Commission Structure

Each ICHPER·SD Commission is: (a) a task oriented world-wide structural working unit for various specializations or fields of professional emphasis and interest; (b) a body of international organization to conduct its business and scholarly efforts within its domain or special task area under the organizational umbrella of ICHPER·SD; ( c ) responsible for planning, promoting, and coordinating programs for the succeeding ICHPER·SD World Congress and Regional Congresses; and (d) to encourage, support and organize ICHPER·SD Commission’s colloquia, symposia, workshops, and seminars.

Every individual member of the Council is encouraged to be a member of a Commission according to one’s own preference.

STRUCTURE OF EACH COMMISSION

ICHPER·SD has 40 Commissions

Each Commission is headed by the Commission Director or the Co-Directors who shall be appointed by the President of ICHPER·SD

Each Commission has Assistant Director or Assistant Directors who shall be appointed by the ICHPER·SD World Congress Organizing Committee

Members of ICHPER·SD Each member is entitled to be appointed to a commission by the ICHPER·SD President upon the member’s selection of a preferred commission as indicated on his/her ICHPER·SD membership application.

Steering Board of a Commission

The steering board of each commission consists of the director and assistant director and seven additional members appointed by the regional vice presidents. The director shall represent the Commission and preside at meetings of the Commission and the steering board. The steering board shall function as an executive body of the Commission for its business.

Responsibilities of the Steering Board

The steering board shall have the following duties and responsibilities:

a) Generate sustained leadership for the interest of the Commission as a body of an international organization and specialized intellectual group under the organizational umbrella of ICHPER·SD.

b) Reach out to the scholars and professionals in the Commission’s particular field in order to encourage their participation in programs of the Commission and ICHPER·SD.

c) Assist the World Congress Organizing Committee and recommend papers and presenters in the particular area of specialty of the Commission.

d) Plan and organize, if so desired, a symposium, workshop or seminar in conjunction with the World Congresses, Regional Congresses, and National Conventions.

ICHPER·SD Commissions

1. Adapted Physical Education

2. Aerobics

3. Aging

4. Aquatics

5. Coaching

6. Comparative Physical Education and Sport

7. Computer Applications to HPERSD

8. Dance and Dance Education

9. Fitness and Wellness

10. Girls and Women in Sport

11. Health Education

12. History of Physical Education and Sport

13. International Curriculum Standards and Development

14. Legal Liability in HPERSD

15. Leisure and Recreation

16. Martial Arts Education

17. Mass Media and Sport

18. Measurement and Evaluation of Physical Education

19. Nutrition and Physical Activity

20. Olympic Education

21. Philosophy of Physical Education

22. Physical Education at the College Level

23. Physical Education at the Primary Level

24. Physical Education at the Secondary Level

25. Professional Preparation and Certification in HPERSD

26. Professional Standards and Ethics

27. Research

28. Sport and Recreation Facilities

29. Sport Biomechanics

30. Sport For All

31. Sport Counseling Psychology

32. Sport Governance, Organizations and Law

33. Sport Management and Administration

34. Sport Marketing and Economics

35. Sport Medicine

36. Sport Pedagogy

37. Sport Physiology

38. Sport Psychology

39. Sport Sociology

40. Yoga