Dance Schooling Teacher 
SHAPE America
JUNE 4, 2024
Four years of college had gone by faster than I could blink my eyes and then I was back in high school — now responsible for the education of students who were only four to seven years younger than me. In a school full of amazing people, I felt isolated. When I began my teaching career in 2007, I was 22 years old.
SHAPE America
AUGUST 11, 2022
What I’ve learned from these conversations is that even though our PETE programs may be different, our students are almost all struggling with the same issue — their professional transition from students to teachers. We, as teachers, are inherently placed in a position to exert influence and enact. Running the Race. Change is hard.
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SHAPE America
JULY 27, 2023
And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement , schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. Several years ago, our school experienced an increase in discipline. Examples include jump rope, dance, limbo, and parachute.
SHAPE America
AUGUST 4, 2022
At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. I once taught physical education classes outside — in Minnesota — for a full school year (and a month into the next year) when our gymnasium was being renovated.
SHAPE America
MARCH 14, 2023
We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. We found them in the fifth and sixth grade teachers, who happened to be nature lovers (though not anglers).
Aspire-Ed
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Steph Donovan is a dance specialist and has been teaching dance for as long as she can remember. But she’s also a primary school teacher and understands the time pressures that come with planning, researching and resourcing an engaging creative curriculum for your pupils. Get your ticket here. Key details.
Arizona Health and Physical Education
APRIL 22, 2024
Do you know of an outstanding High School Physical Education Teacher? A “teacher” is an individual whose primary teaching responsibility is in Health, Physical Education or Dance. Additional requirements include: Holds a current certification as a teacher. If so, please consider nominating them for this award.
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