Organization and Administration of Physical Education: Theory and Practice

About Jayne D. GreenbergJudy L. LoBianco

Dr. Jayne D. Greenberg served as the district director of physical education and health literacy for Miami-Dade County Public Schools from 1995 to 2017. During her professional educational career 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.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 of 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 Greenberg was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the Presidents Council for Fitness Sports and Nutrition. In 2012 she was selected to serve as an author on a committee of the Institute of Medicine producing the report Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School. In 2016 she was named an Aspen Institute Scholar and received the 2016 North American Society of HPERD Professionals Award; and in 2017 received the Lifetime of Giving Award from Delta Psi Kappa and was named as the Education Sector Chair for the National Physical Activity Plan.Greenberg has served 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. She also developed a conservation safari in South Africa and developed the drug education curriculum for Antigua. Dr. Greenberg presented at the International Olympic Committee Meeting in Singapore and aassisted with the implementation of the sailing education program in Qingdao China following the Beijing Olympics. She has served as the North America Chair for the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) and has spoken at ISCA congresses and meetings in Barcelona Rome Copenhagen Poland Brazil and the United Kingdom.Greenberg coauthored the book 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.Judy LoBianco serves as the supervisor of health and physical education for Livingston Public Schools in New Jersey. Formerly of the South OrangeMaplewood Schools LoBianco won two federal grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $2.74 million to revolutionize the K-12 physical education program there. Prior to her administrative positions she served as a high school physical education teacher for 10 years. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in teaching methods.LoBianco has dedicated her professional service to several organizations serving as president of the New Jersey Association for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance; the Eastern District of the Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance; and president of SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators).