Connecting The Dots Jump Rope For Heart = Service Learning

Ambassadors For Heart 2012

Jump For Life Jumping rope is a heart healthy activity and promotes a healthy lifestyle which lasts a lifetime Teaching about heart health involves students in improving their health and that of their community. Kids want to save the lives of other kids or adults. They want to have the power to raise money for heart research and educating people world wide. It also contributes to fulfilling community service requirements and is service learning.

Ambassadors Spell Motto Jump For Life

Jump Rope For Heart Jump Rope For Heart is a fund raiser to fight heart disease and stroke through research and educational programs Learn jump rope skills and the importance of physical activity as a lifelong activity Participate in Community Service Help fight Obesity and Promote Good Health and Fitness through nutrition education and physical education

Service Learning Service Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection that enriches the learning experience, teaches civic responsibility and strengthens communities. Service Learning is not just community service. It’s a project based, hands-on, inquiry oriented process to interact with the community. Through an interdisciplinary approach students build an awareness about how they can live a healthy life.

Principles of Kids As Planners in Service Learning Academic Integrity: – Identify standards and curriculum requirements to be met through a project (Kids projects are not “add-ons” to the curriculum) –Use multiple methods for assessing student learning –Ensure that all students have a well-rounded experience (i.e. “specialize” in area of interest and improve in areas of weakness)

Student Ownership: –Students identify community issue or problem –Students exercise leadership and decision- making skills –Students gain skills needed to accomplish project tasks

Apprentice Citizenship: –Address a significant issue or need in the community or school –Identify a community and school audience who will value the contribution –Engage the expertise of community members

Ambassadors Host Wear Red for Women Day and Promote Healthy Eating with Recipes from their Cookbook

How to Develop a Service Learning Project Facilitate the students as they as they plan the project –Identify community need, community partners and community experts –Contact community partners and schedule performances choreographed by the students –Contact experts to share information with the school –Student involvement gives them ownership of the learning experience as they live the democratic process –Ensure that curriculum objectives will be met –Give students structured opportunities to write, think about and discuss their experiences so analytical reflection will happen

Improve Higher Order Thinking Physical activity focuses mental effort –Memorization improved –Leads to higher order thinking skills –Kinesthetic learning addressed We can integrate jumping rope or aerobic activity with academic disciplines and higher order thinking skills. –Analyzing –Predicting –Inferring –Applying

Incorporate JFRH Resources to Enhance Educational Curriculum Jumping Rope/Physical Activity 1 Minute Endurance Jump Crazy Eights Warm-up Physical Activity Play about how the heart operates in the circulatory system Academic Disciplines Jump Rope Progression Graph- science and math What is a Heart Attack? (AHA)- dance choreography, science and community outreach About the Circulatory System (AHA) – script play and dance choreography, language arts, science and health

How To Run An Event Invite the school community to support the event. Gather students and adult volunteers (parents, administration, teachers, support staff) for publicity, operational support on the day of the event, and fund raising. Send press release to local newspaper and ask for photographer. Collect data, record event with photos and video. Display information in prominent place in school. Put video on website.

Tool Kit The resources in the tool kit contain materials that could enable the student-teacher-administrator to extend these principles of service learning to all other events in their life- academic and non- academic. The code of conduct that the participants sign, for instance, is equally applicable to their other life experiences (i.e. civic and personal responsibility).

Contents of Tool Kit You Can Have A Healthy Heart Worksheet Kids Can Make a Difference What Is A Heart Attack? Physical Activity Play :Anatomy of the Heart NASPE and AAHE Standards Educational Web Resources for Teachers and Students Community Based Learning Kids as Planners Principles Let’s Hear About Your Idea- Planning a Service Learning Project Service Learning Lesson Registration Form for Ambassadors for Heart Jump Rope Demo Team Ambassadors for Heart Code of Conduct T.E.A.M. Responsibilities for Ambassadors ABC’s for Student Jumpers Jump Rope for Heart 2012 Letter to Parents Jump Rope Progression Graph: 1 Minute Endurance Jump Healthy Lifestyle - Charts Jump Rope For Heart 2012 Letter to Parents 2012 Press Release Certificates of Achievement

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