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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

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I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. In March 2024, I was lucky enough to be named the 2024 SHAPE America National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year! On these days, we do a half-day or full-day trip.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

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at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., Coach Clark always comes with a twist. Daequan eagerly asks, “Coach, when’s our next trip?” To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

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Bringing Bikes to Our School About six years ago, I developed a biking curriculum for my PE program. An Extension of PE Along the way, I got to thinking about the intervention class as an extension of standards-based physical education rather than just an opportunity for physical activity. The freedom I feel is my favorite part.”

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Creating an Effective Health and Wellness Club at School

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As a physical education teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, TX, I developed a Health and Wellness Club for our ninth-grade campus as an initiative to reduce obesity and related comorbidities that are associated with sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity. The results were promising: 63.2% learned about the U.S.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives. squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program. Include foundational skills (e.g.,

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My Title IX Story: Speaking Up for Equal Opportunity as a High School Student

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My dad was a soccer player in high school and helped found a rec league in our community in East Hampton, CT, which my brother and I both played in. When I started middle school, there was no girls soccer team, and it didn’t occur to me that I wouldn’t be allowed to try out for the boys team — so I did. I lasted one day.

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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

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Cara has served and supported SHAPE America and SHAPE Maryland through service, training, Twitter chats (@CaraGrant11), coaching, mentoring, as a contributing author, and as a member of the SHAPE America EDI Podcast team. Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D.