William Floyd School District: Nicole Alesi Named Suffolk Adapted Physical Education Teacher Of The Year

September 28, 2021

Nicole Alesi, William Floyd Substantial University bodily training trainer, was lately named this year’s receiver of the Suffolk Zone Tailored Actual physical Schooling Trainer of the Yr Award by the New York State Affiliation for Health, Bodily Training, Recreation and Dance (NYS AHPERD), an honor reserved for individuals who reveal excellence in educating and total functionality in physical education and learning.

Ms. Alesi, who has served as both of those a actual physical training and tailored bodily education teacher at William Floyd Substantial University, has carried out inventive teaching approaches this sort of as utilizing technological innovation as a result of Wii Athletics to assist college students have interaction in more healthy physical fitness, as very well as training motion through dance and conditioning by using the interactive Promethean board.

Exterior of her part as a physical education instructor, Ms. Alesi has volunteered her time to the William Floyd community particularly with students with exclusive desires. She is the Particular Olympics coach, has chaperoned Distinctive Olympics dances and bicycle-a-thons, as very well as virtual routines during the pandemic to help carry on partaking with her college students remotely. She also serves as the head mentor of unified basketball – a team that is comprised of learners with special demands and typical education students who perform with each other to have entertaining and contend versus other nearby universities.

Joanne Hamilton, Suffolk Zone Qualified Awards Committee chairperson, added, “I consider Nicole should really be nominated for this award due to the fact of her passion, creativeness and willingness to expand and understand as an educator. Nicole’s enthusiasm for doing work with pupils with disabilities has an infectious impression on the society and conduct of her courses.”

Ms. Hamilton added that Ms. Alesi does an excellent occupation providing her college students with a wide variety of pursuits that encourage better health and fitness and wellness as a lifelong skill. She encourages her college students to participate in sports, be a part of gyms, use their local community resources and get out and be lively in their individual backyard.

Ms. Alesi has devoted most of her adult everyday living to instructing physical training. “Just before coming to William Floyd I was a teaching assistant in a 12:1:2 life capabilities classroom. I discovered so significantly about myself and designed a passion for performing with college students with exclusive requirements.”

“It is an honor to be regarded as the Adapted Actual physical Education Teacher of the 12 months,” Ms. Alesi said. “As someone who has volunteered for the Unique Olympics and worked in distinctive training in some capability for virtually a decade, becoming nominated for this award is a great compliment.”

Ms. Alesi is scheduled to be honored by NYS APHERD at the Suffolk Awards meal scheduled for January 2022 at the West Sayville Place Club.

This press release was created by the William Floyd Faculty District. The sights expressed right here are the author’s individual.