Pilot Program
Our Pilot Program in Arizona is Targeting
1,341 Elementary Schools
28,200 Teachers
840,000 Students in K-6 Grades
Our Current Partners Include
The Harlem Globetrotters- NFL Player Brandon Lloyd – Denver Broncos (Brandon supports the efforts of Shape Up US and he is a Honorary Board Member)
- YMCA
- Phoenix Parks and Recreation
- PBS Arizona Channel 8/ASSET - program that has a data base of 60,000 Arizona teachers
- School Districts throughout the State
- HEARTSMARTkids – our assessment program
- Arizona Charter Schools - sending out weekly e-mail blasts
- Maricopa Council on Youth Sports and Physical Activity
- Phoenix Women’s Sport Association
- A.T. Still University – www.atsu.edu
- AZ Charter Schools - www.azcharters.org
Featured Resource: Hip Hop Healthy Heart Program
The Hip Hop Healthy Heart Program is a unique, comprehensive cardiovascular disease and obesity prevention program, targeting children from K - 6th grades, their teachers and parents.
The program offers up to 200 web-based professional Development Clock Hours at $1 per credit.
8 Modules/ 25 Professional Development hours per module. Curriculum includes:
- 8-Modules, 8 Weeks, 40-Lessons
- Standards-based Curriculum Includes: Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Poetry, Music, Dance, Health and Physical Education
- Hip Hop Rhymes: 40 rhymes summarize the materials in each lesson and makes learning FUN!
- Materials Include: Comprehensive Teacher Training, Lesson Plans, Handouts, Answer Sheets, and In-Class, At-Home and On-Line Activities
