Ted Temertzoglou
Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.
Ted Temertzoglou has been a health and physical education (H&PE) teacher for 21 years. He has worked with H&PE teachers from around the world, presenting and conducting workshops in the US, Asia, Europe, Tunisia, Africa, and Zurich, Switzerland. He serves as an Ophea Master Trainer and was the recipient of Ophea’s 2008 Outstanding Contribution Award, and is the Ontario board representative for Physical and Health Education Canada.
Ted was a part of the team who wrote the Ontario curriculum for Exercise Science and also co-authored the text for the course Exercise Science. He is the lead author for Healthy Active Living: Keep Fit, Stay Healthy, Have Fun; Active for Life: Physical Education in Newfoundland and Labrador; and Active Healthy Living: Physical Education in Nova Scotia, all published by Thompson Educational Publishing.
Together with Thompson, Ted also produced the Active Living Fitness Circuit Charts, which are widely used by H&PE teachers in both elementary and secondary schools throughout Canada. Ted resides in Toronto with his wife,
Carolyn, and their two children.
Paul Challen
Hamilton Sportswriter
Paul Challen has written several non-fiction books on
popular culture and sport, including The Book of Isiah
(1996), a biography of basketball legend Isiah
Thomas, and Gardens of Shame (2002), an account of
the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse case.
He earned
his B.A. in 1989 from Dartmouth College in New
Hampshire, where he was a member of four consecutive Ivy League cross-country championship teams,
and his M.A. from Queen’s University in Kingston,
Ontario, in 1992. He lives with his family in Hamilton,
where he coaches soccer and chess.
Jamie Nunn
Hamilton Wentworth District School Board
Jamie Nunn is a Health and Physical Education teacher at Westdale Secondary School for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. Jamie was a
member of the provincial course profile writing team
for the PSE4U Exercise Science course including the
PSE4U additional support material, the Grade 11
Heathly Active Living Education (PPL30) Prior
Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) challenge, and the Grade 12 Healthy Active Living Education (PPL40) Exemplar Project.
He
co-authored an article for Professionally Speaking magazine entitled “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Health
for Life” (June 2003). Nominated for CAHPERD’s
Young Professional award in 2002, Jamie serves as an
Ophea Master Trainer responsible for delivering
workshops and assisting other HPE teachers around
the province.
Now working towards his Masters of
Education, Jamie currently resides in Hamilton,
Ontario, with his fiancée.
Kim Parkes
Hamilton Wentworth District School Board
Kim Parkes is a Health and Physical Education
teacher at Westdale Secondary School for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. She was a
member of the course profile writing team for Exercise
Science (PSE4U), the new grade 12 Health and Physical Education curriculum in Ontario, and the PSE4U
additional support material.
She was co-author of the
article “Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Health for
Life," published in the June 2003 edition of Professionally Speaking magazine. Kim was also a member of the
writing team for the Grade 11 Healthy Active Living
Education (PPL3O) Prior Learning Assessment and
Recognition (PLAR) challenge.
She is also involved as
an Ophea Master Trainer, delivering workshops
across Ontario to promote Health and Physical Education. Kim was also nominated for CAHPERD’s Young
Professional award in 2002, and coaches girls volleyball and badminton at the high school level. She holds
an Honours B. PHED from Brock University (1997)
and a B.Ed from the University of Western Ontario
(1998). She resides with her husband in Burlington, Ontario.
Carolyn Temertzoglou
Conference of Independent Schools
Carolyn Temertzoglou is a Health and Physical Education teacher at Havergal College in Toronto. She
was a member of the writing team for the course profile and support documents for Exercise Science
(PSE4U), the new Grade 12 Health and Physical Education curriculum in Ontario. She completed her Honours B.A.B.P.H.E. at Queen’s University and was a
two-sport varsity athlete.
She went on to the University of Toronto to earn her Bachelor of Education. She
is a former Nike Fit Pro and has led several workshops
in the area of aerobics and fitness for Ophea and the
Conference of Independent Schools.
Carolyn also
serves as an Ophea Master Trainer facilitating workshops across the province. She was presented with the
OFSAA Leadership in Sport award in 1997 for her
contribution to the sport of field hockey. She also
enjoys coaching alpine skiing and track and field. She
resides in Toronto with her husband, Ted, and their
two children.
