The Walking Classroom is a national award-winning education program that provides students and teachers with an innovative way to get exercise without sacrificing instructional time. Now a program of Alliance for a Healthier Generation, The Walking Classroom's “Walk, Listen, and Learn” methodology capitalizes on the favorable link between exercise and cognitive function. The program is simple: Students take brisk 20-minute walks, as a class, while listening to the same custom-written, kid-friendly podcast that comes pre-loaded on their "WalkKit" audio device. Each podcast begins with a brief health literacy message, and the lesson plans in the Teacher’s Guide help educators effectively discuss and review the podcast material. Awards: 2015: Winner: William J. Bennington Healthy Community Institute, BlueCross BlueShield Foundation of North Carolina (Nonprofit Excellence Award) 2015: Finalist: Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards (Nonprofit of the Year) 2014: National Finalist: Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust (Innovations in Rural Health) 2013-14: Winner: eSchool News Readers' Choice Awards (Impactful Educational Tool) 2013: Winner: BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina (Health Innovation Challenge) 2012: National Grand Prize Winner: Active Schools Acceleration Project (Educational Technology Innovation)
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It is a crisp morning in Chicago but it is beginning to warmup with activity at the Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC) #ISGC2024conference! I am excited to share The Walking Classroom with this amazing group of folks!
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What a phenomenal few days in #LittleRock celebrating America’s Healthiest Schools at Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Leaders Summit. These 879 schools are implementing best practices to support the health of staff, students, and families. For me, the absolute best is celebrating alongside an amazing team who show up every day with passion, empathy, grace, and thankfully, humor! Major kudos to Mary Elizabeth Sullivan for outstanding leadership. Special thanks to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield for sponsoring our morning walk with The Walking Classroom! As a central Arkansas resident, this was the perfect way to highlight an innovative learning resource improving student health, while also showing off our beautiful capital city. #ahsleaderssummit #healthiestschools #walklistenlearn
What an incredible start to Day 2 of #AHSLeadersSummit! Thanks to everyone who joined our morning #WalkListenLearn experience and many thanks to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield for supporting!
Rise and Shine with #AHSleaderssummit and #TheWalkingClassroom Alliance for a Healthier Generation nearly 100 award winning school leaders joined us for a river walk thanks to ArkansasBlueCrossBlueShield Rebecca Pittillo
We’re in Little Rock this week for #AHSLeadersSummit and we’re so excited to share The Walking Classroom with America’s #HealthiestSchools! If you’re attending the Summit, drop by our table and take a WalkKit for spin! 👟 #WalkListenLearn
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It’s a beautiful day for a walk at Colbert Middle School in Fayetteville, AR! Thanks for letting me join your students while they listened, learned, and walked with The Walking Classroom! Fayetteville Public Schools
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Look who I got to spend the day with at the 2024 Kansas Connections Conference! 👇 ❤️👇 It was a wonderful day to share the benefits of the The Walking Classroom and how it can positively impact OST programs in Kansas! 💚👟🎧 Carlos Santini Daniel W. Hatcher Jamie Keiter James Martinson Kansas Enrichment Network Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Murray Elementary School earned a top spot on Alliance for a Healthier Generation's 2024 list of America's #HealthiestSchools, in part due to the school's commitment to physical activity and movement through programs like The Walking Classroom! Check out how Murray is utilizing our #WalkListenLearn curriculum to engage students in active learning. 👇 https://lnkd.in/ePQXsG25
Richland School District One is walking, listening, and learning with The Walking Classroom! Principal Bobbie Hartwell, Jr. and P.E teacher Brian Baumgardner give the inside scoop on what it's like to #WalkListenLearn and engage students in The Walking Classroom program on WIS10 👇 https://lnkd.in/eyFE9A8T #ActiveSchools #HealthySchools
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Some of the best days of the year are when we get to visit the schools and out-of-school time programs we serve at Alliance for a Healthier Generation. It was such a pleasure seeing The Walking Classroom in action at the PASAR After School program with Plano ISD. Thanks Sharon Bradley, M.Ed., Daphne Warren, and your full team for hosting us and all you are doing to invest in your students!
Did you hear the news? 49 Walking Classroom schools made Alliance for a Healthier Generation's 2024 list of America’s #HealthiestSchools! 🎉 Check out which schools made the list: https://lnkd.in/er44RATs #WalkListenLearn #K12 #EdTech #HealthySchools