SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Here are some examples of the types of grants I’ve received, along with my advice on how you might find similar grants for your physical education classes.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

RESILIENCY FOR STUDENTS Physical education provides many benefits for developing resiliency. He coaches and mentors unit commanders, utilizing a program that demands their units be mentally and physically ready for combat. Don’t hesitate to lean on your support system for guidance. Find out more about Promoted Content.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? As usual recently, my thoughts get built up mainly due to professional life impacting experiences that gets me reflecting on our profession. may be considered as being not align to the reality of school business on the ground.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

There are fewer sunlit hours after school for children to be outside and physically active. This time of year, it is increasingly important to incorporate physical activity into the school day. Adding more movement — through physical education, recess and active classrooms — is essential for beating the almost-winter blues.

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SHAPE America

MAY 24, 2022

In the 1950s and 1960s, classes in physical education were separate for boys and girls. The male athletes had their own varsity locker rooms while we used the same ones used for physical education classes. In 1979, a local college posted a position for an assistant basketball coach. So, I coached the team myself.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

SHAPE America’s National Physical Education & Sport Week (May 1-7) is a celebration of the importance of physical education and sport in the lives of kids of all ages. The week also serves as the kickoff to National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Show how these skills are developed across sport.

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SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s). Choosing the Right SPA.

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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. However, exercise does.

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Physical Education Update

APRIL 23, 2023

Here’s a fun video about high school football coach, Kevin Kelly of Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, Arkansas, who never punts, regardless of his field position. This is an excellent example of a coach who has re-examined conventional thinking about his sport and defied public pressure to use a strategy that seems to work better.

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SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

In the fall of 1971 — less than a year before Title IX was passed — I was hired to head the Department of Physical Education at Kansas State University (K-State). negotiating facilities use agreements, requesting funds from higher administration for women’s athletics, negotiating with faculty about academic vs. coaching duties).

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SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. Reach out to your local school’s physical education teacher for more information and opportunities. National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here.

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Physical Education Update

AUGUST 14, 2022

As the scholastic sport season winds down, I’d like to post this message from a coach to his athletes. Circumstances beyond his control left Colin Ward, the head track coach at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, unable to attend the city championships with his athletes – athletes with whom he’d been working for months.

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Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As a basketball fanatic and coach, I challenge all sports fans and caring community members to take a quick break from March Madness to advocate for one often overlooked part of our education system that is critical to the development of the student athletes who are wowing us during this year’s tournament: physical education.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 27, 2023

Before you head off for your summer holidays, I thought I’d leave you with a demonstration of character by an All-Star professional basketball player and coach. But he’s only demonstrating the same ethics and motivations that drive most of our scholastic PE teachers and coaches. Enjoy the video and have a great summer!

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Educators! Our last blog focused on what adapted physical educators actually do. This month the hope is to clarify what adapted physical education is. If you notice above, the word used is ‘ADAPTED’ physical education rather than adaptive physical education.

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PLT4M

JULY 14, 2022

At times over the years, assessments and tests have mistakenly become interchangeable words in the world of education. In this article, we set out to better define assessments in physical education and how they can be utilized to empower student learning and provide better teacher insights. get the free e-book now.

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Heartzones

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Urgency for Applying Individualized Instruction in Physical Education & Sports Fred Keller, (1964) introduced the “personalized system of instruction,” based on 9 accepted educational principles that have produced documented success. Data from every area of education is documented in student records.

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Human Kinetics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

By Kevin Vazquez del Castillo, Esport Talent Canarias Coordinator, and Seth Jenny, PhD SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY In the presentation below, Kevin Vazquez del Castillo and Human Kinetics author Seth Jenny discuss the goals of Active Digital Living, physical activity and sports transformation, benefits of digital solutions, and actions for PE and health (..)

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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. Moreover, Physical Education promotes cognitive development by stimulating neural pathways associated with socialization and learning. 2019 ; Hardy et al.,

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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).

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Physical Education Update

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Some of the footage was shocking, and this documentary could become a level-one coaching primer on. how not to coach high school athletes.”. The coaches demonstrated virtually every negative coaching behavior you can imagine. The interesting thing is that these coaches permitted their behaviors to be recorded.

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PLT4M

MARCH 6, 2023

Adapted physical education and adapted physical activity programs play a critical role in promoting physical activity and overall well-being for individuals with disabilities. He specializes in creating training and physical resources for physical education teachers to promote the inclusion of students with disabilities.

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Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

We will explore child and adolescent development, overuse injuries, burnout, and how parents, coaches, and sports administrators can collaborate to address these risks. For some private clubs and coaching academies, recruiting children as young as five years old means more clients paying for longer periods of instruction.

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Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There are two kinds of coaches. Indoor coaches, and outdoor coaches. While I do work on the indoor track for a few months in the winter, most of the time I am outdoors, coaching outdoor track and cross-country. There are many days when I wish I were an indoor coach ALL year round. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com.

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Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Heart Rate & Resistance Training Re-Imagined For Physical Education & Sport “Lifting any weight that increases resistance on your muscles is the key. During strength training in sports and in physical education class, how can one measure the progress of our most vital muscle? We live in a high tech world.

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PLT4M

JULY 31, 2023

This article explores all things tracking student progress in physical education. Next, we break down the what, when, and how of tracking student progress in physical education. Historically, fitness testing in physical education has taken up an entire class period.

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Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, an incident in the Stanford versus Marquette game highlighted a coaching tactic that I really hate. The Stanford coach was ejected for walking onto the floor in order to continue complaining about a referee’s call. The television attention that coaches get when they are performing their referee rants.

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Association for Physical Education

JULY 6, 2023

06/07/2023 Participants, clubs, and sports organisations who deliver physical activity and sport are being invited to put forward their outstanding coaches to be celebrated at a national level as the […] The post Nominations Open Ahead of UK Coaching Awards 2023 appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical Education (..)

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

9:30-10:30 am – LECTURE Integrating Mindfulness in Physical Education by Katherine Lemaster OVERVIEW : This presentation will explore the role of mindfulness in enhancing both physical and mental well-being within the context of Physical Education (PE). What is Mindfulness?

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Incorporating floor hockey into a physical education curriculum is a great way to get kids motivated and involved in physical activity. When it comes to introducing young players to the game of hockey, safety and performance are top priorities for teachers and coaches.

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Montessori Physical Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Montessori curriculum seamlessly integrates with SEL through topics like the Great Lessons and Peace Education. In traditional education, physical education teachers have been tasked with increasing SEL in their practices. Montessori classrooms have a significant head start on SEL topics.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 15, 2023

A growing number of school districts and states allow exemptions from physical education. First, we break down the physical education waiver form and how schools and states use it. Next, we explore the rise in popularity, concerns around student opt-outs, and what it all means to the subject of physical education.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA).

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SHAPE America

JUNE 8, 2022

Our coach would run drills and teach us the rules, and we would play friendly games among ourselves. I started coaching girls athletics in the late 1980s. Megaera Regan Megaera Regan is a retired elementary physical education teacher from the Port Washington School District on Long Island. More Battles.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

The coach made every effort to make me feel uncomfortable and unwelcome — making a huge deal about ensuring I was part of the “shirts” team and not the “skins” team … and insisting that he didn’t have a key to let me into the girls locker room after practice. So, I started begging teachers to volunteer to coach a club team.

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Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Today, when I typed the word “coaching” into Google today, here’s what I found on the first page: 22 references, with only THREE referring to actual sports coaching. What type of coaching did Google find for me? Peer Coaching. Executive Coaching. Business Coaching. Life Coaching.

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