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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

Each year, SHAPE America members vote for candidates to the SHAPE America Board of Directors, which is the organization’s governing body composed of 11 professional members. She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. degree in health and physical education.

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13 Tips to Help You Advocate for Health & PE

SHAPE America

On February 15, 2023, more than 130 dedicated health and physical education professionals from 33 states attended SHAPE America’s SPEAK Out! At this annual event, members of the HPE community meet with representatives of Congress to advocate for continued support and robust funding for health and physical education.

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How I Received Grants for My Physical Education Classes

SHAPE America

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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Physical Literacy: Ecological Dynamics

Drowning in the Shallow

It was a critical principle underpinning UK Parliament’s (2021) recent proposal for a ‘national plan for sport, health and wellbeing‘ and the government’s response agreed that it should be an essential focus for physical education (PE) and school sport (DCMS, 2022).

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Stand for something

Drowning in the Shallow

What is the purpose of a physical education? My position is that it is to ‘nurture the physically educated person.’ Can PE (the school subject) do this by itself? No, I don’t think so.

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Free resources for Physical Education (PE) teachers

PE Scholar

The following free-to-access resources produced by National Governing Bodies (NGBs) of sport are potentially of great use to physical education

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afPE Responds to Recent Government Figures on the Decrease in Hours of PE Taught

Association for Physical Education

22/08/2023 Recent government figures show the number of hours taught for all years in state funded secondary schools for PE have decreased by over 4000 hours in the last year. […] The post afPE Responds to Recent Government Figures on the Decrease in Hours of PE Taught appeared first on Association for Physical Education - Association For Physical (..)