Welcome to ICHPER·SD

ICHPERD·SD is the largest, membership-based international and umbrella organization that includes professors,teachers,researchers, coaches, educators and administrators in the fileds of HPERSD and related areas, as well as educational or research institutions and departments.

Announcements

52nd ICHPER•SD Anniversary World Congress & Exposition - Theme: Quality Physical Activity Education and Science for All: A Gateway to Health and Olympic Caliber Performance Sponsored by the Qatar Olympic Committee - Doha, Qatar - May 8th - 12th 2010      

Welcome to ICHPER•SD

Mission

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ICHPER·SD is committed to fostering the essence of education in HPERSD fields through international understanding and goodwill, safeguarding peace, freedom, and respect for human dignity. ICHPER·SD is committed to promoting quality HPERSD programs, professional standards, scholarly pursuits, research, and exchanges of knowledge among its constituent members, as well as other concerned professionals and institutions. ICHPER·SD is committed to searching for knowledge through promoting research and development in areas relating to HPERSD--(a) teaching, coaching, and learning process; (b) curriculum standards and program development; (c) administration and organization of programs in educational and community-based institutions; (d) the relationship to physical activity on physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development; (e) standards for professional practice, guidelines, and ethics; and (f) other areas of interest as determined by the Research Committee or constituent members.

 

About Us

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The International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance (ICHPER·SD) was an outgrowth of an idea first conceived in 1950 by the Board of Directors of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (AAHPER). Under visionary leadership of Dr. Dorothy Ainsworth, Smith College, and Dr. Carl Troester, Jr., Executive Secretary of AAHPER, ICHPER was founded in Rome, Italy, in 1958, by teaching professionals and representatives from 16 countries from the fields of health, physical education, recreation, sport, and dance from 16 countries. The Council now boasts a membership representing over 145 countries, and disseminates quarterly the Journal of ICHPER·SD to all 208 countries and self-governing territories of the world.
 

Organizational Chart

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President

Secretary General

Eight Regional Vice Presidents
(Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Middle East,
North America, and Oceania)

Executive Committee
ICHPER·SD Officers, Immediate Past President,
Editor-in-chief, ICHPER·SD Journal of Research , and Chair of Finance Committee

Board of Governors
One member from each member country,
all members of the Executive Committee, and non-voting
Delegates as stipulated in the Bylaws

9 ICHPER·SD Committees
Awards, Bylaws and Operating Codes, Curriculum and Standards,
Credentials and Membership, Finance, Historical Archival,
Nomination and Election, Research, and Resolutions

49 ICHPER-SD Commissions
See list of 49 commissions of specialization

(Under the aegis of the Director of each ICHPER·SD commission)

49 Regional Commissions of Each of the Eight
Regional Organizations (Under the aegis of the Regional Director of each ICHPER·SD commission)

General Membership Categories
Individual, Life, Institutional, National, International, Library, and
Contributing Educational or Business Organization