Playworks Update
Office of Teaching and Learning 3.12.2014
Importance of Recess!
Just as physical education and physical fitness have well-recognized benefits for personal and academic performance, recess offers its own, unique benefits. Recess represents an essential, planned respite from rigorous cognitive tasks. It affords a time to rest, play, imagine, think, move, and socialize. After recess, for children or after a corresponding break time for adolescents, students are more attentive and better able to perform cognitively. In addition, recess helps young children to develop social skills that are otherwise not acquired in the more structured classroom environment
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Supervision Reminders
When staffing and organizing the recess program, leaders must remember to adhere to the following:
- Number 1 priority is proper supervision which means maintaining at least a 1 adult to 50 student ratio outside.
- Supervision should always include 1 certified staff member and enough staff to supervise each of the recess zones (this usually requires 4 additional non-certified staff members).
- Once all zones have proper supervision participation in Game of the Week activities by staff should occur.
- If due to illness, staff are reduced for a day, please adjust number of zones open for activity/play.
No Subsitutes!
Duty Time
Indoor Recess
Playworks Team Meeting
- Please schedule a Playworks meeting with all staff involved in the mid-day recess supervision within the next two weeks to ensure spring plans are in place.
- Staff will be paid for afterschool participation.
- Principals should send me a copy of the meeting minutes and notes after the meeting has occurred.
THANKS FOR MAKING DAILY RECESS SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR!
Greg Wolcott
Email: wolcottg@woodridge68.org
Website: www.woodridge68.org
Location: 7925 Janes Avenue, Woodridge, IL, United States
Phone: 630.967.2035
Twitter: @TeachLearn68