Guided by the Marianist Mission to educate the whole person, and to link learning and scholarship with leadership and service, the following courses feature Community Based Physical Programs utilizing the Service Learning approach to provide subject matter knowledge (SMK), pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), and valuable teaching experience to undergraduate Physical Education Majors. Long standing collaborative relationships with local Catholic, public, and community schools in multicultural settings provide opportunities for hundreds of elementary-, middle-, and high school students to receive quality physical education from trained University of Dayton Physical Education Student Interns. 

1.  HSS 101 Introduction to the University Experience for Health and Sport Science Majors

Providing 1:1 personal fitness training on Monday afternoons at 1:00 in the Frericks Gym to 55 Patterson-Kennedy students  will be the 55 first year Health and Sport Science Department Students.  Our newest (2nd year) community based service-learning physical activity/education program is the product of a joint effort between UD Department of Health and Sport Science The UD Bro. Raymond Center for Leadership in Community, The Patterson-Kennedy Site Based Academy, and the The Levin Family Foundation.  Culminating in a students exercise-fitness performance during half-time of the UD - Cleveland State women's basketball game at the UD Arena on Friday, December 9th, this program is exemplary of the finest in university-community partnerships. This program is being supported by Patterson-Kennedy Principal Mr. Nolan Graham, Teachers, Ms. Nan Crawford and Mr. Barry Ryder.  The program is staffed by Graduate Assistant, Mr. Michael Triola and course instructor Dr. George De Marco.

During the Fall semester of 2002, students in this course again participated in an exciting new educational endeavor, the first and at present, the only public conversion Charter School in Ohio: The Residence Park Accelerated Community School Program, which is also known as the World of Wonder (WOW). Opened on July 12th of 1999, WOW has an enrollment of  over 400 students in grades K-5. There are presently 24 full-time teachers and a group of very kind and helpful support staff. Mr. Richard Penry, a highly regarded Dayton City School administrator, is the principal and a staunch advocate of physical education. Dr. Judy Whelley, an expert teacher with many years of experience in the Dayton schools and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton, is the Coordinator of Curriculum and Instruction. Students enrolled in the course applied the Subject matter- (SMK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) they acquired in their other physical education courses.  HSS 109 students (N = 13) provided both small and large group instruction to six (6) separate classes on Wednesday afternoons from 1:15 to 1:45pm. UD Student Interns (SIs) provided WOW students with instruction in basic body awareness, locomotor, non-manipulative - manipulative skills, rhythm, dance, and physical fitness. With the onset of the practicum, students continued to attend lecture on  Mondays for the duration of the semester at their assigned meeting time and location in the Frericks Center. Dr. George DeMarco, the Physical Education Program Coordinator, served as the course instructor.  This was the 3rd year of the WOW - UD collaborative Physical Education program.

Also participating in HSS 109 were 5 additional Student Interns (SIs), who were assigned to Fairmont High School in Kettering to utilize the Praxis III-Pathwise Mentoring system under the direction of Mr. Henry Bias, the stalwart Chair of the Department of Physical Education at FHS; and Senior Teaching Assistant, Mr. Marc Thoma.  Providing these SIs with a unique preparation for student teaching, the opportunity to work at FHS under Mr. Bias and Mr. Thoma significantly enhanced their professional development.

3. HSS 200 Motor Development-Learning.

Initiated in January of 2000, this course incorporated an active learning laboratory component that permitted the WOW program to continue through the W/S semester. Among the students enrolled in this course were a core of those who participated in HSS 109; and an additional group who will were also simultaneously enrolled in HSS 185, Rhythm, Dance, Games, and Gymnastics. From their expanding base of content- and pedagogical content knowledge, and through the growth of established relationships with WOW students and staff, UD SIs continued their provision of instruction in basic body awareness, locomotor, non-manipulative - manipulative skills, rhythm, dance, and physical fitness. With a larger projected enrollment than that of HSS 109, SIs were able to serve more WOW students. And, consistent with the goals of the course, SIs also expanded their repertoire of assessment techniques during this experience. Dr. George DeMarco again served as the course instructor during the Winter/Spring Semester 2004, when the practicum was conducted at the Holy Angels School in collaboration with Mr. Adam Mintz (UD99) and benefitted greatly from the opportunity to work with his kindergarten students.

4. HSS 220 Adapted Physical Education.

Continuing its 8th year in the Winter of 2006, our Adapted Physical Education program features collaborative relationships with the Patterson-Kennedy  (PK) International Heritage Academy and Trotwood-Madison (TM) High School while welcoming a new partner, the Gorman School.  During the Winter-Spring semester of 2006, the program will provide multiply handicapped students from multicultural backgrounds with quality adapted physical education in the form of assessment, prescription, and activity while also providing (SIs) with valuable training and experience. This course will be opened to Physical Education, Special Education, and Pre-Physical therapy majors, and feature lecture-seminar components in preparation for and during the community physical education program.  For those purposes, classroom and gymnasium space will be made available in the Frericks Center. The Winter 2006 program will serve 55 multiply handicapped students and 33 UD Student Interns (SIs).  The collaborating principal at PK is Mr. Nolan Graham; the collaborating teachers are Ms. Nan Crawford at PK and Mr. James Bayes at Trotwood- Madison, who are highly expert, compassionate, and dedicated. Ms. Lydia Radcliff is the Principal at the Gorman School, where the collaborating Adapted Physical Educator is Ms. Rushelle Hall and Physical Therapist is Ms. Lea Loree.  Stalwart Student- Assistants Mr. Adam Lorenz and  Ms. Sarah Coffman will work with Dr. George DeMarco, the course instructor and Program Coordinator.

Working in collaboration expert Physical Educators from three area schools during the Fall 2004 semester are 17 students from HSS 223, Movement Education.  This course, recently redesigned for this academic year, is providing yet another experience to enhance UD Physical Education students' pedagogy as well as to provide assistance to our stellar cooperating teachers: Mrs. Charlene Leggs (UD, MS. 80) at Lincoln Elementary; Mr. Adam Mintz(UD 99), at Holy Angels; and Mr. James Ullmer (UD MS 2003) at the World of Wonder and their students.  Over 75 children at the above schools are being served by this community based program.

6. HSS 300 Methods of Teaching Secondary Physical Education.

      Professors Morefield and DeMarco

7. HSS 324 Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education.

During the Winter Spring Semesters of 2001 and 2002, 2005, Student Interns (SIs) from HSS 324 provided physical education instruction to students in three separate local schools: Holy Angels, Dayton Catholic, Lincoln Elementary, Oakwood Elementary, and Beaverton Elementary. This course was structured similarly to HSS 300; UD students received content- and pedagogical content knowledge during the lecture component of the course, which was followed by a culturally diverse practicum spanning February to May. In student to SI ratios of 1:1 to 5:1, 10: 1 and 20:1, the skill theme approach to teaching locomotor, non-manipulative - manipulative skills, rhythm, dance, and physical fitness is utilized during thrice weekly sessions in the participating schools. Dr. George DeMarco serves as the course instructor and stellar cooperating teachers Ms. Charlene Leggs, Ms. Carol Enns, and Mr. Adam Mintz, Jack Giambrone, Michael Triola, and Becky Parr provide excellent assistance.  The semester's culminating Multicultural Fitness, Friendship, and Fun Event is an annual highlight that brings students, staff, administrators, and parents (N = 100) from all schools together at the Frericks Center for a memorable afternoon of physical activity and community.  This program is ongoing during the Winter/Spring Semester of 2006 and features ~ 75 children from four schools.