Mr. Allison's 2021-2022 Inquiry Question...a work in progress
WHAT IMPACT DOES IDENTIFYING, PLANNING FOR, AND CREATING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL PLANNING - PERTAINING TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - BOTH IN THE GYM, AS WELL AS, DURING DESIGNATED MOVEMENT BREAKS HAVE ON STUDENT LEARNING & INCREASED STUDENT SUCCESS - IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HOMEROOM LEARNING AND OVERALL SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING/BEHAVIOR?
What is the Impact of/on student learning, behavior, attitudes, and relationships?
What is the Impact of/on student learning, behavior, attitudes, and relationships?
Social Emotional Learning
Mental and Emotional Benefits of ActivityBeing physically active can help you feel stronger and better able to do day-to-day activities. In addition, being active also helps you feel better mentally and emotionally, and can improve your overall quality of life.
Here are some of the benefits many people experience.
Decreases in:
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/physical-activity/mental-and-emotional-benefits
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Exercise and depression
Studies show that exercise can treat mild to moderate depression as effectively as antidepressant medication—but without the side-effects, of course. As one example, a recent study done by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that running for 15 minutes a day or walking for an hour reduces the risk of major depression by 26%. In addition to relieving depression symptoms, research also shows that maintaining an exercise schedule can prevent you from relapsing.
Exercise is a powerful depression fighter for several reasons. Most importantly, it promotes all kinds of changes in the brain, including neural growth, reduced inflammation, and new activity patterns that promote feelings of calm and well-being. It also releases endorphins, powerful chemicals in your brain that energize your spirits and make you feel good. Finally, exercise can also serve as a distraction, allowing you to find some quiet time to break out of the cycle of negative thoughts that feed depression.
Exercise and Anxiety
Exercise is a natural and effective anti-anxiety treatment. It relieves tension and stress, boosts physical and mental energy, and enhances well-being through the release of endorphins. Anything that gets you moving can help, but you’ll get a bigger benefit if you pay attention instead of zoning out. Try to notice the sensation of your feet hitting the ground, for example, or the rhythm of your breathing, or the feeling of the wind on your skin. By adding this mindfulness element—really focusing on your body and how it feels as you exercise—you’ll not only improve your physical condition faster, but you may also be able to interrupt the flow of constant worries running through your head.
Exercise and Stress
Ever noticed how your body feels when you’re under stress? Your muscles may be tense, especially in your face, neck, and shoulders, leaving you with back or neck pain, or painful headaches. You may feel a tightness in your chest, a pounding pulse, or muscle cramps. You may also experience problems such as insomnia, heartburn, stomachache, diarrhea, or frequent urination. The worry and discomfort of all these physical symptoms can in turn lead to even more stress, creating a vicious cycle between your mind and body. Exercising is an effective way to break this cycle. As well as releasing endorphins in the brain, physical activity helps to relax the muscles and relieve tension in the body. Since the body and mind are so closely linked, when your body feels better so, too, will your mind.
Exercise and ADHD
Exercising regularly is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce the symptoms of ADHD and improve concentration, motivation, memory, and mood. Physical activity immediately boosts the brain’s dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin levels—all of which affect focus and attention. In this way, exercise works in much the same way as ADHD medications such as Ritalin and Adderall.
Exercise and PTSD and Trauma
Evidence suggests that by really focusing on your body and how it feels as you exercise, you can actually help your nervous system become “unstuck” and begin to move out of the immobilization stress response that characterizes PTSD or trauma. Instead of allowing your mind to wander, pay close attention to the physical sensations in your joints and muscles, even your insides as your body moves. Exercises that involve cross movement and that engage both arms and legs—such as walking (especially in sand), running, swimming, weight training, or dancing—are some of your best choices.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/the-mental-health-benefits-of-exercise.htm
Here are some of the benefits many people experience.
Decreases in:
- Anger
- Anxiety (worry and fear)
- Confusion
- Depression (you’ll likely be better at preventing, reducing, and managing depression)
- Headaches
- Stress and tension (you’ll likely be able to cope better with stress)
- Assertiveness (being able to ask for what you need and make decisions)
- Confidence and feeling able to do things
- Emotional stability (less troubled by life’s challenges and disappointments)
- Independence
- Memory
- Having a positive mood
- Perception (better at noticing what’s going on around you)
- Positive body image (feeling good about the way you look)
- Feeling of well-being
- Self-worth and self-esteem (feeling good about the way you see yourself)
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/physical-activity/mental-and-emotional-benefits
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Exercise and depression
Studies show that exercise can treat mild to moderate depression as effectively as antidepressant medication—but without the side-effects, of course. As one example, a recent study done by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that running for 15 minutes a day or walking for an hour reduces the risk of major depression by 26%. In addition to relieving depression symptoms, research also shows that maintaining an exercise schedule can prevent you from relapsing.
Exercise is a powerful depression fighter for several reasons. Most importantly, it promotes all kinds of changes in the brain, including neural growth, reduced inflammation, and new activity patterns that promote feelings of calm and well-being. It also releases endorphins, powerful chemicals in your brain that energize your spirits and make you feel good. Finally, exercise can also serve as a distraction, allowing you to find some quiet time to break out of the cycle of negative thoughts that feed depression.
Exercise and Anxiety
Exercise is a natural and effective anti-anxiety treatment. It relieves tension and stress, boosts physical and mental energy, and enhances well-being through the release of endorphins. Anything that gets you moving can help, but you’ll get a bigger benefit if you pay attention instead of zoning out. Try to notice the sensation of your feet hitting the ground, for example, or the rhythm of your breathing, or the feeling of the wind on your skin. By adding this mindfulness element—really focusing on your body and how it feels as you exercise—you’ll not only improve your physical condition faster, but you may also be able to interrupt the flow of constant worries running through your head.
Exercise and Stress
Ever noticed how your body feels when you’re under stress? Your muscles may be tense, especially in your face, neck, and shoulders, leaving you with back or neck pain, or painful headaches. You may feel a tightness in your chest, a pounding pulse, or muscle cramps. You may also experience problems such as insomnia, heartburn, stomachache, diarrhea, or frequent urination. The worry and discomfort of all these physical symptoms can in turn lead to even more stress, creating a vicious cycle between your mind and body. Exercising is an effective way to break this cycle. As well as releasing endorphins in the brain, physical activity helps to relax the muscles and relieve tension in the body. Since the body and mind are so closely linked, when your body feels better so, too, will your mind.
Exercise and ADHD
Exercising regularly is one of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce the symptoms of ADHD and improve concentration, motivation, memory, and mood. Physical activity immediately boosts the brain’s dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin levels—all of which affect focus and attention. In this way, exercise works in much the same way as ADHD medications such as Ritalin and Adderall.
Exercise and PTSD and Trauma
Evidence suggests that by really focusing on your body and how it feels as you exercise, you can actually help your nervous system become “unstuck” and begin to move out of the immobilization stress response that characterizes PTSD or trauma. Instead of allowing your mind to wander, pay close attention to the physical sensations in your joints and muscles, even your insides as your body moves. Exercises that involve cross movement and that engage both arms and legs—such as walking (especially in sand), running, swimming, weight training, or dancing—are some of your best choices.
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/the-mental-health-benefits-of-exercise.htm
Connect with Student Achievement & Increased Student Success
The positive effects of physical activity on the brainPhysical activity has a direct impact on the behaviour and development of the brain. An essay by Charles Basch of Columbia University summarised how physical activity can improve brain function:
- The flow of oxygen to the brain is increased
- The number of brain neurotransmitters is increased, which assists your ability to focus, concentrate, learn, remember and handle stress
- The number of brain-derived neurotrophins is increased, which assures the survival of neurons in areas of the brain that are responsible for learning, memory and higher thinking.
A study from the University of Illinois showed that children who are physically fit are more likely to perform better in school and achieve higher grades.
Children participating in the study were given electroencephalograms (EEGs) to measure brain waves and how fast the brain responds to certain stimuli. Researchers found that the brain synapses of physically fit children fired faster and stronger, and as a result those children had better language skills.
The more physically fit children were not only better at reading, but they were also better at reading passages with several grammatical errors. The researchers looked at the brainwave patterns that deal with language and the ability to spot errors in grammar. The fit children had strong results with both brain wave groups and a better understanding of nonsensical or error-filled sentences.
Another study also found positive associations between physical activity, fitness, cognitive function and academic achievement. The evidence indicated that physical activity has a relationship to parts of the brain that support complex cognitive processes during laboratory tasks. It also showed that physical activity is important for growth, development and general health.
At the Copenhagen Consensus Conference 2016, which gathered 24 researchers from eight countries and from various academic disciplines, physical activity was also found to boost brain power and academic performance, among other benefits.
The consensus statement, which was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, lists the reasons why physical activity is beneficial for children and adolescents aged 6-18.
Building their cognitive functioning:
- Just one session of moderate physical activity instantly boosts kids’ brain function, cognition and academic performance.
- Mastering fundamental movement skills boosts brain power and academic performance.
- Time away from lessons in favour of physical activity doesn’t come at the cost of good grades
https://www.literacyplanet.com/blog/how-physical-activity-affects-school-performance/
Connect with School Plan
Priority Area 1: Teaching and Learning
Outcome Area 1:
Prepare students academically, socially, and emotionally to complete high school.
Priority Area 2: Inclusion
Outcome Area 1:
Outcome Area 1:
Prepare students academically, socially, and emotionally to complete high school.
Priority Area 2: Inclusion
Outcome Area 1:
- Forbes is a welcoming, caring, respectful and safe environment where students, families and staff have a sense of belonging and pride. Outcome Area 2: The physical, mental, and emotional well-being of all our students and staff is supported.
- Develop students’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills to manage emotions, build healthy relationships, set goals, make decisions, and increase capacity for self-regulation.
- Learning environments are adapted as necessary to meet learner needs, emphasizing a sense of belonging and high expectations for all
- Create a safe, caring, and predictable learning environment
- Ensure that students are connected to their peers and have strong supporting relationships with adults in the school.
- Student teacher connections
- Develop and implement a school wide social emotional learning (SEL) plan that enables students to acquire skills and knowledge to recognize and manage emotions, develop caring and concern for others, establish positive healthy relationships, make responsible decisions, and increase capacity for self-regulation
Connect to TQS/LQS
LQS
Fostering Effective Relationships A leader builds positive working relationships with members of the school community and local community.
Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning A leader engages in career-long professional learning and ongoing critical reflection to identify opportunities for improving leadership, teaching and learning.
Achievement of this competency is demonstrated by indicators such as:
Understanding and Responding to the Larger Societal Context A leader understands and appropriately responds to the political, social, economic, legal and cultural contexts impacting schools and the school authority.
Achievement of this competency is demonstrated by indicators such as:
- creating a welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environment;
- demonstrating a commitment to the health and well-being of all teachers, staff and students;
- acting consistently in the best interests of students
- implementing processes for improving working relationships and dealing with conflict within the school community
Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning A leader engages in career-long professional learning and ongoing critical reflection to identify opportunities for improving leadership, teaching and learning.
Achievement of this competency is demonstrated by indicators such as:
- engaging with others such as teachers, principals and other leaders to build personal and collective professional capacities and expertise
- actively seeking out feedback and information from a variety of sources to enhance leadership practice;
- seeking, critically reviewing and applying educational research to inform effective practice;
- engaging members of the school community to build a shared understanding of current trends and priorities in the education system
Understanding and Responding to the Larger Societal Context A leader understands and appropriately responds to the political, social, economic, legal and cultural contexts impacting schools and the school authority.
Achievement of this competency is demonstrated by indicators such as:
- representing the needs of students at the community, school authority and provincial levels
- demonstrating an understanding of local, provincial, national and international issues and trends and their implications for education
TQS
1.Fostering Effective Relationships
2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
4. Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments
5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Metis and Inuit
- I provide culturally appropriate opportunities for students and for parents/guardians to support learning.
2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
- I collaborate with colleagues to build professional capacities and expertise
- I actively seek feedback to enhance my teaching practice
3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge
- I plan an design learning activities that:
- Address the learning outcomes outlined in programs of study though short, medium and long range plans.
- Foster student understanding of the link between activities and learning outcomes
- Incorporate digital technologies to build student capacity for creating new knowledge, thinking critically, communicating and collaborating.
- I use instructional strategies to engage students in learning activities, based on:
- The specialized knowledge of the subject area I teach
- My understanding of students’ backgrounds, prior knowledge and experiences
- My knowledge of how students develop as learners
- I apply student assessment and evaluation practices that
- Accurately reflect learner outcomes in programs of study
- Provide students with a variety of methods to demonstrate achievement of learning outcomes.
4. Establishing Inclusive Learning Environments
- I foster equality and respect in the school community
- I use universal and targeted strategies and supports to address all students’ strengths learning challenges and areas for growth
- I communicate and enact a teaching philosophy affirming learning success for all
- I respond to the emotional and mental health needs of students
- I employ classroom management strategies that promote engaging learning
- I incorporate students’ personal and cultural strengths into teaching and learning
5. Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Metis and Inuit
- I collaborate with others in my school to build capacity in First Nations, Metis and Inuit education
- I provide the opportunity to develop understanding of and respect for First Nations, Metis and Inuit histories, cultures, contributions, experiences and contexts.
- I employ practices consistent with school authority policies and procedures