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Victoria Otto

Victoria Otto is the 2011 IAHPERD Secondary PE Teacher of the Year (TOY) and the 2012 Midwest District Secondary PE TOY. Finishing her 24th year at Highland Park High School, she creates a classroom for students to focus on developing conscious living skills. Blending pure science with fun, giving the students a great workout, and inspiring individual empowerment, each student leaves feeling uplifted and with an "I can do it" attitude.

Victoria has a BS in Physical Education/Exercise Science from University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, an MS in Health Education from Pennsylvania State University and Teaching Certification/Adventure Education from Northeastern Illinois University. She is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor and yoga instructor. Victoria is professional wanderer, traveling to over 25 countries and having lived in India and New Zealand. With a passport in hand and breezing through your local airport, she can be found on remote beaches, mountain paths and taking in the local food and culture.

Victoria's Presentation Topic List

My strengths are anything involving yoga, meditation, relaxation, stress management, Incorporating SEL into PE, Functional Fitness, and fitness activities in general. I, also, teach the physiology and neuroscience behind these activities.

Yoga:

--How to build a yoga flow series: introduction to advanced
--How to use a yoga strap
--How to use a yoga block
--Yoga for athletes
--Yoga for inclusion
--Story Yoga
--Teambuilding through yoga

Stress Management

--Meditation & Relaxation for self-regulation
--Neuroscience behind meditation/stress management/relaxation
--Breathing Techniques
--Mental Imagery

Fitness:

--Bosu, step, Swiss ball, Pilate ball, hand wts: individual, partner, and group
--Making Yoga cardio
--Yoga style Tabata’s
--Have a ball with yoga (using any sort of round PE ball )

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

--Variety of activities and lessons taking 3mins to full class period for students to connect with self/others
--Connect, breath, move, focus and relax through yoga
--Mind Games
---Relax & Respond To Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (Indianapolis)
--Yoga and social justice
--Self-Care for Teachers
--What is your Why

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