Active Schools Us

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

metaphor to another type of educational leader: the school principal. All matters of daily routine, classroom instruction, curriculum and academic priority – indeed, the entire school ethos – assume form through the principal’s vision. In this short blog post, I wish to extend the O Captain! My Captain!

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FACTS Management

APRIL 5, 2024

As we approach September 2024, private school administrators are bracing for the expiration of both Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (EANS) and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. Focus on initiatives that build teacher capacity and enhance student learning experiences.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Concept based learning and thematic curriculum for physical education have been suggested for reconceptualisation of PE curricula that is more educatively focused and strengths-based. Basketball as a concept might be the focus of one term of PE which is dedicated to the theme: education in movement.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 13, 2021

Research challenges the directive, technical and textbook discourse of the “physical education method” (Metzler, 2011, p. 173) that the physical education community of practice has traditionally shared. 452) through which to achieve education in, through and about sport (Arnold, 1979; Drummond & Pill, 2011).

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PE with Palos

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By: Dr. Kim Morton Did you know hundreds of federal dollars go unspent every year in school districts ? Some of the reasons include delayed access to the funds, a nationwide teacher shortage, and a desire to make the money last. If you need a quote, a School Health Specialist can help.

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Aspire-Ed

APRIL 26, 2022

Liam had great teachers, two of them being PE teachers. Having been fortunate to attend great educational establishments – Thomas Telford CTC and Worcester University – Liam wants to replicate in his own school what he has seen and experienced for it to be the best place it can be for learning.?.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance. Another way of looking at sport education for long term physical activity participation is needed. Meaning is seen as precursor. Kretchmar, 2000b, p.21).

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FACTS Management

MAY 13, 2022

More Than a Lesson Plan Most of us know that school isn’t just about the subjects we study. Educators have recognized the importance of this aspect of school, emphasizing social emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom. Schools also serve as “first responders” in terms of student mental health issues, explains NPR.

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Heartzones

AUGUST 17, 2021

Use Your ESSER Funding for Health and Physical Education to Promote Social, Emotional, and Physical Learning. Darrel Salmi, Stillwater High School, MN teaching physical literacy using Heart Zones Methods. Funding is readily available for your school physical and health education program. It is easy to request.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 3, 2023

If you are a young person only interested in sport as fun, friends and physically active play there isn't much available to you once you reach secondary school age. Internationally, sport coaching is recognised as a specialised field of education. Sport also goes from smaller-sided game-forms to 'full field' game forms.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. But this is leaving player development to chance.

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Informed Practitioner in Sport

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Most coaches and practitioners aspire to attaining real expertise and as most will testify this journey and the real learning begins only once we leave formal education and enter the profession. This distinction between education and learning is an important one when seeking to develop expertise, as we will explore.

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Physical Education Update

MARCH 30, 2023

In Ontario, Canada, students are required to take physical education only in their first year of high school. That leaves three years in which secondary school students need not participate in PE. In most schools that results in a dramatic decline in PE participation.

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