The IsPOD Initiative
IsPOD is NCAAHPERD's flagship initiative in the fight against childhood obesity in North Carolina. Before the obesity epidemic entered the current public zeitgeist, NCAAHPERD recognized the trend and developed a multi-tiered strategy to combat the issue.
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Reports Available
View IsPOD state-wide and district annual reports from Fall 2010 to Spring 2011 (available in the Data tab.)
FG9 Mobile
Now available to NC physical educators: FG9 Mobile App for the Apple iPhone, iPad and Android devices.
SPARK™ Training
Preview the SPARK™ Regional Training calendar for 2012; Submit a request to attend a session.
Program 'SPARKs' physical fitness for NC students
About 43 percent of North Carolina’s elementary and middle school students have habits that could lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes later on in life, according to a study released this month from [NCAAHPERD].
The report [...] also found that 70 percent of school children don’t get the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommended hour of daily exercise and that 47 percent spend two or more hours a day watching TV or on a computer.
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Help Desk
The IsPOD Help Desk is here to help. Find answers in the Knowledgebase or submit a specific support ticket.
Social Media
Social media is the new way to communicate. NCAAHPERD is proud to offer social media throughout several networks.
The IsPOD initiative will obtain student, teacher, and class information via NCWISE in early September, 2011. Data will be imported into secure IsPOD databases immediately there-after.
Once FITNESSGRAM becomes available to North Carolina teachers, each physical education teacher will receive an e-mail with their FITNESSGRAM™ username & password, along with a link to access the application.
Please do not send help-desk tickets requesting a username and password until after the FITNESSGRAM™ program has launched in September.
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