Legislative Council Meeting Recap
Highlights from the meeting held April 12, 2015
Highlights.....
**Journal Articles due by April 26, 2015 to Tim O'Hagan. Next IAHPERD Journal will be out May 4, 2015.
**EQUIPMENT SWAP - IAHPERD needs someone who would be interested in heading up this "event." We'd like to see our first swap take place at at our June convention.
**The ISEA (Iowa State Education Association) would like to offer online classes for Physical Education and Health teachers for graduate credit or license renewal. IAHPERD is working with them to create class options. After July 1, 2015, a teacher will need 15 seat hours and 30 hours of homework/research to complete a class. Currently, 15 hours is all that is required.
**IAHPERD is creating a committee to set up a timeline to work on creating Iowa Physical Education Standards. Iowa is the only state that has not adopted state Physical Education standards. The IAHPERD board voted to focus on the new National Standards. Those can be found on the SHAPE America website.
**LOTS of great information is on the IAHPERD website. Please make sure to visit it often.
**There will be several $200 vouchers given away at the June convention than can be used to purchase equipment or used as sub pay for those wanting to observe a TOY in Iowa. Attend the convention to be in the running for this great deal!
**The board voted on the legislative council restructure layout. This will be in the Journal and voted on by the membership at our June convention.
**It was voted on to have the Council terms run from November 1 to October 31. This is due to the convention being held at a different time of the year.
**Standards Based Grading -- This is a hot topic right now as many schools are moving to this type of grading. There will be a panel discussion at pre-conference in June for elementary, middle and high school. Contact Jennifer Peterson if you use SBG and would like to sit on the panel and share your knowledge. -- petersonj@oskycsd.org
**EQUIPMENT SWAP - IAHPERD needs someone who would be interested in heading up this "event." We'd like to see our first swap take place at at our June convention.
**The ISEA (Iowa State Education Association) would like to offer online classes for Physical Education and Health teachers for graduate credit or license renewal. IAHPERD is working with them to create class options. After July 1, 2015, a teacher will need 15 seat hours and 30 hours of homework/research to complete a class. Currently, 15 hours is all that is required.
**IAHPERD is creating a committee to set up a timeline to work on creating Iowa Physical Education Standards. Iowa is the only state that has not adopted state Physical Education standards. The IAHPERD board voted to focus on the new National Standards. Those can be found on the SHAPE America website.
**LOTS of great information is on the IAHPERD website. Please make sure to visit it often.
**There will be several $200 vouchers given away at the June convention than can be used to purchase equipment or used as sub pay for those wanting to observe a TOY in Iowa. Attend the convention to be in the running for this great deal!
**The board voted on the legislative council restructure layout. This will be in the Journal and voted on by the membership at our June convention.
**It was voted on to have the Council terms run from November 1 to October 31. This is due to the convention being held at a different time of the year.
**Standards Based Grading -- This is a hot topic right now as many schools are moving to this type of grading. There will be a panel discussion at pre-conference in June for elementary, middle and high school. Contact Jennifer Peterson if you use SBG and would like to sit on the panel and share your knowledge. -- petersonj@oskycsd.org
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