The Healthy Active
Living and Learning Centre is dedicated to providing teachers with excellent
professional development opportunities in Health & Physical Education curriculum
delivery and becoming model schools for healthy, active living and learning.
PURPOSE
To enhance knowledge
and confidence of teachers in the area of program delivery of Health and
Physical Education.
To investigate the
connections between improved programs in Health & Physical Education and
student performance in school.
To model exemplary
Health Action Teams
GOALS
To assist teachers
in delivering quality Health & Physical Education programs through use of the
OPHEA curriculum documents
To prepare schools
in TCDSB for the
ministry mandated “20 minutes of physical activity”, slated to take effect in
September, 2005.
To encourage the
development of Health Action Teams in as many TCDSB schools as possible and
assist schools with the development and implementation of action plans in
this area.