A newdual credit course is now open to Chinook’s Edge students. Kinesiology is being offered for the first time, to dual credit students, at Red Deer Polytechnic. Chinook’s Edge has 12 students enrolled, along with other students from two other K-12 school divisions. The Kinesiology course is offered mostly online and in asynchronous classes, supported by staff at the school level.
Kinesiology is one of three courses that are being offered through RDP focused on readiness for careers in Health Sciences, as well as an offering of a Medical Terminology course from SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary). Health Sciences is one pathway Chinook’s Edge is working on developing further, as well as pathways like skilled trades, hair stylist, technology, aviation, business/finance, and agriculture.
Last week, students were invited to attend one Kinesiology class in person, to experience the high performance lab at the College. Instructor Rob Weddell was showing the students how to perform fitness assessments.
“I took the course because I want to do physio or kinesiology after I finish high school,” says Victoria Hiebert, a Grade 11 student attending Didsbury High School.
“I was excited to come today to RDP, to experience the high performance lab,” says Jonah Olfert-Weins, a Grade 11 student from Cremona School.
In the course students learn about factors that impact personal health, theories and methods relating to healthy behavior change, basic nutrition concepts, physical activity’s impact on health, and stress management practices.
“We are happy to expand dual credit programming available to students,” says Brianne Fletcher, Career Coordinator, Chinook’s Edge School Division. “We know these experiences are meaningful for students; they help students explore career options, they help students connect academic success in their schooling to the futures they desire, and they build confidence in students that they can be successful in the post secondary environment.”
Students who complete the course receive credits towards their high school diplomas, as well as towards their post secondary education. The course wraps up just before the Christmas break. It will be offered again in the second semester.
Story submitted by Laurette Woodward, Communications Coordinator, Chinook's Edge School Division.
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