CHEEF: A Program Promoting Physical Activity in High Risk Children
Presentation Format
Poster
Intended Audience
All Audiences
Presentation Description
The CHEEF (“College’s” Health Education, Exercise, and Fitness) program is a service learning project which implements physical activity programming during both summer and academic year afterschool programs for Title I schools. Specifically the program provides physical activity opportunities for kindergarten through fifth grade students in the Charleston, SC area. Undergraduate students at the college deliver 45 minutes to 1 hour of physical activity programming during each session, two days per week. Each activity session begins with warm up activities and is followed with games and activities including: football, soccer, tag, softball, and track and field. Each week consists of a different theme. For example if the theme is football, the children play games such as pass ball, cross country football, and scramble football. This trend is varied throughout both the summer and fall in order to promote involvement by the children with a variety of activities associated with the theme. The impact of the programming is that these children see undergraduate students as role models, with these undergraduate students modeling healthy activities and behaviors. In addition, the children are encouraged by the undergraduate students to continue physical activity outside the school setting, promoting lifelong physical activity habits and sport participation. Thus, mentoring is a large part of the program, with undergraduate students citing that as they get to know the children and adapt programming to meet their needs, then the children respond positively by their influence and have fun in the process. Finally, the college’s core mission is to educate undergraduate students to become principled leaders by teaching the core values of honor, duty, and respect. This unique mission enables undergraduate students to go out into the community and positively affect the community. The CHEEF program is one example of how undergraduate students positively affect the community as it relates to the promotion of physical activity in Title I school-aged children.
Location
Embassy Suites Hotel
Start Date
4-13-2016 5:00 PM
End Date
4-13-2016 7:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Garner, Dena; Shivers, Tremaine; Ford, Zach; Gonzalez, Fernando; and Mills, Melissa, "CHEEF: A Program Promoting Physical Activity in High Risk Children" (2016). Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning 2016. 82.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gss/2016/2016/82
CHEEF: A Program Promoting Physical Activity in High Risk Children
Embassy Suites Hotel
The CHEEF (“College’s” Health Education, Exercise, and Fitness) program is a service learning project which implements physical activity programming during both summer and academic year afterschool programs for Title I schools. Specifically the program provides physical activity opportunities for kindergarten through fifth grade students in the Charleston, SC area. Undergraduate students at the college deliver 45 minutes to 1 hour of physical activity programming during each session, two days per week. Each activity session begins with warm up activities and is followed with games and activities including: football, soccer, tag, softball, and track and field. Each week consists of a different theme. For example if the theme is football, the children play games such as pass ball, cross country football, and scramble football. This trend is varied throughout both the summer and fall in order to promote involvement by the children with a variety of activities associated with the theme. The impact of the programming is that these children see undergraduate students as role models, with these undergraduate students modeling healthy activities and behaviors. In addition, the children are encouraged by the undergraduate students to continue physical activity outside the school setting, promoting lifelong physical activity habits and sport participation. Thus, mentoring is a large part of the program, with undergraduate students citing that as they get to know the children and adapt programming to meet their needs, then the children respond positively by their influence and have fun in the process. Finally, the college’s core mission is to educate undergraduate students to become principled leaders by teaching the core values of honor, duty, and respect. This unique mission enables undergraduate students to go out into the community and positively affect the community. The CHEEF program is one example of how undergraduate students positively affect the community as it relates to the promotion of physical activity in Title I school-aged children.
Program Abstract
The CHEEF (“College’s” Health Education, Exercise, and Fitness) program is a service learning project which implements physical activity programming during both summer and academic year afterschool programs for Title I schools. Specifically the program provides physical activity opportunities for kindergarten through fifth grade students in the Charleston, SC area. Undergraduate students at the college deliver activities such as football, soccer, tag, and track and field during physical activity sessions. CHEEF provides a unique opportunity to promote physical activity and develop mentoring relationships with Title I students.