Presenters:
Amanda McIntosh
Taunya Geelhoed
Taunya Geelhoed
Amanda McIntosh
• Run, Jump, Throw Program
Coordinator
–BC Athletics
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• First Contact Coordinator
–Athletics Canada
• Community-Schools Partnership
Facilitator
–Surrey School District
Bachelor of Arts, Public Relations &
Marketing
–University of Louisiana
Bachelor of Arts, Education & Human
Kinetics
–Trinity Western University
• Former Director of Children &
Family Programs
–YMCA
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Surrey, British Columbia
2nd largest city in British Columbia
40 minutes East of Vancouver
Over one third of total population are immigrants
Population: over 462,000
Mission Statement: Through quality teaching and learning, we commit to
engaging our students in their growth as individuals and in their
development of the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary to
contribute to a healthy, democratic and diverse society.
Educational Facilities
• 100 Elementary schools
• 19 Secondary schools
History of the Organization
• Surrey School District was formed in 1906
• British Columbia’s largest school district
• As of Sept 30, 2011: 70,018 students enrolled
Students
• Disproportionately large number of low-income, immigrant and
Aboriginal students currently enrolled in the Surrey School
District.
• According to Statistics Canada (2006)
• In Canada, 16% of families lived under the Low Income Cut-Off rate.
• In Surrey’s inner city neighbourhoods: Whalley and Guildford
• percentage of families living below the Low Income Cut Off increased
to more than 22%.
• Surrey had the second highest Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver
with over 2,700 Aboriginal students enrolled.
• The Community-Schools Partnership (C-SP) is a department of the Surrey School
District that collaborates with municipal, funding and community partners to work
alongside schools in:
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Identifying specific needs of children and families
Enhancing existing school and community responses
Collaborating with community organizations to develop strategic and sustainable programming
Bringing community resources to the families and the schools in order to increase the abilities of vulnerable
children to flourish.
• Began in 2007 as a partnership between the City of Surrey, United Way of the
Lower Mainland and the Surrey School District
• C-SP directly supports more than 50 schools and is emerging in its ability to support
and be an asset to additional schools across the district
• Some of the specific programs and services that may be found include:
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Out of School time extended learning and enrichment opportunities
Recreation and cultural programs
Parent engagement activities
Youth transition programs
English language learner support
School/community staff support
Early learning
Community outreach
• YMCA is a charitable organization dedicated to the
development of people in spirit, mind and body.
• 150 years of experience in providing programs for children.
• A hub for people from diverse backgrounds to connect,
organize and form communities.
• The YMCA works in partnership with families, respecting the
diverse cultural backgrounds that enrich their programs, and
recognize that all families have different needs, interests and
expectations.
Athletics Canada
• As the national sport governing body for track and field,
including cross-country running and road running, Athletics
Canada supports high performance athletics excellence at the
world level and provides leadership in developmental athletics.
BC Athletics
• The provincial non-profit amateur sport organization. A branch
member of Athletics Canada (AC).
• The purpose of the Association is to promote, encourage and
develop the widest participation and the highest proficiency in
the sport of Athletics.
Ongoing
• Canadian Tire – Jumpstart Foundation
• Ministry of Sport Cultural Development – Afterschool Sport
Initiative (ASI)
• Weston Bread, Healthy Active Kids (Wonder Bread)
Short-Term
• True Sport
• Coast Capital Savings
• Please Mum
• An inter-city elementary school identified a need for programming for
primary students.
• The C-SP team worked with the school district’s business development
department and started to research models and came across BC Athletics &
the Run, Jump, Throw program.
Development of Idea
• To provide children with the skills needed to connect them to community sport
and recreation activities.
• Jumpstart Academy directly removes participation barriers for
disadvantaged inner-city kids:
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giving them diverse experiences
high quality, organized programming
instruction and physical activity opportunities
no cost
in their schools
Why Sport
“Sport is a universal language that can bring people together, no
matter what their origin, background, religious beliefs, or
economic status. Sports can play a role in improving the lives of
whole communities.”
- Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
• Only 9% of boys and 4% of girls meet the guidelines for
physical activity (Canadian Health Measures Survey).
• Lack of physical activity is a significant contributor to the health
problems that children and families in low-income communities
face.
• KidSport Videos
www.statcan.gc.ca
• Primary Objectives
• To increase opportunities for the vulnerable population to
participate in sport and recreation
• To remediate the effects of non-participation due to challenging
life circumstances
• Financial, children who have lived in refugee camps, children who don’t
come from active families, etc.
• To foster social inclusion and strengthen a child’s competence,
physically and socially.
• To connect vulnerable children to sustainable community sport
and recreation opportunities
Identifying Participants
• Targeted opportunity (not open registration)
• Ensuring that referrals come from a wide variety of school-based
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Principals/Vice Principals
Teachers
Counsellors
Support workers
Community organizations
• Targeting students who would not otherwise get the opportunity to
participate in sports activities due to socio-economic constraints, lack
of transportation, or who have undergone significant or challenging
experiences
Program Basics
• 2 days/week in schools (this year) in the gymnasium
• Immediately after school until 4:30pm
• C-SP creates the registration forms which go to the schools for distribution (from
school staff)
• The program runs in 3 seasons/school year with up to 30 children
• (grades 1-7)/season
• 2 YMCA staff/school
Who is Involved
• YMCA leaders
• C-SP staff
• School Administration & staff
• Sportball
• Provincial Sport Organizations (PSO’s) & For-profit sport organizations
• Allowing sport specialist to instruct portions of the program is
beneficial for the children.
• How do we approach PSO’s for involvement?
• What are the challenges with this process?
• Why do the PSO’s want to be involved?
• Which organizations have been involved?
• Softball BC, Golf BC, Rugby BC, Basketball
BC, Tennis BC, Cycling BC, multiple Community
Martial Arts organizations, Kwantlen University basketball, Floor Hockey
organizations
Run Jump Throw (RJT)
• Developed by Athletics Canada, RJT is delivered in each
province by the Provincial member branches
• Fundamentals skill development program, designed for children
ages 6 to 12
• RJT is:
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Integrated for development at all levels
Broad based and progressive
FUNdamental to all land based sports
Inclusive for all abilities and maturational stages
Adaptive to special needs and athletes with disabilities
Gender equitable
This ‘FUNdamentals’ program teaches the
grassroots skills of Track & Field: running,
jumping and throwing - which form the
basis of all land based sport
• RJT is a National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) accredited
program, and is delivered in the introduction to competition stream
• Community members, sport leaders; can all become certified to deliver RJT
after attending a 2 day course (15 hr)
• Teachers can become certified to deliver RJT after attending a 1 day inservice (8 hr)
• In 2010, BC Athletics partnered with the Surrey Schools C-SP team to
train the YMCA staff and volunteers who would be delivering RJT in
the Jumpstart Academy
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Oct 16-17, 2010 – NCCP certified training – 18 participants
Oct 17, 2010 – training – 40 participants
Jan 18, 2011 – training – 15 participants
Sept 18, 2011 – training – 15 participants
Sept 24-25, 2011 – NCCP certified Training – 28 identified participants
15 HR RJT NCCP Training - Certification Training
• Practical Teaching with children
• Analysis of a Run, Jump and Throw – with technical progressions and
game applications
• General Athletic Development
• Risk Management & Emergency Action Plan (EAP)
• Ethics
• Planning RJT Lessons
• Participants receive RJT NCCP Kit, includes: Teacher Resource
Manual, Technical Progressions Manual & DVD, Instructor
Workbook, and Reference Guide
• RJT offers “Fun-in-A-Bag” Equipment bags which contain
everything necessary to offer the program!
• Two options – Bag A and Bag B
• Each Jumpstart Academy school has their own RJT BAG A
Bag Equipment List -Large RJT Bag on Wheels 18”x 18”x 36”
Stacking cones (6 of 4 colours)
Agility blocks – 2oz poly foam board (6x4
colours)
Hurdle cross sticks - 32” white
Bean bags- 5” (4 colours)
Hoops 15” diameter (~50cm) (4 colours)
Skipping ropes ~ 8’ (2.50m) in length (4 colours)
Throw-on-a-rope (4 colours)
Everything you need to run a successful
Relay batons (4 colours)
Run Jump Throw program can be found
Soft discus (4 colours)
in one convenient bag on wheels!
High jump elastic cord – 15’ x ¾”
Soccer balls - 6'” diameter (4 colours)
Small balls - 3” low bounce (4 colours)
Two versions of the RJT bag are sold – A
Agility ladder (non adjustable webbing)
and B.
Duct tape
Deluxe Agility ladder (adjustable) *Optional
Classroom / Behaviour Management
• Glenn Young (District Helping Teacher – Physical Education
Specialist)
Kids CanMove – Gymnastics BC
Sportball
Policy & Procedure Training
September-December 2010
• 10 Elementary Schools
• 20 YMCA staff instructors
• 300 children/session (900 children/school-year)
January 2011-June 2012
• 23 Elementary Schools
• 46 YMCA staff instructors
• 690 children/session (2070 children/school-year)
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Why it was so well received
Demand for the program in all Elementary schools
YMCA had to hire more staff to accommodate
Engagement of more PSO’s to deliver more Sport Basics
2010/2011 SCHOOL-YEAR REFLECTIONS
• Need for more training for instructors – RJT / classroom
management
• Logistical challenges:
• School gym-space
• Behaviours of students
• Actually linking the children to community sports
• Measuring that connection
• Curriculum is the same for all schools
• Scheduling with schools on days/week
• Scheduling of YMCA staff for available days/week
• Staff turn-over
MOVING TO THE 2011/2012 SCHOOL YEAR
• Hired RJT Learning Facilitators to write a curriculum / lesson plan
manual for instructors
• Lessons follow a progression through the skills – designed to be delivered in
order, with 2 lessons (1 hour each) per week
• 24 lessons in total = 12 week program to follow
• Manual includes instructional strategies, tips for formations, introducing an
activity, giving feedback, and class management strategies
• Identified highly skilled YMCA staff to take full RJT NCCP Training
(15 hours)
• 28 participants
• Taught by the Learning Facilitators who wrote the Manual
• High 5 Training
• Hired a skill teacher from the Vancouver School Board to run
classroom management training
MOVING TO THE 2012/2013 SCHOOL YEAR
• Training staff in sport basics – to teach the kids without the use
of PSO’s
• A second manual/curriculum created with additional lesson
plans
• Staff assigned to facilitate and monitor the connection to
community sport
• Creation of opportunities for more hours/day to increase staff
retention
• Increase family connection
School
Days
Bridgeview Elementary School
Mondays
Fridays
2:30pm-3:30pm
YMCA instruction
YMCA instruction
3:30pm-4:30pm
Sportball
Rugby BC
YMCA Head Leader
Durga Jaswal
YMCA Leader
Sophia Banga
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School ends at 2:30pm
Attendance is taken on arrival (not a drop-in program)
Snack is distributed between instruction periods
Sign-out/parent pick-up at 4:30pm
Amanda McIntosh
Community-Schools Partnership Facilitator – Surrey Schools
Tel: 604.576.1381 ext 2003
Email: mcintosh_a@sd36.bc.ca
Taunya Geelhoed
RJT Coordinator – BC Athletics / Athletics Canada
Tel: 604.333.3554
Email: taunya.geelhoed@bcathletics.org