WHY PEACH?

We provide cutting edge and up-to-date teaching practices in physical education, coaching and health areas. In the 80’s, we had years of 700, 800 and 900 attendees from California, Washington, and a few others from various states and countries.

The purpose of the conference is to promote interest and professional advancement opportunities for teachers, coaches, and athletic administrators; to provide opportunities for in-service education, staff development, and self-improvement; to upgrade programs of physical education, coaching and health by identification and presentations of trends and exemplary teaching techniques and programs.

How does this affect you and your community? As you are aware, health issues continue to rise in our youth. Our youth is becoming more sedentary and obese. Kids don’t play outside like they used to. We need to provide education for our youth so that they can make good choices in their efforts to lead a healthy lifestyle. This has to happen in our schools.

Our goal is to always bring in presenters and speakers who are at the forefront of physical education innovation and help physical educators and coaches to attend PEACH. In order to do this, we are seeking outside sources of funding to offset costs. Sponsor a speaker, donate to our silent auction, sponsor a teacher, donate to the conference, etc. Anything you could do to help us in these efforts would be very appreciated. No amount is too small.

WHY IS COMMON CORE IMPORTANT?

“Regarding Common Core, I am very familiar with the process and how to implement it into physical education classes.  Most of what I teach is how to blend class curriculum into a movement experience.  Common core requires Math, Language Arts, and Science to be blended with Physical Education.  I have everything from Theory to specific lessons that I could guide people through.  I feel once the concepts are grasped, the reasoning and application experiences will be formulated by the PEACH participants.  If we are to survive as a valid curricular subject, we need to blend our work to make it a global learning experience.  This means empowering every student in their Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul.  Using high quality teaching pedagogy with Common Core Curriculum allows for amazing learning results so students leave well educated.”

– Darren Avrit, Professor at University of La Verne

Our Wonderful Staff

In Education

At PEACH

On PEACH Committee

Samantha
Salfen

Current PEACH Director

Who’s on the PEACH Committee?

Lori Schmersal, Director

Lori Schmersal, Director

Physical Education and Adapted PE Teacher/Coach

Lori joined the PEACH Committee in 2016. She started attending PEACH in 2005, became an instructor in 2013 and is currently the Director for the 2018 and 2019 Workshops. She enjoys the camaraderie and networking with such energetic professionals at the Workshop. Lori was born and raised in San Diego. After high school, Lori joined the California Department of Forestry as a firefighter and started coaching high school soccer. Her love for sports lead her to pursue her degree in Physical Education where she majored in teaching and athletic training. After graduating college, she was an assistant athletic trainer at the Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles County and then started her teaching career. She started teaching Physical Education in 1996 in Pomona California. She taught at Montclair High School and three years later taught at a middle school in Temecula, CA. The adventurer in her took her to the Virgin Islands for a year, to teach, where she also found a love exploring the ocean and became a rescue scuba diver. She currently teaches at Clairemont High School in San Diego and has been there for the past 13 years teaching Physical Education and Adapted PE. While at Clairemont she has coached badminton, soccer, softball, and volleyball and she was also an assistant athletic director and Athletic Director for eight years. “There are 72 years of tradition inspiring teachers and promoting professional development at PEACH. I am honored to be part of continuing the PEACH mission.”

Jo Anne Daughtry

Jo Anne Daughtry

Athletic Director/Activities Coordinator/Physical Education Teacher

Jo Anne has been attending the PEACH Workshops since 1983. After ten years attending, she began teaching at PEACH. She joined the PEACH Committee in 2004 and has served as the Director in 2010, 2011, 2017. Jo Anne has been a physical educator since 1981. She coached volleyball and softball for 20 years, earning Coach of the Year honors in both sports. She has been the Athletic Director and Activities Coordinator at Kentwood since 1998, being honored as the Athletic Director of the Year for the South Puget Sound League in 2012 and in the North Puget Sound League in 2017. Jo Anne believes the PEACH Workshop offers a unique opportunity for educators and coaches to interact, share ideas, network and get a great hands on experience!

Marc Olson

Marc Olson

PE Teacher

Marc has been teaching at the Richland School District for 19 years. He has been the elementary PE teacher for 4 years and the high school PE teacher for 2 years. He also taught at the Pasco School District for 3 years as the elementary PE teacher. He was an Assistant high school football coach for 28 years and a defensive coordinator for 10 years which included a second place finish in 1996 and a State Championship in 1999.

Steve Smith

Steve Smith

PE Teacher

Danya Townsend

Danya Townsend

Activities/Athletic Director, PE and Dance Teacher

Danya has been teaching at Riverview Middle School since 2009. During that time she has taught Physical Education, Dance, Weight Training, and Leadership. She has coached middle school, high school and club volleyball since 2009 and has served as sports coordinator and activities director at Riverview. In 2016 she was named Teacher of the year at Riverview Middle School.

Emily Dodds

Emily Dodds

High School PE and Athletic Director

Emily has been teaching at Roseville High School since 2011. Since starting at RHS, Emily has taught Physical Education, AVID, Health and Recreation Administration, along with being the Athletic Director since 2015. Emily is often found at the pool where she has played water polo collegiately, as well as coached at the club and high school level and was a lifeguard and swim instructor.

Samantha Salfen

Samantha Salfen

Elementary and Middle PE Teacher

Samantha Salfen has been in the Physical Education field since 2012. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science I degree in Kinesiology from Cal State East Bay and went on to receive her teaching credential with an emphasis in Adaptive Physical Education in 2011. Miss Salfen is currently teaching physical education at Oak View Elementary School. Her teaching style focuses on the student’s overall well-being rather than just the physical aspects of Physical Education. Miss Salfen continues to find new ways to engage the students daily.

 OUR SPEAKERS

<strong>Tim Hamel</strong>

Tim Hamel

Speaker

Mr. Tim Hamel, M.S. is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology at CSU, Fresno. Specifically, he is entering his 17th year at Fresno State and instructs in both the Physical Education Teacher Education Option (PETE) and Sport Psychology area. His courses include: Introduction to Kinesiology, Non-traditional games and outdoor activities, Physical Education for children, Measurement and evaluation, and Sport and exercise psychology. Also, he has served as the PETE Option Coordinator and currently serves as the faculty advisor to the Kinesiology Pedagogy Club (KPC) for Physical Education undergraduate students. He has served in several Board of Director positions within the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) and now serves as the organizations President. Further, he is an active consultant with coaches, athletes and teams in various performance domains and levels including youth, high school, collegiate and professional. His research interests include teaching/coaching effectiveness and the performance enhancement. He has been a peer reviewer for both the Journal of Sport Psychology in Action and the International Sport Coaching Journal.

<strong>Greg Olson</strong>

Greg Olson

Speaker

Greg Olson has been named the offensive coordinator of the Oakland Raiders, the club announced Friday. Olson, who brings 31 years of coaching experience to the post, will begin his second stint with the Raiders, having previously served as the team’s offensive coordinator from 2013-14.
Olson will be entering his 17th NFL coaching season in 2018, with 10 seasons of experience as an offensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions (2005), St. Louis Rams (2006-07), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009-11), Raiders (2013-14) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2015-16).
Last season, Olson served as the quarterbacks coach for the Los Angeles Rams, helping the Rams win the NFC West and overseeing the development of second-year quarterback Jared Goff. Under Olson, Goff enjoyed a breakout season in 2017, earning a selection as a Pro Bowl alternate and throwing for 3,804 yards on 296-of-477 passing (62.1 percent), 28 touchdowns and just seven interceptions.
Olson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Washington State (1987-89). He spent four seasons at Central Washington (1990-93), developing future NFL starter Jon Kitna, and two years as an assistant at Idaho (1994-96).
A native of Richland, Wash., Olson played quarterback at Spokane Falls Junior College (1981-82) and Central Washington (1983-84).

<strong>Kurt Jennings</strong>

Kurt Jennings

Speaker

Kurt is currently entering his 11th year of teaching. He has experience teaching multiple subjects such as physical education, health, and social studies. He is currently teaching health and honors world history at Scotts Valley High School in Scotts Valley, CA. Aside from his teaching responsibilities, he also serves as the varsity quarterbacks coach, passing game coordinator, and strength & conditioning coordinator for Scotts Valley’s football team. This will be his fourth year at PEACH and first year as an instructor.

<strong>Jerry Honeycutt</strong>

Jerry Honeycutt

Speaker

Jerry Honeycutt grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. He attended Appalachian State University and the University of South Carolina. Jerry has twenty five years of teaching/coaching experience in both South Carolina and North Carolina. He is currently employed at Indian Land high school in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Jerry was named the 2016 South Carolina state middle school PE Teacher of the Year and also the 2012 South Carolina State high school PE Teacher of the Year. He has won numerous grants and has a variety of sponsors that afford all of his individual students equipment for over 20 sport activities. Coach Honeycutt presents all over the country from New York to California on best practices of effectively teaching the content and shows videos of his PE, Health and Strength/Conditioning classes. Coach Honeycutt has also been an assistant football coach on two 4A state championship teams. He was an assistant wrestling coach on one 4A state championship team and on two 4A state runner-up teams. Jerry has been a long time member of his South Carolina PE and Coaches Associations. Coach Honeycutt officiates high school wrestling in South Carolina and North Carolina. He resides in Tega Cay, South Carolina.

<strong>John Jones</strong>

John Jones

Speaker

John teaches high school Physical Education, Health, and Driver Ed in northern Virginia just a few miles outside of Washington, D.C. He also works as an adjunct at George Mason University teaching motor learning and performance and at Northern Virginia Community College teaching personal fitness. His experience spans elementary, middle school, high school and college. As a coach, he has been involved with high school track and field, football and cross country and served as an assistant athletic director. His formal education includes a Masters of Education degree in Health & Physical Education from Frostburg State University (MD) and a Masters of Educational Leadership from George Mason University. His ongoing goals include achieving NBCT, CSCS, Google-certified educator and presenting in all 50 states.

<strong>Andy Tupy</strong>

Andy Tupy

Speaker

Andy is the West Regional Sales Manager for Gopher, a nationwide vendor for Physical Education, Athletics, Fitness, Recreation and Health. He has lead over 60 activity sessions in the past six years and has presented these sessions all over the nation. Some include the state PE conventions in New Jersey, Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Florida, Connecticut, California, Utah and South Carolina. He has also presented at many other summer workshops including the Virginia HPA Institute, Southwest Virginia conference, the University of Kentucky Paws, CPEW, PEACH, KAHPERD summer workshop, Michigan AHPERD summer workshop, Florida Tri-County workshop and many more. More recently he has also been presenting for individual schools district as well totaling more than 30 in over the past 3 years.

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