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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

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She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. Nilo Ramos Nilo Ramos is an assistant professor and program coordinator of physical education at Coastal Carolina University. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S.

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The Relentless School Nurse: School Nurses and School-Based Health Centers Can Work Together!

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The role of school nurses is critical in providing care coordination and ensuring the effective delivery of healthcare services within the school setting. A large portion of our energies include supporting students’ mental as well as physical health challenges. We also help students manage chronic health conditions.

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Tips for Gaining National Recognition for Your PETE/HETE Program

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I volunteered to assist the health education (HE) and physical education (PE) teacher preparation program coordinator. Irene Cucina Irene Cucina is a professor and program coordinator of Health and Physical Education Teacher Preparation in the Health and Human Performance Department at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.

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

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Be mindful that soccer is lower-body dominant for object control and tennis is upper-body dominant, so including eye-foot and eye-hand coordination helps to develop skills across sports. An example of this is to combine locomotor running skills for quickness and agility as seen in tennis and soccer.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Judy Doran Shares “Flipping the Script”

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This of course helped tremendously with more hands and a person who could function as a nurse coordinator. 2023-2024 The coordinator could work PT until December. Full disclosure, a milestone birthday was reached by the coordinator with the potential to change employment parameters but PT would have worked). You know, budget.

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

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co-coordinator and helps organize the statewide Kindness Across the Commonwealth week. In 2018, while working at SCAPA at Bluegrass, a School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Lexington, KY, she was named SHAPE America Southern District Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. She is the KYSHAPE health.

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This Is How My School Stocks Up on Kindness … and PE Equipment

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FUNdraiser Blog Post: What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year Kristi Bieri Kristi Bieri is a physical education teacher at Odessa Upper Elementary School in Odessa, MO, and the Missouri AHPERD Special Projects Coordinator.

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