Class challenges

I have been taking notes and photos of the students in class as they have set personal goals for both fitness and healthy food choices. We have been using Fuel Up in our classes as we align activities with the curriculum.

I teach 6 high school classes of Health FItness that include Outdoor Education, Aerobics, Team Sports 1-3, and an athletic class for students who have completed all HF requirements but want to remain active and take more HF classes. Each of the classes have different TEKS, but the core of all classes focus on nutrition and fitness goals.

Outdoor Ed classes include lessons and activities such as conditioning, orienteering, 1st Aid, cooking, etc.

My aerobics class is a course that I use FITTGRAM scores, BMI's, and TAKS scores to target students for intervention. I use a variety of technology tools to motivate and engage students which has been very successful. I also focus on personal fitness goals for each student and they create a personal fitness program that includes food choices. Students chart data during the semester and then create personal programs. Using technology, students create videos, podcasts, and personal listening exercise programs to listen to on their i-pods. I teach lessons in nutrition and have students research food choices while focusing on their personal food pyramid recommendations. We prepare meals and snacks as part of our class. The grant we received this fall helps me to fund this class.

Team Sports classes focus on core strength, muscular strength, card endurance and flexibility.

Athletic class is a class where students self monitor themselves as they play competitive games and activities.

With all of my classes, I like to provide 1 day a week to focus on fitness elements through stations. From stability balls to drill stations, students rotate around the gym moving through each station. Each week I change the equipment and activities to keep it fresh.

Each week, I remind students to input their information for Play 60 and provide several mini laptops for them to pass around during the class time. Students keep track of their daily physical activities and food intake which keeps them aware of their healthy habits. Part of the grant money we received from Dairy Max helps me to purchase incentive rewards each month.