Dr. Sandy Weeks
Associate Professor/Associate Dean of the
College of Education and Human Services

Degrees:
PhD Texas Woman's University
      (Dance/Related Arts) 1980
MEd University of Mississippi (Education) 1968
BS   University of Mississippi (Physical Education)
       1966
AA   East Central Junior College (Physical
      Education) 1964

Health and Human Performance
Texas A&M-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429

Office:  Field House 100K
Phone: 903-886-5573

Email:      sandy_weeks@tamu-commerce.edu
Teaches: HHPK315, HHPK510
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Dance, motor behavior, secondary physical education teaching strategies

Publications

Weeks, S., et. al. 2006, "A Critical Incident Inquiry: Credentialed Teachers Who Do Not Teach," Teacher Education & Practice, volume 19, issue 1

Weeks, S., et. al. 2006, “Grip Strength in Relation to Overall Strength and Functional Capacity in Very Old and Oldest Females,” Physical and Occupational Therapy Geriatrics, 24(4), 63-78

Weeks, S., et. al. 2005,“Why We Complete a Teacher Education Program – Credentialed Teachers: A Critical Incident Inquiry,” Education, 126:1, Fall, 37-46

Chambers, S., Chaloupka, L., and Weeks, S., January 2003. “Community Colleges and Higher Education: A Joint Venture,” The Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 51-55.

Weeks, S., 2001 “Intra-individual Changes in Self-Monitored Heart Rates and Ratings of Perceived Exertion During a Nine-Week Aerobic Training Program,” abstract, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(5): S300.

Weeks, S., 1997. “Dance: An Enriching Experience for Lifelong Health and Fitness,” Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Bulletin, Volume 64-1, 26-30.

Weeks, S., 1992. "Anne Schley Duggan: Portrait of a Dance Educator," in Dance: Current Selected Research, Volume 3, editors,  Overby, L.  &  Humphries, J.,  New York: AMS Press, 4-16.

Weeks, S., 1986. Weeks, S., 1986 "Teaching Dance: Involving the Physical Education Major,"
JOPERD, 34-35 (May/June).

Textbook and University Editor

Harrison, Blakemore, and Buck, 2003 Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Physical Education, 5^th edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Weeks, S. and Tims, B., 1999. (Inaugural) College Catalog. Dar Al Hekma College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC) consultant, Austin, TX.

Weeks, S. and Tims, B.,  1994. (Inaugural) University Catalog.  Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane (Kingdom of Morocco).  TIEC consultant, Austin, TX.

East Texas State University Undergraduate Catalog, 1988-1997.

Editorial Boards

• 2006 (acknowledged) reviewer, Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Physical Education, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill

• 2006 associate editor, Vacarro, Kimberly, Dance in My Life, AAHPERD & NDA, in review process

• 2006 TAHPERD Journal, Reviewed: “Teaching Strategies for Children within the Autism Spectrum”

• 2005 associate editor, Green, Anne Gilbert, Brain Compatible Dance Education, AAHPERD & NDA, Reston, VA, 2005 (332 pages, including illustrations)

• 2005 associate editor, Publications Unit, National Dance Association (NDA) of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)

• Impulse, 1994. (Professional Dance Magazine)

• (Texas Association for HPERD) Journal, 1993-96. (Dance Division)

Professional and Academic Association Memberships

• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance

• National Dance Association (NDA)

• Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

• Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

• Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society

Hobbies

Spending time at lake house, downhill skiing, yard work, gardening