It was a short two-hour trip up IH-35 for BikeTexas staff to the Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD) Summer 2008 Convention. About 500 P.E. teachers and school administrators gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Waco July 20-22. They toured the TAHPERD Expo in between seminars and many visited the […]
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Waco Provides Great Cycling Backdrop for TAHPERD’s 2008 Summer Conference
SuperCyclist Summer Update
July – A Hot Month for Texas SuperCyclist Teacher Trainings! BikeTexas field instructors and staff conducted three trainings in the month of July: Round Rock, Dallas and Killeen. When it is 105 degrees outside, and a major component of the training involves running and darting activities, an air conditioned gym is a welcomed place to […]
Texas SuperCyclist Teacher Certification Trains 134 Teachers in June
Summer is a busy time for staff development for Texas teachers, and many have chosen to receive six hours of continuing education credits by participating in the Texas SuperCyclist Teacher Certification Training. Texas Bicycle Coalition trained 134 teachers in June, including teachers from Cypress Fairbanks, Spring, Aldine, Klein, Waco and Dallas. Faculty from the University […]
School Track & Field Day + Bike Ride = Success in Pasadena
Cyclist and SuperCyclist-Certified PE teacher Oscar Torres noticed something very fundamental missing from the Annual Track and Field Day at Williams Elementary School in Pasadena. Bicycling! So Oscar and fellow PE teacher David Garza fixed that problem this past May 12th when they organized the first annual Williams Track and Field Day Bike Ride. But […]
Cy-Fair PE Teachers Nail First of Three Scheduled SuperCyclist Trainings
Forty-three pumped-up elementary school PE teachers gathered at Ramona Bang Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks (Cy-Fair) ISD on June 4 for the Texas SuperCyclist Curriculum certification training. Up to 11,094 Cy-Fair elementary and middle school students stand to receive bike safety education in the coming school year, based on 2007 SuperCyclist survey results of average […]
Safe Routes to School Advocate Brings SuperCyclist Training to Arlington Area
It takes a special person to achieve all that Sharon Canclini is working to achieve for children’s health and safety. Through her Community Nursing class at Texas Christian University (TCU), Sharon helps nurses learn how to identify and meet community health needs. This includes knowledge of how to teach bicycle safety to children.
SuperCyclist Teacher Training Held April 5 at Houston’s Barnett Sports Complex
Jose Santiago, Manager of the Elementary Health/PE Curriculum Department for Houston ISD (HISD) played host for the Texas SuperCyclist Teacher Certification Training held on April 5, 2008. The threat of rain was no problem since the training was held at HISD’s Barnett Sports Complex. The beautiful facility was perfect for the training and Texas SuperCyclist […]
Adventure Cycling Inspires Adults to Get Kids Psyched on Bikes
Adventure Cycling Association For Immediate Release March 19, 2008 Adventure Cycling Inspires Adults to Get Kids Psyched on Bikes New Pedal Pioneers Course trains adults to lead overnight bike trips for kids Missoula, Mont. — Adventure Cycling Association announces a fantastic new educational offering, the Pedal Pioneers Training Course (PPTC). Designed to get kids off […]
El Paso PE Teachers Certified for SuperCyclist
El Paso was a long drive for Durwood Mayfield’s first teacher training experience. When the drive was over, the rewards were great for Durwood, BikeTexas SuperCyclist Curriculum Instructor, and Brenda Chuleewah, BikeTexas Teacher Training Manager. Spectacular scenery, warm weather, and most importantly, the “Best Teachers in the West” were at the end of that long, […]
TBC Publishes Bi-Lingual Bike Safety Ed Effort on National Website
Texas Bicycle Coalition Education Fund (TBCEF) staff has put significant time and resources into the production of bicycle safety education material in every-day Spanish. A TBCEF paper on this effort has been published to the on-line library of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC). The TBCEF article is titled “Bringing Bicycle Education to Spanish-Speaking […]
Corpus Christi Area Educators Ready to Teach Bike Safety
A special thank you to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Corpus Christi District and Bill Strawn, TxDOT Traffic Safety Specialist, for hosting the January 23, 2008 SuperCyclist teacher training. The training room was perfect for the PowerPoint lecture part of the training. The large screen, good sound system and comfortable seating was appreciated by all. […]
SuperCyclist Training at Tarrant County Sheriff’s Training Academy
Deputy Tim Tramel of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Training Academy played host to the most recent BikeTexas SuperCyclist certification class this past December 5th. Under a beautiful sky on a (not surprisingly) windy Fort Worth afternoon, three Tarrant County Deputies and seven area teachers put their newly-learned bike safety talents to test on the SuperCyclist […]
TBC Promotes Bike Safety at PE Teachers’ Annual Convention
The Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, otherwise known as TAHFERD (tay-ferd,) held its 84th annual convention was at the Moody Gardens Convention Center in Galveston, Texas. Nearly 3,000 PE teachers, student PE majors and college kinesiology professors came to soak up the mild late November sunshine and to catch up on […]
Dr. Joel Bloom, TBC Field Instructor, presents the SuperCyclist Curriculum in Pasadena, TX
Twelve teachers from the Houston area enjoyed Dr. Bloom’s presentation of the SuperCyclist Curriculum. The 6 hour bicycle safety course is designed to be fun, educational and interactive. Dr. Bloom adds to the training his own personal riding experiences, telling the teachers about his trip to Scotland, where cycling is the main mode of transportaion. […]
Huston-Tillotson University SuperCollege Students Visit TBC
Dr. Rozena McCabe, Professor of Kinesiology at Houston-Tillotson University (HTU), teaches under the philosophy that “the student should receive the knowledge through several sensory modalities and that learning is more permanent when students ‘do’ as well as ‘listen’.”
BikeTexas Kids Kup Update
Camp Eagle was a beautiful location for the kick off of the first Kids Kup of the 2007-2008 series, made possible by generous support from REI and Shimano. Coordinated by Texas Bicycle Coalition and Shimano Youth Series; the BikeTexas Kids Kup events were developed to inspire the next generation of mountain bike enthusiasts as well […]
Successful SuperCyclist Training at Lamar Consolidated ISD Kicks Off 2007-08 School Year
Thirty-two additional elementary school teachers joined the BikeTexas SuperCyclist-Certified Club (over three thousand strong) on August 23, 2007, after a fun-filled one-day training at the Terry High School campus in Rosenburg.
Small Texas Towns with Big BikeTexas Enthusiasm
Once again the Education Service Center for Region XV in San Angelo hosted a SuperCylist Certification for their region teachers. The Education Service Center is a state of the art facility for education. School Health Specialist Jenni Price did a wonderful job making sure the Texas Bicycle Coalition staff had every need met before, during […]
SuperCyclist! SuperFun! At TAHPERD Summer Conference
If you are looking for the best in live music, visit Austin, Texas. If you are looking for best and liveliest teachers in Texas, you could have found them at the TAHPERD (Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) Summer Conference on July 26 and 27th. The conference was held at Akins High […]
SuperCyclist in Grand Prairie
Susan Wagner, Sr. Lecturer for the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University, and long-time SuperCyclist Field Instructor, certified 9 new SuperCyclist Teachers in the Grand Prairie area this past June. Texas Bicycle Coalition’s Brenda Chuleewah, Teacher Training Manager coordinated the event, and Pet Cox, SuperCyclist Field Instructor-in-training attended as well.