SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Reach out to your local school’s physical education teacher for more information and opportunities. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Several past presidents, the association’s executive director and secretary (a former HPE teacher and administrator) made more than 50 contacts speaking to school personnel from across the state. This task was assigned to the association secretary and a team of state, district and national teachers of the year.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

From these teachers and coaches, students learn just how important physical activity is for physical, mental, and social-emotional health. 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.

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 6, 2022

A comprehensive approach to school safety actively engages students, teachers and parents, identifies high-risk individuals using threat assessment techniques, and instructs teachers and administrators to refer these students to mental health services. School safety is not just a physical challenge, but a psychological one too.

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Schooling Assessment Psychology Achievement 279

Relentless School Nurse

OCTOBER 16, 2024

We discuss how they coordinate with parents, teachers, and healthcare providers to address significant issues such as mental health, chronic illnesses, and the influence of social media on student well-being. In Part One , we explore the core responsibilities of school nurses and how they navigate the complexities of student care.

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Relentless School Nurse

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Coordination of Care: We work closely with parents to ensure that the school has up-to-date health forms, prescriptions, and necessary equipment to manage the student’s health condition. Our training includes handling emergencies related to chronic conditions, such as asthma attacks, allergic reactions, or seizures.

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Conditioning Schooling Coordination Academics 213

Arizona Health and Physical Education

AUGUST 6, 2024

A teacher from the Queen Creek Unified School District was given an honorable mention in the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards. Lara Cox, a K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School, will be honored at the Arizona Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony on Oct.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. It doesn’t help that evaluation process across subjects prefer clear quantitative data to compare teacher performances. the intent of task itself and the environment that the learner works in), other than teacher instructions. Or is it not?

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Relentless School Nurse

MAY 1, 2023

And on May 24, we’ll mark one year since 19 children and two teachers were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Coordinate with your local Moms Demand Action chapter. If you are not involved with a local chapter, be in touch with local leaders (see details under “coordinate” above), and they can help you with our tools.

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 25, 2023

I was so encouraged to read that the National Parent-Teacher Association has passed a resolution on the safe storage of firearms. In the pursuit of promoting safe firearm storage, the synergy between school nurses and local and National Parent Teacher Associations (PTA) is a powerful and essential partnership.

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 9, 2023

Furthermore, coordinating with a school nurse across multiple schools can introduce communication challenges, emphasizing the need for efficient communication systems. Health Advocacy: School nurses advocate for students’ health needs within the school setting and collaborate with parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals.

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Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I have had the privilege of leading workshops at the **NYSAHPERD Conference**, where I guided PE teachers in implementing bowling units effectively. But more importantly, Ive seen how bowling can bring people togetherbetween a father and son, between teammates, between a PE teacher and their students.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 2, 2022

My PE teacher took enough personal interest in me to introduce me to the girls basketball coach, telling him that I should go out for the team. I asked a teacher to help me write a letter to the Board of Education. So, I started begging teachers to volunteer to coach a club team. I didn’t return for the next practice.

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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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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 15, 2022

Keeping schools healthy and open supports equitable and inclusive learning environments for all children, families, teachers, and staff. Arrange a back-to-school festival that has food, games, school supplies, and includes a vaccine clinic for students, caregivers, teachers, and staff. Layered mitigation is most effective.

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Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 26, 2023

Here is a link to the Philadelphia Inquirer article featuring Kathy (pictured below) during COVID: ‘It’s not boo-boos and Band-Aids’: COVID-19 thrust school nurses onto the front line “Never did we know how much we need them,” the president of New Jersey’s largest teachers union says about the role of school nurses during the pandemic.

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Schooling Conditioning Coordination Academics 264

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Physical Growth and Maturation From infancy to adolescence, children undergo substantial changes in skeletal structure, muscular strength, cardiorespiratory capacity, and coordination. Prior to puberty, growth patterns can be erratic.

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Gopher Sport

JANUARY 16, 2023

When I became a health and physical education (HPE) coordinator, we used electronic documents and eventually created a spreadsheet with equipment inventory data for all of the schools in our district. This is an amazing free tool that teachers and HPE coordinators probably didn’t know existed. Gopher has created exactly that!

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jump rope activities for elementary PE are more than just a way to get kids movingthey help students develop essential motor skills, rhythm, timing, and coordination. PE teacher and K-5 content expert Mike Graham emphasizes the importance of key teaching cues when working with young learners.

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The Everlearner

JULY 24, 2024

It will be one of those that, I hope, will really make PE teachers go, “Oh, I see!” Part 1 The origin of muscle tissue Part 2 Muscle tissue structure and function Part 3 Muscle contractions and coordination Part 4 Muscle tissue advanced - Muscle tissue as a “smart device” ( this post )

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The Everlearner

JULY 17, 2024

Dear PE teacher, Now that we have got the nature of muscle tissue and the microscopic anatomy of it in the bag, we can start to address some of the classic topic applications.

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Carly's P.E. Games

MAY 27, 2020

Coordinating poly spot and ball for bowling. Please check out my other links: My Teachers Pay Teachers Store: [link] My Webpage: [link] My Youtube Channel: [link] My Pinterest Page: [link] Student playing defense during the game Battleship. Students playing defense during the game Battleship. Playing Guard the Castle.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 29, 2025

Throwing and catching games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. PE teachers dont need specialized gearjust a few basic essentials can create engaging and effective activities for all grade levels. Grades 3-5: 3.5.2

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As knowledge of the impact of motor coordination on children’s cognition and academic achievement evolves, physical educators are increasingly integrating rhythmic coordinative movement into their daily classroom activities to prime the brain for learning. You are experienced teachers. 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ).

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Gopher Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

Throughout my career as a physical education teacher, I have grown a strong appreciation for juggling scarves ! Inexpensive, portable, simple to use, easy to store – scarves should be in every PE teacher’s repertoire, especially towards the end of year when you find yourself teaching somewhere other than your gym! All while having fun!

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Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics. KS1: “Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But with the Whole School Model , we should instead consider the coordinated approach to supporting the pursuit of 60 minutes a day of physical activity. . To maximize success, physical education teachers can help other classroom teachers identify different activities and movement breaks to incorporate into class.

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As a popular lifetime physical activity, bowling supports a well-rounded approach to physical literacy by improving coordination, balance, and accuracy while reinforcing fundamental movement skills. Introducing different challenges like bowling for prizes or different point systems. PreK-2: 1.2.6 PreK-2: 1.2.9

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Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

Furthermore, physical education helps students to improve their coordination, balance, and strength, which is essential for participating in sports and other physical activities and promotes life-long physical learning. This is where Physical Education teachers are vital.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 31, 2025

Basketball games for elementary PE are more than just fun activitiesthey help students develop essential motor skills, coordination, and spatial awareness. Fun and engaging activities that emphasize movement, ball control, and coordination help students develop foundational skills while keeping them active and engaged.

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Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

This is a lot of set up but it completely worth it if you have the support from Administration and teachers. I had to leave the pins and lights set up for several days which had to be coordinated with our Extended Day program. Give yourself time to set up.

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Physed n Health

JANUARY 23, 2024

These additions are aimed at providing even more value and engagement for both teachers and students. Teachers can set rest periods between sets and track individual student progress throughout the school year. This feature allows teachers to create engaging and challenging activities while monitoring progress.

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Agility Assessment Physical Education Cardiovascular 98

Physical Education Ideas

OCTOBER 20, 2024

If you’re a Physical Education teacher looking to add a little “boo!” For example, "Witches Hat Tag" can be adjusted so that students with varying levels of speed and coordination can still enjoy the game. Halloween is a time for spooks, screams, and lots of candy. But it doesn’t just have to be about sugary treats!

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PLT4M

JUNE 12, 2024

Therefore, health and physical education classes should be connected and coordinated. For some schools, this is easy because health is taught via physical education, but in many schools, health and physical education are separate classes taught by different teachers.

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PLT4M

MAY 23, 2024

Tiered Systems Of Support For Mental Health In Schools A comprehensive school mental health system is designed to support all students and teachers with a coordinated, tiered approach. Empower Physical Educators – Physical education and health teachers are on the front lines of how to improve mental health in schools.

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Physical Education Ideas

MARCH 14, 2024

From hopping like bunnies to rolling eggs, these activities improve cardiovascular health, coordination, and agility. Enhances Motor Skills: From balancing eggs on spoons to hopping in bunny poses, Easter games help develop gross motor skills, balance, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness.

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S&S

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Minimal supplies are needed, other than bowling pins, grab some balls and cones to coordinate … Read More The post Games with Bowling Pins for Camps, PE, and Afterschool appeared first on S&S Blog.

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