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Iowa Association For Health, Physical Education, Recreation And Dance (IAHPERD)

“Step up to the Plate!”
The President’s Team
Meet the players ready to help you score a homerun!

Your Pitcher for the IAHPERD Team is Jean Blaydes Madigan – From Richardson, Texas! 25+ years of teaching elementary physical education. Bachelor’s Degree from SMU and Masters Degree of Education, Kinesiology from ETSU. Texas elementary PE teacher of the year in 1992. One of six National Elementary PE teachers of the year in 1993. Texas AHPERD Honor award 1997, Texas AHPERD Media Award in 1998. Presenter, keynote speaker and workshop facilitator on the subjects of brain theory supporting movement’s link to learning by teaching academics subjects kinesthetically. Presented workshops internationally in 6 countries, National presentations have been in 46 of 50 states. Curriculum writer for Eric Jensen CD Library, Cooper Institute for Aerobic Research Voyager Program; Richardson ISD PE curriculum; Humble ISD PE curriculum, North Carolina Redesign curriculum project facilitator. Author or Thinking on Your Feet: A Year’s Worth of Lesson Plans. Creator of the SMART KIDS LAB. See Jean in several presentations and our Sunday Keynote Speaker.

Your Catcher for the IAHPERD Team is AAHPERD President, Steve Cone -- Dr. Stephen Cone received his Ph. D. from Texas A & M University and is currently a Professor in the Health and Exercise Science Dept at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. As an educator in the Teacher Certification specialization, he teachers such courses as Fundamental Movement, Motor Learning, and Technology and Assessment. He has presented workshops and lectures at the international, national, regional and state levels on Children’s Dance, Creative Movement, Interdisciplinary Education, Leadership and Administrations and Physical Education. He has written the book, Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Physical Education (1998), and is currently writing the second edition of Teaching Children Dance with his wife, Dr. Theresa Purcell Cone. In 2000, he was honored as one of 40 charter Fellows in North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals. Look for Steve’s Dance Presentation!

At First Base for the IAHPERD Team is Elaine Lindsay -- From Phoenix, MD, The1996 NASPE National Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. MAHPERD Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year in 1995. M.L.A, Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD. Experience in teaching all grades and courses in high school Health and Physical Education Departments. Conducted seminars for Baltimore County Physical Educators. Developed the Baltimore County curriculum for the Fitness Foundations and the Fitness Mastery courses. Pioneered the use of Polar Heartrate Technology. She will be presenting on Incorporating Fitness Information and Strategies into your Physical Education Programs.

At Second Base for the IAHPERD Team is Shelley Paul Smith – From the Rockwood Gifted Program in St. Louis, MO. Shelley is the 2002 NASPE Elementary Physical Education teacher of the Year for Central District and the 2001 Missouri Teacher of the Year. She focuses on the design and implementation of a physical education curriculum, Bodies and Brains in Motion, specifically differentiated for gifted children that integrates classroom concepts and skills in the gymnasium. The curriculum is unique in its kinesthetic application of strategies identified as best practices in both physical education and gifted education. The Bodies and Brains in Motion program was named a “best practice” in the state of Missouri in 1998. She has published articles in “Teaching Elementary Physical Education” and “Gifted Child Today” and had completed a manuscript for a book, Bodies and Brains in Motion: Designing Creative Kinesthetic Curriculum. She enjoys teaching a graduate level education course in curriculum and design at Webster University in St. Louis. She will do two sessions on incorporating critical thinking and character education in collaborative physical challenges and she will incorporate differentiation strategies in innovative ways in the gymnasium. They will teach you how to teach creatively and how to meet children’s varying needs and abilities.

At Third Base for the IAHPERD Team is Tim McCord – From Titusville, PA. Slippery Rock University Graduate, Tim McCord, chair of health, physical education department at Titusville Area School District, has become a nationally recognized supporter and spokesman for a wellness-based curriculum known as the “New P.E.”. McCord has been quoted in Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Ladies Home Journal, the Pittsburg Post-Gazette and the Plain Dealer (Cleveland). The “New P.E.” focuses on total wellness and developing lifelong health habits. McCord was impressed with what the P.E.4life Institute in Naperville, IL was doing and used it as a basis for developing a P.E.4life program, resulting in daily physical education classes for all high school students. Tim will be speaking about his program in Titusville and will teach you about advocacy tips in physical education.

At Short Stop for the IAHPERD Team is Beth Kirkpatrick -- Beth is the 2002 Distinguished Leadership Award Recipient from NASPE. She has been recognized in LIFE Magazine, Newsweek, “Tom Brokaw’s Nightly News”, and CNN. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s book “Arnold’s Fitness for Kids” called her program “what is widely thought of as the foremost middle school physical education program in the United States.” Beth was the first physical educator to receive the United States Department of Education’s Christa McAuliffe Fellowship which was awarded to her in 1988. She has won numerous awards including Teacher of the Year Award for NASPE. She is the current director of Education and the National spokesperson for Polar Electro Inc. Beth has keynoted over 40 state AHPERD conventions, the European AAHPERD, the ICHPERD-SD conference in Malaysia, and over 600 other conferences, conventions and workshops throughout the world! Beth will present the latest technology information featuring the new E600 computer program made to help educators simplify downloading information in their PE classrooms.

At Left Field for the IAHPERD Team is Dr. Janice Clark Young – Associate Professor in the department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Southwest Missouri State in Springfield, MO and formally from Iowa. Doctor of Education in Health Education from Lawrence, KS and MS Degree in Physical Education from Iowa State University. She has done 15 National Presentation, 4 District Presentations, 17 State Presentations, and 9 Local Presentations. She is an outstanding professor (I know…she was my professor at Iowa State University) and will present two sessions on Health Topics.

At Center Field for the IAHPERD Team is Frank Young – (Janice’s Husband) from Springfield, IL. Frank has his BA degree from William Penn College and a Masters of Arts degree from Brigham Young University in Performing Ballroom Dance. He has taught art and health to grades 5-12 in Iowa and Arizona. At the college level he taught ballroom dance, jazz, methods of dance, aerobics, lifeguarding, and aquatics and golf at Iowa State University. He taught group and private dance lessons since 1975, and currently operates the 910 Ballroom in Springfield, Missouri. He will do two dance sessions for us.

At Right Field for the IAHPERD Team is Ron Ramspott – From the Rockwood School District in St. Louis, MO. Ron will be presenting two presentations: “Rolling out the Brains – Getting kids to think on their feet!” – games that integrate other subject areas -- and “Building Healthy Hearts” -- Games and activities that help teach heart healthy habits.

One of our Designated Hitters will be Dr. Daniel Gerdes – He lives in Missouri and is the Interim Director at CMSU Wellness Academy and an Associate Professor in the Health and Human Performances Department. Formerly from Iowa, Dan will present Lessons in Leadership: Coaching wisdom from personal interviews with John Wooden, Dean Smith, Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and Denny Crum. Participants will gain applied leadership and coaching insights based on extensive personal interviews. The nature of the content could be readily applied to coaching, administrative, teaching, or classroom settings as it deals with character building, motivation, and the pursuit of excellence. He just recently released a book entitled, Coaching for Character. The book has been endorsed by the likes of Tom Osborne, Roy Williams, and local favorite, Dan Gable. In addition, Dan has leadership and mental excellence work with Whiteman AFB, home of the B-2 Stealth bomber, met with leadership cadres at West Point and Command General Staff College in Leavenworth Kansas.

Another one of our Designated Hitters will be Roger Washburn from Speed Stacks – From Colorado…they will be here to present three sessions on the cup stacking activities plus they will have an exhibit booth. See how you can enhance coordination, ambidexterity and hand-eye coordination with your students using speed stacks.

Another one of our Designated Hitters will be Vickie Trent and Lois Boeyink – Vickie is from the University of Northern Iowa and Lois is from Newton, IA. They will be giving you valuable information about the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Helpful hints to help you get certified.

More of our Designated Hitters are all of our Teachers of the Year in 2002! See Karilyn Claude, Elementary PE Teacher of the Year, Deb Patterson, Middle School PE Teacher of the Year, Margene Van Horn, Secondary PE Teacher of the Year, Mike Sinram, Adapted PE Teacher of the Year, and Jean Pletchette, Health Teacher of the Year in action!