SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. I consider myself to be an anti-racist teacher — and by embracing this approach, I aim to co-create inclusive learning environments in physical education.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 4, 2024

When I began my teaching career in 2007, I was 22 years old. 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. I was finally prioritizing my deep-rooted desire to grow as an educator.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 29, 2024

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. We met every other week for 30 minutes during advisory time.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In 2023, I presented a session at the SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Seattle with Jessica Adkins, the 2022 SHAPE America Western District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. When we teach students about death in health education, we can help them understand life, empathy, and resilience.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 11, 2022

At one such lunch with Mary Henninger, professor in the PETE program at Illinois State University, we began jotting down notes on a napkin — strategies for launching a successful career as a health and physical education teacher. The heat really gets turned up as students enter the internship or student teaching phase.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

SHAPE America serves as the voice for 200,000+ health and physical education professionals across the United States, and the organization is committed to diverse leadership on its Board. She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D.

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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. As our date approached, we used several physical education classes to help students prepare for the day and what to expect.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Physical education electives offer an opportunity for students within a physical education program to select from a wide variety of different course options that suit their goals and interests. And this also comes at a time where physical education has been a hot topic of discussion in schools.

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SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

This will include ways to integrate prevention education into your health classroom, how prevention education intersects with health and wellness, and introduce free resources that are available to you. Prevention Education Is Key. Let’s use Health Literacy Month to continue this momentum, together.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

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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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Wisconsin Health and Physical Education (WHPE), a SHAPE America state affiliate, has been “speaking out” for quality health and physical education in Wisconsin for more than two decades. Advocating for health and physical education is worth the effort! This greatly increased WHPE visibility.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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. The Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center was created with the students’ health and teachers’ specific needs in mind. Helping Students Avoid Vaping and Nicotine Addiction.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 27, 2024

quizzes , and many other NIDA activities designed for students and educators, to help enhance your curriculum. Since 2010, NDAFW has been observed by schools, nonprofits, health departments, and more, educating thousands by shining a light on important health topics.

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SHAPE America

MAY 29, 2024

Prevention education is key to saving lives — and early water safety education can have a lifelong impact. One way to prevent drowning is to teach children about being safer in, on and around the water — and do it in a fun, entertaining and memorable way. The letters in WHALE stand for Water Habits Are Learned Early.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For Educators | For Parents, Families, and Caregivers Winter is a festive time of year because so many holidays are celebrated by people from different religions, cultures and races. Religious and cultural holidays offer excellent opportunities to teach about culture, religion and their historical importance. Be accurate and sensitive.

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SHAPE America

JUNE 18, 2024

As an educator and a trusted source of information, you can help your students understand the risks of vaping, teach them how to build healthy coping skills, and ultimately empower them to live vape-free. The campaign also provides resources for educators to help students avoid or quit vaping. Practice self-care.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Discipline and self-control keep me committed to my goals, while emotional intelligence, teamwork, and leadership remain keys to my teaching. RESILIENCY FOR STUDENTS Physical education provides many benefits for developing resiliency. It boosts mental strength, teaches goal setting, and promotes stress management.

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Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In a recent sharing by our highest education trained in-charge person in the nation, much of the discussion revolved around taking care of the learners in the best possible way without a focus on wanting them all to be alike in objectives and achievements. Teaching Games for Understanding is a multi-step process.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. As a health and physical education teacher, I teach kindness as part of my curriculum. The impact of health. minds event.,

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SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As health educators, it is important to teach our students to be health literate. Health educators work toward their goal of improving their students’ health literacy every day. Health educators work toward their goal of improving their students’ health literacy every day. Let’s take a look.

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PE Scholar

JUNE 19, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? This is not easy to talk about on as they are those in the fraternity who take this very seriously and equates it to effective teaching, especially the more experienced teachers. may be considered as being not align to the reality of school business on the ground.

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PE Scholar

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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PE Scholar

JUNE 26, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

As a physical educator in northern Minnesota, I have to be prepared for long winters with lots of snow! Snow Fort Unit As a PE teacher for grades K-6, I’ve had a lot of success teaching the importance of guided play, goal setting, teamwork, working with others, communication, and valuing other students’ creations with respect.

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PE Scholar

JULY 10, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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Active Schools Us

JUNE 6, 2024

It teaches us valuable lessons, builds character, and can help us reach our highest potential. Adversity teaches us valuable lessons about ourselves, the power of endurance, and the importance of occasional discomfort. In one of my recent Physical Education classes, I posted a question for the students to reflect on.

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

In a prevous blog here I began to look at concept based curriculum model for physical education as an alternative to a multi-activity curriculum model. The multi-activity curriculum model has been the subject of severe critique for its absence of educative outcomes for most students since the early 1990s.

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PE Scholar

JULY 17, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

How do you know what to teach in your physical education classes? I am a National Board Certified elementary physical education teacher with more than 13 years of experience. In 2022, I was honored to be named the SHAPE America National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark has been in the field of education since 1976. Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

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PE Scholar

JULY 24, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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