FunDoRoo Physical Activity LeaderAt — CSUF - Public Health
As a FunDoRoo Physical Activity Program Leader, the student intern will help to deliver a games-based physical activity class at Center for Healthy Neighborhoods to children aged 6-10 years old. The program is will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 3:30 and 4:30 pm, with required availability for pre-class set up and post-class break down between 3:00-5:00 pm. Interns will also be required to participate in physical activity planning and training sessions scheduled on Tuesdays from 11:30 am to 12:45 pm at CSUF.
As a program leader, interns will have the following responsibilities:
a) Guide participating children through age-appropriate physical activity following a pre-organized activity plan adapted from the program FunDoRoo
b) Adapt and Plan age-appropriate physical activity for children ages 6-10
c) Practice delivery of physical activity sessions with peers
d) Foster an inclusive participation environment for children and parents
e) Model a positive role for physical activity participation, respect for others and enthusiasm for active lifestyle.
f) Survey equipment and space needs and prepare equipment prior to physical activity sessions
g) Assist CSUF faculty with data collection related to the FunDoRoo program
h) Conduct data entry and fidelity checks with CSUF faculty
i) Register and attend a specific KNES 495 internship class
Qualifications:
• Undergraduate student in KNES, junior or senior standing
• CPR certification
• Completion of the following courses: KNES 210 or 191A, KNES 348 and 371 or currently taking them, KNES 240, 241, or 242, 364
• Preferred coursework: 363, 386, 388,
• Interest for working with special populations (pediatrics and/or underserved communities)
• Fluent in Spanish (preferred)
• Excellent team-work skills, disposition for learning, professionalism, enthusiasm for promoting physical activity in children, adaptability to challenges, interest in working with people of different cultural, educational, familial backgrounds.
To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to Dr. Daniela Rubin (drubin@fullerton.edu). In your cover letter, please include the following information:
• please explain your interest for doing an internship focused on providing physical activity to children in a community-based setting
• Indicate which classes you have taken or currently taken that will prepare you to do the internship
• Indicate which experience you have with working with children or previously leading physical activity with any population
• Indicate if you speak, read or write in other languages other than English
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this internship, the student will be able to:
a) plan a physical activity session for children ages 6-10 including a warm-up, strengthening exercises, and skill based games
b) lead and demonstrate parts of a physical activity session for children ages 6-10
c) identify strategies used for group management in a non-competitive physical activity setting
Training
To help the student achieve the proposed learning outcomes, I will provide the following training experiences:
Lecture: The training supervisor will provide lecture-based training on topics related to pediatric exercise sciences related to during the training sessions
Modeling: The training supervisor will provide sample physical activity plans and will model instruction of some activities during the training sessions
Group work: in groups students will develop physical activity plans during the training sessions
Role play: students will mock leading parts of the physical activity plans with other students during the training sessions
Tasks/Duties
The intern will demonstrate the learning outcomes by:
a) submitting lesson plans for evaluation by the training supervisor
b) leading sections of the physical activity sessions
c) provide self-assessments on how activities went during the weekly planning sessions
d) identify issues or challenges related to participation, compliance with directions etc during the weekly planning sessions