workshops are available, GRAA for middle school and GRAA for
high school. Participants engage in hands-on teaching practice that focuses on information, skills, and vulnerability and
personal impact. Information focuses on functional knowledge (e.g., what you need to know to stay safe). Skills focus on
expressing limits to others so that students can avoid risky situations. And vulnerability and personal impact focuses on
making the information and skills meaningful to students, so that they know that AIDS affects them personally.
Reducing the Risk (RTR): Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD, and HIV
This 2-day workshop provides participants with hands-on experience in using the RTR curriculum. The curriculum contains
16 well-defined lessons that emphasize teaching refusals, delaying tactics and alternative actions students can use to prevent
teenage pregnancy and protection against HIV and other STD. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found
RTR to be well-evaluated and effective in reducing unprotected intercourse. The curriculum was also found to increase the
proportion of students who reported talking with their parents about abstinence and contraception.
Wyoming Assessment in Physical Education
The Wyoming Assessment in Physical Education workshop was a two-day in-service training that focused on aligning
standards (local with state) and developing assessment rubrics in physical education. Workshops were held in Riverton, Rock
Springs, Gillette, and Cheyenne during the summer of 2001. The workshop was divided into the following sections: (1)
Alignment of Standards and Benchmarks, (2) Instruction, Assessment, Standards, and Learning, (3) Creating Rubrics, (4)
Assessing Movement, Fitness, Affect, and Games, and (5) Assessing Standards and Grading/Record Keeping/Tracking.
Designing Physical Education District and Body of Evidence Assessments (BOE)
This 2-day workshop extends the 2001 Assessment in Physical Education workshop by focusing on physical education
assessments that can be used as district-wide assessments and could be used in school districts’ Body of Evidence (BOE). The
purpose of the workshop is to bring physical education professionals together to share their assessments and to write
additional assessments which align with state and district standards.
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JUMP ROPE FOR HEART AND HOOPS Jarlath Mortenson
State Coordinator
Monumental Trip
Eight members of the Pinedale Ropin’ Wrangler Demonstration team participated in Central District held in Rapid
City South Dakota Feb 7th and 8th of 2002. During their performing trip the team staged nine shows for about
1800 people-mostly elementary school aged students, along with educators participating in the convention. The
Ropin’ Wranglers whose sponsors are the American Heart Association and WAHPERD, shows awareness and
support for its Jump Rope for Heart program, and encourages young people to live heart-healthy lifestyles
that include regular exercise.
Highlights of the trip included two special clinics with Mark Rothstein, world jump rope champion. His sessions
included the demonstration by the student jumpers of the breaking down and performing basic, intermediate, and
advance skills. His parallel message of drug free students and healthy kids for life made for a collaborated
message to the audience. A personal highlight for the jumpers was sharing pizza dinner with the pro. Three
Rapid City schools were visited, Meadowbrook, Knollwood, and Bergquist. The warm welcome from these
student bodies reinforced the overall experience the kids had while visiting Rapid City. The team also took time
to visit the monument of Mt. Rushmore reinforcing cross-curricular studies in social study standards.
The Ropin’ Wranglers were especially impressed by the personal visit from Diane Owens, AAHPERD president.
and all the Wyoming delegates who stopped to wish the team well on their tour. The team left Rapid City with a
better understanding of how important they were to the program and how valuable their message is to children.
SUMMER 2002
MEGA CROSS TRAINING WORKSHOP IN HEALTH AND PHYSICAL
EDUCATION Presented by WYHPE Network
Plans are underway for a MEGA 4-day workshop on health and physical education assessment to be held in
Laramie this summer. At the WAHPERD conference this fall some of you suggested that the Network coordinate
a meeting which would allow physical education teachers to get together to share some of their assessments and to
work together to develop a set of assessments that could be used as district assessments. During the summer
workshop we will devote 3 days to doing just that, plus add materials that could also be used in the BOE. During
the fourth day of the workshop folks who have previously attended a SCASS workshop can participate in a one-
day booster session that utilizes Phase II assessment items. On the first two days of the workshop we also hope to
deliver a "Reducing the Risk - Building Skills to Prevent Pregnancy, STD & HIV" workshop. A "Get Real About
AIDS" workshop will follow on the next two days. Finally, a 2-day SCASS workshop will also be held. As we
did last summer in the assessment workshops that we conducted around the state, University of Wyoming graduate
credit and PTSB credit will be available.
Check out the Network website for more details (http://www.uwyo.edu/wyhpenet). Help us decide on the dates
and which workshops will be delivered by completing the questionnaire (see link on home page) and returning it
to me. We'll look forward to getting your responses!
MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NEXT TWO PAGES
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MEGA CROSS TRAINING WORKSHOPS IN HEALTH AND
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CROSS TRAINING
“Alternate two or more activities to improve a single component of fitness” (Fahey, et al., 2001).
Are you interested in one of the WYHPE Network workshops but have never had time to attend?
Do you need more help with developing and aligning your physical education and health assessments and
standards?
Would you like to participate in developing an assessment profile that could be used district wide and for
BOE?
The WYHPE Network's mission is to provide teachers across all of Wyoming's school districts with technical
assistance in planning, implementing, and assessing standards-based health and physical education instruction. We
are currently trying to determine how many teachers would be interested in attending a MEGA workshop that
reflects the WYHPE Network's version of CROSSTRAINING.
"Alternating two or more professional development activities to enhance one's assessment skills."
The workshop will be held in Laramie at the University of Wyoming during the early part of the summer. Please
complete the questionnaire on the next page and return to Tami Benham Deal by March 1, 2002, so that final plans
can be made.
Proposed Schedule
Corbett Building, University of Wyoming
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Designing Physical Education Assessments for District and BOE 1-Day SCASS
Training for Previous
Participants
Designing Physical Education Assessments 2-Day SCASS Training for New Participants
for District and BOE
2-Day "Reducing the Risk" Workshop 2-Day "Get Real About Aids" Workshop
Final details about the workshop will be posted on the Network website
(http://uwyo.edu/wyhpenet) by the end of March.
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MEGA Cross Training Workshops In Health and
Physical Education Survey
Name School
School Street Address/P.O. Box
City/State/Zip Code
E-mail address Telephone
YES! I would be interested in attending the MEGA Cross Training workshop at U.W. this summer.
BACKGROUND (If you have attended a previous WYHPE Network workshop, please check appropriate response)
Assessment in Physical Education
WHAT/SCASS
Get Real About AIDS
Reducing the Risk
Teaching Sensitive Issues
WORKSHOPS YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING
Designing Physical Education Assessments for District and BOE (3 days)
Designing Physical Education Assessments for District and BOE (3 days) plus Thursday SCASS workshop
(for previous participants only)
1-Day SCASS Booster (for previous participants) and 2-Day Reducing the Risk Workshop
2-Day “Get Real About AIDS”* workshop and 2-Day “Reducing the Risk Workshop”
2-Day “Get Real About AIDS”* workshop only
2-Day “Reducing the Risk” workshop only
* Get Real About AIDS” workshops focus on two different populations. Check the workshop level you would
prefer: ______ Middle School _____ High School
PREFERRED DATES Please indicate which dates you would be available to attend by rating your preference,
beginning with “1” for the best date. DO NOT mark any dates that you would NOT be able to attend.
June 24-28, 2002
July 8-12, 2002
Other
UW CREDIT (Please indicate your interest in UW graduate credit: 1 cr 2 cr 3 cr
PTSB CREDIT Yes No
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPPORT The cost of the workshop is $25.00. This will cover half the cost of materials you
will receive. The Network will cover the other half of the cost. Please indicate if you can obtain school district
professional development funds to support your travel/ and if those monies must be expended by the end of the fiscal
year (e.g., June 30, 2002). Yes/Yes Yes/No No/No
Thank you for completing this questionnaire. We will use your feedback to make planning decisions about the
MEGA Cross-Training Workshop in Health and Physical Education. Please return the questionnaire by February 28,
2002, to Tami Benham Deal, Division of Kinesiology and Health, PO Box 3196,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3196 or fax to 307-766-4098.
Final details will be posted on the Network website (http://uwyo.edu/wyhpenet) by
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March 25, 2002.
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WAHPERD MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
Name
Home Address
City Zip
Telephone
School/Affiliate
Address City Zip
Telephone
Membership (check one) Professional Student/Retiree
$20.00 $5.00
Make Checks Payable to WAHPERD
SEND TO:
WAHPERD Treasurer
Todd Dulaney
3201 Scott Drive
Rock Springs, WY 829001
dulaneyt@rock.sw1.k12.wy.us
Membership Entitles You To:
• WAHPERD Newsletter
• Annual State Conference
• Leadership Opportunities
• Awards
• Legislative Action
• National Affiliation
• Professional Communication Network
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