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2008/2009 Physh Ed Grantees
Educators attend training at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City
The Foundation
- The Future Fisherman Foundation
- Northern, VA, United States
- The Foundation is a 501 (c)3 tax exempt organization dedicated to working with our partners in the industry, state fish and wildlife agencies and conservation organizations to design and deliver unique, hands-on fishing and boating related experiences for our nation's youth. Our goal is to reconnect America's children with the out of doors and to foster a lifelong interest in fishing and a passion for conservation.
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16 comments:
It is allowing us to expand our offering and opened up possibilities not thought about before in our curriculum. In a way it is pushing us to further expand the curriculum. When we have students in class we will be able to share there reactions to these questions next semester. Right now it only effects the teachers and the dreaming of possibilities.
I agree that it is expanding our offerings. This has given our students a great lifetime activity that not many people are exposed to. As a teacher, I have had to really look at my teaching style and what my thoughts on the outcomes I want from my students. It has really made me think as well as to what I want to be teaching. I have found that I am more and more leaning towards more lifetime activities for my students than the traditional sports (football, basketball, etc.). By the way.....anyone know of any grants available for outdoor activities like cross country ski, GPS/Orienteering type stuff?
Like Steve, I have asked myself what do I want to be teaching? Classroom teachers (at least in my district) don't have many choices in what they teach. They are so micro-managed because of the pressures of No Child Left Behind that they don't have time to be creative. As a public school Health & PE teacher I am not under the same pressure to improve test scores. FFF has motivated me to incorporate outdoor education, environmental health, & family wellness into the curriculum. Our fishing program has tripled from last year and my work has become more important to me.
Our goal in physical education and in my school district is to prepare students for a lifetime of physical activity. The FFF grant has helped us tremendously in this area. The students will be impacted because they will receive one more "tool for their toolbelt" when it comes to skills they need to stay active and healthy. Administrators are impacted because they are proud of and promote these programs because no one else in the area is doing the kinds of things we are doing in the schools. It is also cool to see the other teacher's reactions when they find out what we are doing. I even sense a hint of jealousy! Finally I am greatly impacted because it motivates me as a teacher- because I have a passion for teaching students not only to stay active for a lifetime, but also to get outdoors and experience nature-something maybe they normally wouldn't. If new activities can be brought into the program, I am motivated- because things are always fresh.
I also wanted to put a plug in to everyone about getting donations. (From our grant funding, we are purchasing kayaks for our PE program). It is so HUGE to ask for and talk about your needs to people. Donations can defray a vast amount of costs for your programs. One donation for PFD's for my boating program enabled me to purchase an EXTRA KAYAK- originally not figured into my budget- because I didn't have to buy any vests! I wasn't really even asking for free stuff. I was just trying to find a great price and talking about my needs and 20 PFD's showed up at my school, not 1 week later! Don't be shy to ask and to tell people what you are doing and why you are doing it. As more people get on board with what you are doing your program will grow and successes will become numerous.
The grant our school received has helped me walk into the classroom every day with a positive attitude. I have probably fished more since our July training than I have in the rest of my life combined. There isn't a day that passes that I don't either go fishing or that I am not doing something to prepare for fishing.
In the past, I walked (still do.) before and after school and that helped me look forward to the school day. However, most of the time kids just think I am a little nuts to walk so much (they cannot wait to drive). Now, with the fishing added in (because of the grant) the kids get really excited about my morning and evening activities. They do relate to the fishing. Many of the kids quiz me on the locations where I fish and where I am chumming spots for future use. Some of them then beat me to the fishing spots I have chummed and give me reports on their success.
Bottom line, if I am having fun, the kids are too. They are on me about getting equipment and suggesting locations for field trips. They really enjoy testing out ideas about fishing that we have discussed in class (like hair rigs for carp). When the "homework assignment" is to go fishing, nobody complains.s
I think everyone like homework when it would involve fishing! I know I would have done better in school with that type of homework!
Maggie,
I have been wondering how you were doing. It is November that "big" package is coming isn't it?
I e-mailed on the fly equipment about 7 am the day it was posted. I never received anything one way or another about it being delivered. I assume the e-mail went through or something would have bounced back in my direction.
I think about you all the time, and wish you and yours the best! Hang in their kid.
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We changed our format this year with the 6th graders and we have each group for 9 weeks so i did my fishing unit with just this group, the rest of the students will be involved in the spring. Of the 8 students I had only 1 that had ever been fishing. This has opened up a whole new area of interest for them and they were all excited! They were so proud of their accomplishments.... they are now hooked on fishing but thank goodness no one hooked each other! (something to be excited about with emotionally handicapped students!)
Jess:
How did you only get 8 kids???? That would be great! Any openings by you??????????
Although we have not yet begun our fishing program, the grant and the idea of the program has generated a lot of discussion and ideas among myself, the CDS teacher, and the fishing club advisor at our school. I have recently found out that our school already has a lot of equipment that will enhance our program that we didn't realize we had...such as canoes and a trailor to haul them. Before this, we didn't even think to talk with the conservation teachers to see how we could work together and share equipment. It's been great to work with these people and generate ideas and share things.
Upon starting the Fishing Unit with my 5th. grade scholars I immediately saw effects that I was capturing the scholars motivation and interest. My scholars were coming to me to let me know that they were doing their homework and practicing their casting. Scholars were telling me about watching Bass Fishing on T.V. In addition, to going fishing with their parents over the weekend. I don't know of many teachers that have students excited about doing homework. I even saw a student fishing where I fish and he caught a fish. I told his parents to take a picture. He had an opportunity to share his experience with his classmates during P.E. class.
The grant is for 5th. grade students to learn fishing skills and to visit the county Outdoor Education Center as their Field Trip for Fishing, Canoeing and Initiative and Confidence Course etc. But, I have started to teach Fishing skills to 4th. grade and will continue down to Pre-K students. I look forward to my students being more experienced by the time they are 5th. graders for their visit to the Outdoor Education Center. In addition, I look forward to having students involved now to experience the knowledge and enjoyment that they can have with family and friends.
My 2 aims for my P.E. curriculum is to develop my scholars' fitness level and to teach lifetime skills and activities that they can do with family and friends. I am meeting the needs of my students. Alot of my students are not allowed to go outside when they get home. Their activity and learning is mostly done at school.
I also look forward to getting permission to have a family fishing day. I even have the location in mind, the Chesapeake Bay.
We were able to get a discount on some supplies, giving us some extra money so I purchased some compasses. The students are learning orienteering. We are using the compasses to find hidden pictures of fish and facts about them which the students use to complete a facts sheet. They are loving it! To go a step further, I attended a Geocaching workshop in our county at which we were given a free GPS. I got a grant to get more GPS's and we will begin doing the same fact finding games about fish and conservation information as soon as they are received. Along with the GPS's we will also purchase some soil and water sample kits to test the places we are fishing. It seems the F3's generosity has opened up a whole new avenue of discovery!! Thanks FFF!
As Scott posted, preparing our students for a lifetime of physical activity should be the main goal of every PE program. Becoming good stewards of the environment is an important benefit of teaching fishing also, fishing gives one a reason to care about the environment. I just received my new rods and reels and the whole school is excited and anxious to get started. I am only teaching my 100 fourth graders this first year and all other grades are jealous and asking if they can be included. Fishing is having a huge impact on my school.
I work as a behavior specialist at our county's Alternative High School. Many of our students have not had the opportuntiy to spend time on the water even though they live very close. Every Monday I take 10-14 of our students to our local outdoor education center where they do many outdoor activities. I have started to include casting, knot tying and more in depth paddling techniques. I have invited many of you to join my snapfish acount. What a great experience for my students. We are currently looking into incorporating "Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs" into our program.
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