How providers philosophy of professional development is aligned with the New Jersey Professional Development Standards.
YogaKids seminars provide tools for the teacher to bring back to the classroom that will help students increase subject retention and improve test scores, enhance communication, cooperation and problem solving skills and facilitate a more participatory and community oriented learning enviornment.

Description of qualifications and experience of those individuals providing professional development.
Judy Collins Kiddoo: Certified YogaKids Facilitator: completed no less than 310 training hours, facilitated no less than 50 YogaKids classes to a variety of ages and special needs youth. YogaKids Trainer: completed certification for training of YogaKids seminars, Tools for Schools curriculum, and Teaching Yoga to Teens seminars. YogaKids instructor at Sussex County YMCA, Fairviw Lake YMCA Camp and Conference Center, Celebrate the Children School, The Goddard School and Hilltop Country Day School.

Summary of the methods, procedures, materials and techniques that will be used in the professional development provided.
Curriculum is based on Harvard University Professor Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, which explains eight ways in which people process information. YogaKids uses yoga as a pathway for learning. It emphasizes the body/kinesthetic intelligence - or the intelligence that processes information through movement. Teachers will be given sample lesson plans that focus on different poses and how to use these poses to teach various subjects, such as math and language arts, for example, "Down Diggety Dog" pose can be used to teach math by having students analyze the pose to find geometric patterns, such as a triangle, parallel lines and even right, obtuse or accute angels. Our goal is not to turn teachers into yoga instructors, but to inspire teachers to use yoga to get their lessons across to students who are enamored with things like computer games, DVDs and such.

Requirements and costs for the full implementation of the organizations professional development activities.
Requirements can be taylored to specific needs of school systems/teachers. Full Tools For Schools program includes six hours of highly interactive instruction which guides teachers to the level of competence and confidence they need to get started. Professional development equips teachers to bring YogaKids Tools for Schools into the classroom immediately, with ease, efficiency and enthusiasm. Materials included in the Tools for Schools Training are a Teacher's Manual, Lesson Plans, Om@Home Pages and Posters, YogaKids Tool Box including 50 pose cards with fun tips for curriculum integration, Tack-On-Mat for posting the Pose Cards in the classroom and Marsha Wenig's Book - "YogaKids: Educating the Whole Child Through Yoga", as well as ongoing contact with your local YogaKids representative, an online teachers forum, YogaKids Fitness Fun Tunes CD, Three award-winning YogaKids DVDs. The cost for the complete Tools for Schools kit is $250.  Training costs depend on number of attendees.  Please call for more information.

Evidence of the impact of the program offerings on student learning resulting from the professional development provided.
Purdue University and Indiana University Schools of Education collaborated to develop a research-based measurement tool to evaluate the ongoing benefits to the classrom, school or district. This optional assessment gives teachers and adminstrators data to report to school leadership, boards and parent-teacher organizaitons to demonstrate the value of their investment. Leading academics at Purdue have also evaluated and approved YogaKids Tools for Schools as a continuing education course for teachers. A Parents' Choice Award winner, YogaKids has also been endorsed by health and wellness experts, Andrew Weil, MD and Deepak Chopra, MD.