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About Tim:
Tim is the PE4Life Academy Training Center Director and PE department chair at Titusville Middle School. Tim has been teaching for 32 years and has been teaching with Polar technology for the last 11 years. He's a member of National AAHPERD and also of PSAHPERD. In 2000 he was honored as the WalMart Regional Teacher of the Year and in 2003 he was honored as the PSAHPERD Health Educator of the Year. Tim was also selected as a 2007 President’s Council on Physical fitness and Sports Community Leadership Award Winner.
About Titusville Middle School:
Titusville Middle School is part of the Titusville Area School District located in Titusville, Pennsylvania. In this rural area the typical P.E. class size is 25 students. Students are in grade levels 6-8. Teachers at Titusville use Polar E600 heart rate monitors (HRMs), along with TriFIT 600 and 700 for the last 9 years, and PE Manager for the last 7 years. Titusville Middle School is a PE4Life Academy.
Core Activities:
Tim uses the PE4Life philosophy to teach PE at Titusville. This philosophy is based on teaching students a variety of activities to lead them toward development of healthy lifestyle habits.
Using Polar:
The PE budget, local school district funding, and the 2003 Carol M. White PEP Grant provided funding for Polar products at Titusville. Tim incorporates Polar in his lesson plans twice a week. Titusville started using Polar E600 HRMs during class and did that for two years before incorporating TriFIT software. After that, HRM usage expanded to students in both the local high school as well as upper grades of the elementary school. For Tim, it is important to use Polar because "students can be successful using Polar products. They can see their level of work immediately and adjust accordingly."
The Buzz:
Tim likes using Polar for, "student accountability, tracking of students, and fitness assessment."
Students "like seeing their fitness progress from TriFIT reports."
Administration likes "the accountability that Polar provides."
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