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Imagine boosting your strength and stamina while working alongside a fitness instructor! Or picture yourself exploring healthy living strategies with a nutritionist. If you’re excited about turning wellness into lifelong success and career opportunities, our VLACS Projects are the perfect fit for you!
This engaging learning pathway allows students to explore various career fields while mastering key concepts and skills. For each competency, you can choose to complete a pre-designed project that simulates real-life career tasks or create your own unique learning experience. Regardless of your choice, you’ll engage in thorough research and apply what you learn to authentic career scenarios.
With the pre-designed projects, you’ll tackle real-world tasks that align with each competency. If you decide to design your own experience, you’ll collaborate with your instructor and a mentor to design and complete meaningful career tasks that demonstrate your understanding. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with if you choose to design your own experience. Check out our Career Mentor Catalog here.
Take a look at the competency statements and pre-designed options below. We’re excited to support you on this exciting and open-ended learning adventure!
Note: This is a project-based course. If you’re looking for a traditional format, please return to the learning catalog and select the course.
Projects
Peer Fitness Trainer
You will take on the role of a peer fitness trainer for a local fire station, tasked with creating a written fitness plan and video. In your fitness plan and video demonstration, you will include fitness activities.
Assistant Athletic Coach
You will take on the role of an assistant athletic coach for a college sport team of your choice, tasked with creating an off-season fitness program.
Expedition Leader
You will take on the role of an expedition leader for a travel adventure company, tasked with creating a pre-travel package.
Exercise Physiologist
You will take on the role of an exercise physiologist for a company, tasked with creating a wellness brochure for the company’s employees.
Competencies
Fitness Behaviors
Students will demonstrate an understanding of fitness responsibility by explaining responsible and respectful behaviors that address the physical health of self and others in a variety of lifelong physical activities.
Management of Movement
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the management of movement by explaining self-management skills connected with achieving and maintaining health and performance related fitness.
Movement Patterns
Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement patterns by connecting movement skills to movement patterns and the health benefits of physical activity.
Movement Principles
Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement principles by using movement strategies to develop a FITT plan to address strategies for improved performance during a physical activity.
