Relentless School Nurse

JANUARY 20, 2025

The landscape of education and community support is changing rapidly, and my school district, along with many others, finds itself at a critical intersection of policy, protection, and principle. Together, we will work to ensure every student feels supported, valued, and empowered to achieve their dreams.

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Slow Chat PE

APRIL 2, 2023

The incredible part of what I saw this weekend was not that there was an education conference; it was the precision and vision that was created first in her mind and then willed into existence. Educators usually aren’t treated like this! Our hearts were open and vulnerability was achieved. The moon glistened off the ocean waves.

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Aspire-Ed

MARCH 27, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that following an extensive quality assurance check by CIMSPA (Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity) — Aspire Training Solutions and Aspire:ED has been awarded “ Enhancing ” status—the highest level of quality ratings that an education provider can achieve.

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SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

Educators feel the pressure all around them. This leaves educators feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, searching for something to take off their plates. This leaves educators feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, searching for something to take off their plates. As a principal, I certainly do as well. Don’t do it!

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Health Literacy Is an Everyday Issue Health Literacy Month is an opportune time to consider the role you play in helping and educating people, especially youth, on making healthy choices. Helping Students Educate Themselves FDA’s efforts to deliver tailored and understandable health content includes a focus on students.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

How do you know what to teach in your physical education classes? I am a National Board Certified elementary physical education teacher with more than 13 years of experience. In 2022, I was honored to be named the SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Let me tell you a little bit about me.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 21, 2023

.” I listened to the circular conversation several times and could not help but feel that the disconnect between health and learning is the crux of the problem that stands, like a huge brick wall between school health services and educational services. You cannot have learning without health.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

The Perfect Physical Education (PE) classroom – What does it look like? Is PE a guilt-trip subject for education systems to ensure there is a balance in their existence? The macro education environment seems to believe in its presence and its deserved existence but the worry for me is its micro presence in schools.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is Black Health and Wellness, which ties into the content areas of health and physical education. Here are some ideas for incorporating this into health education: Have students read about Henrietta Lacks.

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 6, 2022

We do not have to live this way or educate our children in schools that feel more like prisons than warm, welcoming communities of learning. . Becoming trauma-informed should be an essential component of the overall mission of the education system. To reach this goal, children must feel safe, supported, and ready to learn.

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Schooling Assessment Psychology Achievement 279

Active Schools Us

JANUARY 11, 2023

Another approach might be to become highly researched in certain educational technologies or novel methodologies, so you become the person others seek for guidance on the subject matter. There are many different avenues one could take to achieve the goal of continually improving in the profession.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

In my last post here , I considered what it means to teach physical education for effective learning. In this blog, I connect back to an idea I have discussed before in relation to games based teaching here , that is making a physical education program meaningful. Daryl Siedentop extensively researched physical education curriculum.

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Active Schools Us

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Physical education (PE) is critical to students’ overall development. Having well-trained, passionate PE teachers is essential to the success of any physical education program. Physical education can get confused with physical activity. Here is a graphic of the difference between physical activity and physical education.

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Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In a recent sharing by our highest education trained in-charge person in the nation, much of the discussion revolved around taking care of the learners in the best possible way without a focus on wanting them all to be alike in objectives and achievements. Where should we start at and do we follow it in a particular direction?

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Relentless School Nurse

MAY 6, 2023

This is achieved by utilizing LACDMH staff to provide threat prevention and management assistance to educational institutions and law enforcement agencies throughout the county. Educational institutions are supported in adopting a multidisciplinary approach to help prevent and mitigate potentially volatile situations.

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Schooling Assessment Government High School 264

PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Investigating the potential differences in motor competence and physical fitness between pupils with different academic achievements in PE.

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Physical Fitness Academics Achievement Fitness 98

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 8, 2023

National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting. School nurses are responsible for providing a wide range of health services, including health screenings, medication administration, emergency care, health education, and disease prevention.

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 16, 2022

I recently found a lecture on the potential of quality daily physical education in our schools. This talk was conducted by Paul Zientarski, a physical educator at Naperville Central High School in Illinois. They also happen to engage all students in quality daily physical education. Physical Education Update.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

SHAPE America’s National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education outline what a student should know and be able to do as a result of a highly effective physical education program. There are currently five National Standards for physical education. It is the “how.”. Standards are no different.

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Physical Education PE Elementary Movement 221

Magnus Health

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, educators have shifted their approach to well-being due to a renewed focus on mental health and its correlation to student motivation and behavior. Previously, you would often think about student motivation in terms of achievement and behavior management.

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Drowning in the Shallow

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

PE positions developing children’s behaviours as either one of its main outcome or as a means to achieving other valuable aims. Either way PE openly promotes itself as ‘the’ subject that can enhance grit, or resilience, or cooperation or any number of ‘education through movement’ outcomes. →

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Movement Achievement PE Education 208

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 26, 2023

You can read Kathy’s testimony and watch the video of her presentation, which was a call to action to her board of education to continue supporting school nurses even after she retires. We are bound by the laws and regulations of our state nurse practice act as well as Department of Education statues.

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 9, 2023

As I reflect on this milestone, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride and gratitude for the accomplishments we have achieved together. Over the years, I have had the privilege of connecting with fellow school nurses, educators, parents, and dedicated healthcare professionals from all over.

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Schooling Health Education Education 246

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

So should physical education be required? Suppose the big-picture goal of education is to equip students with a robust set of skills and knowledge to live successful lives. In that case, a quality physical education program should be a staple of any comprehensive educational system. Why Should PE Be Required?

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Physical Education Education Education Elementary School 119

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Few sports give you a true, measurable way to achieve perfection, but in bowling, its real. Sharing My Passion for Bowling Education Bowling is more than just a sport to meits something I actively work to share with educators nationwide. The perfect game. I take my steps. I release the ball. A pocket hit. Perfection. Perfection.

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PE PE Teacher Teaching Teaching 87

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

Welcome back to another exciting episode of What's New in Adapted Physical Education (APE) where we sat down with Dr. Adam Forbes, a new faculty member at Norfolk State University, to discuss his insights and research on parental perceptions of APE and the critical role parents play in enhancing these services.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Christi Meyer is a long-time advocate for quality physical education programs. Check out her actionable steps to funding physical education programs. Challenges Of Funding Physical Education Programs School districts have a lot of different school programs they need to consider funding.

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Physical Education Education Education Assessment 111

Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Health Education and Awareness: We contribute to educating students, teachers, and staff about chronic health conditions to promote understanding and support. Our services contribute to higher academic achievement by ensuring that students with chronic health conditions can attend school regularly and receive the necessary support.

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Conditioning Schooling Coordination Academics 213

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Lynne Kenney with Zainab Khokha Physical Education class is an optimal setting for students to develop and practice the precursor skills that precede learning. Deficits such as these in foundational motor skills have consequences for cognition and achievement. 2019 ; Hardy et al., 2018 ; Fernandes, et al.,

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Physical Education Motor Skills Education Education 126

Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The education climate needs to ensure student personal development and sometimes it is easy to take sole responsibility for this in subjects where outcomes are also life affecting, i.e. More so in professional development attempts at working towards being a better teacher. Shall we focus on these two broad areas separately?

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Conditioning Physical Education PE Education 130

Relentless School Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

Educating Others about Your Role : Take the initiative to educate those around you about the invaluable contributions you make as a school nurse. Share information about the wide range of services you provide, such as first aid, medication administration, health screenings, and health education.

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Schooling Health Wellness Education 246

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And with the rise of wearable devices and fitness apps, schools have reimagined what a data-driven approach to physical education can look like. This article explores the benefits and challenges of physical activity tracking in physical education. See more on SMART Goals for Physical Education ).

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Physical Activity Physical Education Education Education 105

Relentless School Nurse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It serves as a platform to promote the message that living a drug-free life is achievable and essential for a healthy future. Our daily interactions with students enable us to observe behaviors, provide education on making healthy choices, and intervene early when necessary. SAMHSA’s “Talk.

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Schooling Achievement Education Education 203

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Nurse Holly is educating herself and her students as she grows her display featuring Black healthcare leaders during Black History Month. Knowing the achievements and successes of diverse professionals in these fields can help to inspire and motivate our students to reach for the stars and pursue their dreams.

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. Recently, I came upon a question asked on social media regards what is skill, or to be skilful and what does it mean for Physical Education (PE). considering all parts?

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Physical Education PE Education Education 130

PLT4M

AUGUST 22, 2023

The health benefits of physical education schools are well documented. After exploring the current state of student health and wellness, we outline and review the short and long-term health benefits of physical education in schools. Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

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Physical Education Health Education Education 98

Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

In a world where technology and innovation dominate, the importance of Health and Physical Education is often overlooked. In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why teaching Health and Physical Education is crucial and how literacy is the foundational skill upon which all knowledge is built. The answer is simple.

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