Fitness Incentives

Each year at Gilman I ran 1-3 fitness incentive programs that will usually ranged from 4-5 weeks in length. My goal with doing these incentives was to get my students exercising at home and not just during my PE classes. Over these 4-5 weeks my students gathered baseline data for their exercise, established a goal that they hope to reach by the end of the 4-5 weeks, and then tested weekly to improve their fitness scores. In addition to students setting their own goals I always set a goal for the entire elementary school to collectively reach. As an incentive, if all the students were successful individually and collectively by the end of the program then I was  forced to do something silly or creative for them. For example I have shaved and bleached my hair, written songs, and dressed up in ridiculous costumes. Often times I informed my students what they would be working toward at the beginning of the program or let them choose, but every now and then I would keep it a secret to surprise them if and when they were successful.

At ICS my fitness Incentives have looked a little different. Because I see my students two times during a 6 day cycle I do not test them weekly, but rather once per cycle, and I run the program for 4 cycles instead of 4-5 weeks. I also have each grade compete against each other for the "Fitness Trophy" (a plastic trophy that travels from room to room) instead of having them set a collective goal as a school.

Below are a few of the fitness programs I've done in the past.

- Corevember

- Flex-It February

- Speed It Up!