Thursday, April 10, 2008


6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Hatha Yoga: Mentally Prepare for a Safe, Successful Practice

7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Foundation for the Advancement of Health Education (Business Meeting)
APAC Claudine Sherrill Awards Breakfast (Breakfast)

7:15 AM - 8:30 AM
29th Annual C.H. McCloy Research Lecture and Breakfast: Social Psychology and Physical Activity - Back to the Future (Breakfast)
SDA Representative Assembly Check-in (Business Meeting)

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
CANCELLED: Rural Coalition Success Stories: What Made It Possible
HPV Vaccine - Medical Celebration or Controversy: Get the Facts
Trek the Trail
A Framework for Strategic Planning Analysis of Programs in HPERSD
Effective Professional Tools for Programming Senior Exercise
Managing Risks for Sport Management Internships
Turning Disability into DANCEability
Activating Connections Between Physical Activity, Self-Esteem, and Fitness
Zrapters, Snootchets, and Spaceship Zoinks: Teaching Title IX to Students
Fitness Levels of Youth: Where Are We 20 Years Later?
Outcome Assessment for the Sport Management Curriculum
Podcasting for Physical Education: The “How To” and “Why"
Pump Up Your Gym with Cardio Kickboxing and Fitness-Ball Fun!
Skill Analysis – A Toolbox Necessity: The Specifics
The Coach's Responsibilities Concerning Sport Facility Planning and Management
The Good, Bad and Ugly: Media Images of Physical Educators
Tips to Enhance and/or Create University Physical Activity Programs
Exploring the Physics of Dance through Creative Improvisation
Practice Yoga, Celebrate Life: Put Body, Mind, and Spirit Together

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Physical Education Coordinators Awards Breakfast (Breakfast)

7:30 AM - 10:00 AM
NAGWS Past President's Breakfast (Breakfast)
NASPE Past President Breakfast (Breakfast)
Society of Association Management (SAM) Breakfast (Breakfast)

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
NASPE Athletic Director of the Year Interviews (Business Meeting)

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
NASPE Appropriate Practices Documents Revision Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Physical Education Steering Committee Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
AAHPERD Bylaws Committee (Business Meeting)

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
AAHPERD Student Services Committee (Business Meeting)

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Alliance Assembly District Caucus: Southwest (Business Meeting)

8:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Southern District AAHPERD Representative Assembly (Business Meeting)

8:45 AM - 10:00 AM
JRFH/HFH State Coordinator Meeting & Breakfast (Business Meeting)
Play Your Way to Fitness

8:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Building Health Promotion Capacity through Education of Allied Health Practitioners
Organizing Alcohol/Drug Education Initiatives in Academic Institutions
Photography! An Innovative Health Promotion and Health Education Tool
Multicultural Learning through Physical Education
Adapted Sport
CAAD 19th Annual Symposium on Research in Aging
Procedures for Funding and Building Recreation Trails on Campuses
Beyond Dialogue: Addressing the –isms in Sport & Physical Activity
Motivating the Non-Athletic /Overweight Girl with a Personalised Fitness Program
Putting Fitness and Fun into Basketball Fundamentals
All-Academy Symposium: Hogzilla or Hogwash?
Coaching in America: What is Being Done to Train Coaches
Interscholastic Sports: A Character-Building Privilege Not a Commercialized Right
STARS PE Programs Meet the Standard: How? Why? and YOU!
Statewide Efforts in Teacher Professional Development: California's Models and Progress
Ballroom Survival Tactics - on a Texas Dance Floor!
Symposium: Research Design and Methodology Challenges in Dance

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Implementing the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM fitness assessment in large school systems

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Physical Education Blogs, Podcasts, Bloglines, RSS Feeds and More

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
AAHPERD Journal Writers' Workshop (Business Meeting)
FINDING YOUR WAY: Maps, Compasses, GPS
Physical Best Instructors Meeting (Business Meeting)

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sport Management Day (Business Meeting)

9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
NAGWS Poster Session

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
AAHPERD Structure & Functions Committee (Business Meeting)

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
NASPE Assessment Task Force Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
AAHE Committee Meetings (Social Event)
Commercial Presentation/Polar Electro: OPEN HOUSE: Polar’s Data Collection Tools for PE

10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Bringing Salsa into Physical Education

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
AAHPERD Alliance Scholar Committee (Business Meeting)

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
APAC Business Meeting (Business Meeting)
Membership Committee Meeting (Business Meeting)

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Alliance Assembly District Caucus: Northwest (Business Meeting)
AAPAR Bylaws and Operating Codes Committee Meeting (Business Meeting)
NASPE PETE Standards Lead Reviewers Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Center for Wellness Without Borders

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Walk4Life: Learn Why and How to Apply State Mandated Moderate/Vigorous Physical Activity

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Lost in Translation – Speaking “School” in a Community Health Organization
Opportunity to Meet and Network with Health Education Leaders
Practical Examples in Developing a Worksite Health Promotion Program
AAHE RCB Oral Presentations: Nutrition, Weight, Fitness & BMI
Assessing the Affective Domain with Non-Swimmers Who Are Afraid
Fitness Standards for the Senior, Active Population
The Universal Play Frame: Disc Golf and More
Zumba Rocks! Introduction to Hi-Lo Latin Aerobics
Finally...Some Attention! Women as Leaders in Sport
"Move to Improve/Catch the Energy" Pre K PE
Advocating for Your Physical Education Program
Implementing New Physical Education Curricula with the Application of PECAT
NASPE General Session: Implications for Physical Education and the Physical Education Profession of the new CDC School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006
Youth Sport Specialization: Single Sport or Multiple?
Hip Hop Now!
Free Communication: Issues Surrounding Athletes and The Athletic Environment
RC Scholar Lecture: Health Promotion in the 21st Century

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
NDA Poster Forum
Poster Session: Research on Teaching and Instruction in Schools and Higher Education

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Dance Honor Society, Nu Delta Alpha, Meeting (Business Meeting)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
AAHE Special Interest Group Roundtables (Social Event)
Physical Education Teacher Education Awards Luncheon (Luncheon)

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Growing Healthy Lives: Healthcare Providers Impacting Childhood Overweight
Self Health Groups - Do They Really Work?
What Women Want in a Worksite "Healthy Weight" Program
Alliance Scholar Lecture: Metabolism of Non-steady State Work and Sport
Medicine Ball Training: The Prescription for Stimulating Optimal Motor Performance
Outcomes from a Two Year Walking School Bus Intervention
Strategies for Teaching Physical Education to Students with Visual Impairments
Record Setting Jump Rope for Heart Events!
Organizing A National Girl and Women in Sport Day Assembly
Coaching Competitive Ethics: Practical Applications for Teaching Character through Sport
From Native American Stickball to Modern Lacrosse and Ice Hockey
It Can Be Done! Achieving A Healthy Environment for Students
NASPE Looking at PE from a Developmental Perspective Revision Committee (Business Meeting)
Teaching Children to Pace Themselves With and Without Technology
The Movement Education Framework Approach Made EZ!
Kansas Swing - Dancing from the heart of the country
Free Communication: Teaching and Assessing Student Performance in Physical Education
Symposium: Psychological Rehabilitation for Athletes Recovering From Serious Injury

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Round Up to Good Fitness and Nutrition Habits!

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
AAHPERD Public & Legislative Affairs Committee (Business Meeting)

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Assess with Success! Using Technology in Assessment

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Plyo Play: Progressive Plyometrics for School-Aged Youth

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
AAPAR Publications Committee & Sagamore Meeting (Business Meeting)
NASPE Major of the Year Recognition Ceremony (Other)

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Alliance Assembly District Caucus: Midwest (Business Meeting)

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Advanced PETE Standards (2008) Revision Committee Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM
AAHE Strategies Poster Session
Poster Session: Socio-, Cross-Cultural, and Motivational Concerns Impacting Sport and School Contexts

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Retirees--Alliance Retiree Network Committee Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
AAHE Student Involvement Committee (Business Meeting)

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
AAHE NCATE Review Procedures Committee (Business Meeting)

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
AAPAR Awards & Nominations Committee Meeting (Business Meeting)
NCPERID Membership Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Coalition of National Health Education Organizations (Business Meeting)
Commercial Presentation/Polar Electro: Authentic Assessment in PE

2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Secondary TOYs Present: Bringing Life into your Physical Education Program

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Initial PETE Standards (2008) Revision Committee Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Southern District AAHPERD Kaleidoscope Rehearsal (Other)

2:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Southern District AAHPERD Kaleidoscope Dressing Room 1 (Other)
Southern District AAHPERD Kaleidoscope Dressing Room 2 (Reception)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Designing and Implementing A Model Online Course in Dance Appreciation

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
International Relations Forum (Social Event)
AAPAR Convention Planning Meeting (Business Meeting)

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
NASPE Major of the Year Reception (Reception)

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
A Model Statewide Collaborative Health Promotion Effort Involving Public Universities
Latest National School Health Initiatives: What Everyone Should Know!
Worksite Wellness: How Colleges, Corporations & Communities Make Health Happen
Assessment and Improvement of Academic Advisement
Choosing Activities and Facilitating Inclusion in Elementary Physical Education
Development of an Adapted Aquatics Program
Making Hoops For Heart a College Class Project
Fitness for Females
The Youth Sport and Families Project: Summary of Key Findings
Expectations of Faculty in the HPER Disciplines
Fueling for Performance: Understanding Athletes Nutrient Needs
History: Race and Sport in 20th Century America
Strengthening Physical Education in NCLB - The FIT Kids Act
Using Video Technology for Mapping Tactical-Technical Development in Volleyball
Jazz in the Gymnasium: Syncopation in Sneakers
Leading or Following in Partner Dances Using Somatic Sensitivity
Free Communication: The Study and Effects of Physical Activity Across Populations
Third Annual Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Lecture: Evidence-Based Approaches to Promoting Physical Activity
Southern District AAHPERD General Session: Lesson Plans from the School of Hackett

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
NDA Scholar/Artist Subcommittee (of the Research Committee) (Business Meeting)

3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
NASPE Research Poster Session
Poster Session: Research Strands Across the Alliance

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Publications Committee Open Meeting (Social Event)

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Professional Preparation and Research Steering Committee Meeting (Business Meeting)

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
AAHPERD Recognition Awards Ceremony Recipient Assemble (Business Meeting)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
AAPAR, AAALF, and AALR Past Presidents Meeting (Business Meeting)

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Using Word to Create Your First Webpage: Three Easy Steps!

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
NASPE Celebration of Sport Reception (Reception)
Chinese-American Professionals Affiliated with AAHPERD social (Reception)

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Focus on Promoting Health Through Nutrition: Why Not Choose Dairy?
Outstanding Undergraduate Health Education Majors of the Year Awards Ceremony
Social Networking Risk Behaviors and Implications for Health Education
AAHE RCB Oral Presentations: College Health
Development of Bowling Assessment Tool for Individuals with Mental Retardation
Leaders of Character and Competence in Sport and Education
Techno Devices & Podcasting: Implementations in the Health and Fitness Classroom
NAGWS Legends Program
Teaching Self-Defense to Adolescent Females in Secondary Physical Education
Accreditation of Academic Programs in the Exercise Sciences:
Childhood Obesity and Physical Education: A Historical Analysis
Movement and Music for the Young Child
Physical Education Teacher Education Honor Award Lecture
Play Fair - Changing the Way We Teach to Play
Using New York State’s Assessments for Personal and Social Responsibility
Contra Dance---the Ultimate Social Dance Experience!
Free Communication: Assessment of Stride and Walking Patterns in Activity

4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
AAHPERD Recognition Awards Ceremony

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Research Consortium Business Meeting (Business Meeting)

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
UNCG School of HHP & Friends Social (Reception)

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Georgia AHPERD & College/University Social (Reception)

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Springfield College Alumni and Friends Social (Reception)

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Eastern District Association Social (Reception)

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Indiana University Alumni Reception (Reception)
Project Adventure's Achieving Fitness Launch Party (Reception)

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
AAHE Multicultural Forum (Reception)
NASPE Celebration of Teaching Reception (Reception)
Temple University Kinesiology Alumni Reception (Reception)
The Ohio State University Reception for Alumni and Friends (Reception)
West Virginia University Social (Reception)

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
AAHPERD President's Reception (Reception)

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Texas A & M University - Commerce Social (Reception)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
NAGWS/WSF Joint Social (Reception)
Midwest District Social (Reception)
University of Nebraska at Omaha Reception for Kris Berg (Reception)
Southern District AAHPERD Kaleidoscope (Other)

9:00 PM - 11:30 PM
All-Convention Evening: “Texas Style” Casino Night (Reception)

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