UV hosts seminar designed to improve recess
NEW BERLIN – Staff from Afton, Marathon, Whitney Point and Unadilla Valley School systems attended a seminar at UV Tuesday to address concerns with activity periods in school.
“Recess should not be used as a reward or punishment,” said Playworks Trainer Deb Sugerman. “We’re striving to improve behavior as well as focus on promoting social situations among the students.”
The seminar was sponsored by the Healthy Schools New York and the state Department of Health, which are working with schools to increase the quality and quantity of activity in the students’ day, as well as focus on healthy eating habits, said coordinator Jennifer Hillman.
The seminar is a three-day process. Two days are spent at the school training the 17 participating administrators, physical education teachers and staff aides, after which they return to their respective schools and train the rest of their staffs.
Sugerman explained she will then visit each school to monitor the progress made by both teachers and students, and give suggestions or answer questions. Each school also receives a kit of game equipment designed to help students learn and stay active, as well as game manuals to aid staff members.
“In rural areas, many children don’t get a chance to play with each other outside of school because of distance or working parents,” said Sugerman. “Our program helps facilitate social growth as much as physical.”
Sugerman is the training manager out of Boston, the only branch of Playworks on the east coast. However, as the Healthy Schools New York program continues to grow, she explained, the more upstate New York would have program opportunities.
“Recess should not be used as a reward or punishment,” said Playworks Trainer Deb Sugerman. “We’re striving to improve behavior as well as focus on promoting social situations among the students.”
The seminar was sponsored by the Healthy Schools New York and the state Department of Health, which are working with schools to increase the quality and quantity of activity in the students’ day, as well as focus on healthy eating habits, said coordinator Jennifer Hillman.
The seminar is a three-day process. Two days are spent at the school training the 17 participating administrators, physical education teachers and staff aides, after which they return to their respective schools and train the rest of their staffs.
Sugerman explained she will then visit each school to monitor the progress made by both teachers and students, and give suggestions or answer questions. Each school also receives a kit of game equipment designed to help students learn and stay active, as well as game manuals to aid staff members.
“In rural areas, many children don’t get a chance to play with each other outside of school because of distance or working parents,” said Sugerman. “Our program helps facilitate social growth as much as physical.”
Sugerman is the training manager out of Boston, the only branch of Playworks on the east coast. However, as the Healthy Schools New York program continues to grow, she explained, the more upstate New York would have program opportunities.
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