Connecting The Dots

1. Connecting The Dots Jump Rope For Heart = Service Learning

2. Ambassadors For Heart 2012

3. 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.

4. Ambassadors Spell MottoJump For Life

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Principles of Kids As Plannersin 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)

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

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Incorporate JFRH Resources to Enhance Educational Curriculum Jumping Rope/Physical Activity 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 • 1 Minute Endurance Jump • Crazy Eights Warm-up • Physical Activity Play about how the heart operates in the circulatory system

14. 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.

15. 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).

16. 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

17. Exit from Basketball Court at Mohegan Sun Arena