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Creating an Effective Health and Wellness Club at School

SHAPE America

As a physical education teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, TX, I developed a Health and Wellness Club for our ninth-grade campus as an initiative to reduce obesity and related comorbidities that are associated with sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

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In this article, I share how daily outdoor physical education can be used as an academic and behavioral intervention. During that year, I had a well-meaning principal who told our staff, “If it’s not related to math or reading, it’s potentially on the chopping block.” Does your school have funding options for equipment?

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

My focus in physical education centers on equity and inclusion in fitness, particularly access to fitness options in underserved communities of color. To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom.

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

My name is Casey Page and I am a physical education teacher in Shelby County, Kentucky, which is a suburb of Louisville. I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time.

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New FDA Resource Helps Teachers Educate Students About the Dangers of Vaping

SHAPE America

As educators, you know that National Health Education Week is a good time to focus on issues that affect the health of our nation’s youth. One such effort FDA just launched is an online resource center of science-based, standards-mapped materials that teachers can use to help their students avoid vaping and nicotine addiction.

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Wellness Warriors: Stepping up for Our School Staff

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We all know that stress in the education field is at an all-time high. School administrators must figure out ways to support staff members, so they don’t join the growing number of teachers who have decided to leave the profession. For that reason, I check out every new article, blog and podcast that comes out about staff wellness.

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

SHAPE America

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. Running the Race. As the clock ticks toward graduation, those innocent, every-once-in-a-while thoughts gain strength.