Designing and Teaching Fitness Education Courses

About Jayne D. GreenbergLisa SpinosaNichole Calkins

Jayne Greenberg EdD has served as program director for the I Can Do It! program for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to that position Dr. Greenberg served as the district director of physical education and health literacy for Miami-Dade County Public Schools from 1995 to 2017. During her career in education she has worked as an elementary middle and high school physical education teacher in both public and private schools; a region physical education coordinator; a high school and middle school administrator; and an adjunct professor teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses in teaching methods sport psychology and research. Dr. Greenberg has served as president of the Florida Association of Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance. She also has chaired the Sport Development Committee for the United States Olympic Committee and USA Field Hockey. She assisted the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the development of the I Can Do It You Can Do It! program a national initiative to address the physical activity levels of youth with disabilities. Dr. Greenberg was named the 2005 National Physical Education Administrator of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education and received the 2005 Highest Recognition Award from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt. In 2009 she received the Point of Light Award from Florida Governor Charlie Crist and was appointed to the Governors Council on Physical Fitness. In 2011 Dr. Greenberg was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Presidents Council on Sports Fitness and Nutrition. In 2015 she was named as the North America chair for the International Sport and Culture Association. In 2016 she was named as an Aspen Institute Scholar and received the 2016 North America Society of HPERD Professionals Award. In 2017 she received the Lifetime of Giving Award from Delta Psi Kappa and was named as the education sector chair for the National Physical Activity Plan. Dr. Greenberg was inducted into the SHAPE America Hall of Fame in 2019. Dr. Greenberg serves as an international consultant in many capacities. She coordinated Olympic education programs in Canada; developed the sport science curriculum at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; and developed a math and science sailing curriculum for the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory in London and Sydney Australia. Dr. Greenberg coauthored the Human Kinetics text Organization and Administration of Physical Education and the handbook Developing School Site Wellness Centers and has published numerous articles. She also has been a featured speaker at several state national and international conventions and meetings. In the past 12 years Dr. Greenberg has secured more than $39 million in federal and foundation grants for educational programs.Nichole Calkins EdD is an assistant professor of physical education pedagogy and the program director of the kinesiology department at Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington. She was a high school health and physical education teacher and a sports coach in the public school system for more than 14 years and she was a district health and physical education instructional specialist for two years. Dr. Calkins is a curriculum writer and works with various school districts and organizations as a consultant on curriculum design and instructional practices. She is certified by the NSCA as Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.Lisa S. Spinosa MS is a physical education teacher for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She received both her bachelors and masters of education from Florida International University where she was part of the womens basketball team. She later pursued her leadership degree from Nova University. In addition to being a physical education teacher Spinosa has worked in many capacities including as a girls and boys high school basketball coach athletic trainer assistant athletic director and athletic business manager. She was recruited to open a new high school where she later became the athletic director and department chair. Ms. Spinosa presently has returned to the classroom to further pursue her goal of finding and implementing new innovative and motivating ways to transform childrens ways of thinking regarding health and fitness.