Wed.Feb 21, 2024

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The Relentless School Nurse: Move Beyond Nurse to Student Ratios and Focus on Staffing for Safe Care

Relentless School Nurse

School nurses are crucial in maintaining the health and well-being of students, which in turn affects their academic success and the overall functionality of schools. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and American Nurses Association (ANA) have historically recommended nurse-to-student ratios, but these recommendations have evolved due to the increasing complexity of students’ healthcare needs and the lack of one-size-fits-all evidence t

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Teaching Sportsmanship and Gamesmanship in PE Lessons

The Everlearner

Many PE teachers overtly teach sporting conduct including topics such as sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance. Furthermore, PE teachers often make reference to nuanced versions of these concepts such as fair play or etiquette and even types of deviance such as positive and negative deviance. For these reasons, I want to take this blog post as an opportunity to set the standard for teaching these concepts and to try to ensure that the PE teaching sector has a clear perspective on each concept

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Invasion Games – Unit Planning with a Difference

PE Scholar

The research is clear, we should move away from planning a skill per lesson and seeing PE as some kind of sport technique focused subject.

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Basketball Game Variations for PE & Recreational Programs

S&S

Are you tired of the same old basketball games that you grew up with as a kid? Here is a fresh new look at basketball variations that will keep kids engaged and having fun learning the game of basketball. These … Read More The post Basketball Game Variations for PE & Recreational Programs appeared first on S&S Blog.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Challenge Your Students with Parkour

Gopher Sport

Looking for a challenging content domain to motivate children to learn a broad range of motor skills? Consider parkour! The goal of parkour is to overcome various obstacles in an efficient and creative way by jumping, swinging, climbing, and running. Research has shown that children love parkour! This was demonstrated by the fact that a majority of children voluntary participated in parkour during recess when they learned it in physical education 1.