Episode 28: Episode 28: Unified Sport

Welcome to the NYS AHPERD A-Z Health and PE Podcast. In this episode, we will be discussing Unified Sport with one of NYS’s true physical education icons Ms. Allison Reylea. We are very fortunate to have Allison join us from the Guilderland Central School District in the Capital/Albany Region of NYS. Allison Relyea earned her BSE in Physical Education ‘99 (concentration in Adapted PE) and her MSE in Recreation Education ‘01 from SUNY Cortland. Allison has been teaching at Guilderland High School since 2003. She teaches 9-12 PE, two dance classes, and Unified Physical Education. During her career at GHS, she has coached Softball, Cross Country, Unified Bowling, Unified Bocce, Unified Cheer, and a Dance Team. She currently serves as the faculty assistant to the Athletic Director and is an adjunct professor at Russell SAGE College in Troy, NY. Allison is also an active member of NYS AHPERD. At the state level, she currently serves on the Board of Directors and was recently voted to serve a second term. Allison has presented at various state and zone conferences on dance, technology in PE, assessment, Unified, and other topics. She is the Treasurer and Past President for the Capital Zone and is the co-chair of the Grant and Secondary Student Leadership Awards committees. Allison has also been honored as a 2011 Dance TOY (NYS AHPERD), a 2018 Secondary TOY (NYS AHPERD), and a 2020 Eastern District HS TOY (SHAPE). Recently, Allison was recognized as the 2023 Unified Champion Award from Special Olympics NY for her involvement with Unified programming. Allison is a current member of NAHPL and has attended regional and national conferences. She loves teaching physical education and bringing opportunities to ALL of her students in and out of the classroom. You can also connect with Allison directly on X @agrelyea Along with Allison’s most impressive accomplishments as a health and physical educator, is the work with the New NYS K-12 Physical Education Learning Standards (2020) where she served on the Leadership Team to complete this groundbreaking task for the State of New York. Allison, is a visionary and continue to take the discipline to new heights.

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Episode 28: Episode 28: Unified Sport is an episode from A-Z Health and PE Presented by NYS AHPERD.

This episode is 31:17 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2024.

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