Elementary School Flexibility Wellness 
Alexandra Lemm
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
For elementary school teachers, intervention might be something that is done weekly and can be handled with your eyes closed. However, with middle school and high school teachers, station groups with a teacher table are not necessarily common. Once stations are in place, they are a well-oiled machine.
Better Coaching
DECEMBER 24, 2024
A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. This early commercialism can overshadow the fundamental aim of youth sports: enjoyment, character development, a growing love for the sport, and holistic well-being.
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Arizona Health and Physical Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
This season’s 500 granted wishes will fulfill requests from teachers in the areas of agricultural studies, arts, math, physical education and wellness, science and special needs. Marichou Beltran, a special education teacher at Kingswood Elementary School, will provide sensory and reading materials for their students.
Whole Child Sports
MARCH 26, 2020
“This is dreadful news for the tens of thousands of high school athletes who tear their ACL each year. Coaches who include injury prevention strategies in their training programs are not only helping to preserve the health of their athletes now, but well into the future.”. High school teams may be nominated here.
PLT4M
MARCH 3, 2023
No matter what type of school students are enrolled in, children of all ages need physical activity and physical education. The CDC recommends 60 minutes of activity because of the well-documented benefits of physical activity on physical health and mental health. What about virtual physical education lessons for elementary school?
School Yard
JANUARY 7, 2022
Several years ago, I was teaching at a new elementary school and wanted to get my community involved in family fitness events to promote exercising while having fun. Invite parents/ teachers/staff to join in the fitness and running activities as well. Create a schedule but have some flexibility. – 8:15 a.m.
SHAPE America
JULY 25, 2023
Some of these are flexible, such as “all students must receive training in hands-only CPR one time between 7th and 12th grade.” When considering standards, it is important to look at them horizontally (across skills) as well as vertically (across grade levels). She began working in education in 2003 as an elementary school teacher.
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