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Jayne D. greenberg, Ed.D., is district director of physical education and 
health literacy for Miami-Dade County Public Schools. She is responsible 
for overseeing staff in physical education, health education, safety educa-
tion, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC), driver education, 

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adapted physical education, sports programs for students with disabilities, 
and the learn-to-swim program. Specifically, she develops and implements 
curriculum, instructional materials, outside programming, grant writing, 
and professional development, and she designs facilities and equipment 
specifications for construction projects. Dr. Greenberg is a current coun-
cil member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition. 
Previously she served as special advisor on youth fitness to the President’s 
Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; president of the Florida Alliance for 
Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport; and chair of the 
Sport Development Committee for the United States Olympic Committee, 
USA Field Hockey. Dr. Greenberg was named National Physical Education 
Administrator of the Year in 2005 by the National Association of Sport 
and Physical Education. She has secured more than $20 million in federal 
and foundation grants for educational programs, including the Carol M. 
White Physical Education for Progress grant. She received a B.S. in physi-
cal education from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an M.S. in 
physical education and sports psychology and an Ed.D. in curriculum and 
instruction (instructional leadership and physical education) from Florida 
International University in Miami.