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The Relentless School Nurse: Prepared Without Panic – Maryland’s Active Shooter Drill Evolution

Relentless School Nurse

Key Highlights: Trauma-Informed Approach The guidelines prohibit potentially traumatizing drill elements, including: • Simulated gunfire or explosions • Individuals posing as active assailants • Activities that could cause emotional distress Communication Strategy Schools must: • Notify parents before and after drills • Provide details about drill (..)

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

Having a bus provides me the flexibility to take students places when that happens. During our disc golf unit, we hop on a bus and drive to the disc golf course down the road. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time.

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Report Emphasizes Flexibility, Tech In Education

Rennie Center

Report Emphasizes Flexibility, Tech In Education Sam Drysdale catherine-rauseo Fri, 11/01/2024 - 11:10 Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:00 State House News Service Following a presentation on reforming education to embrace artificial intelligence, build more flexibility into the school day, and fundamentally rethink how and where students learn, the state’s K-12 (..)

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Ask Me Anything About Sports Medicine

Stanford Childrens

Stretching, mobility, flexibility—these are all crucial components of healthy muscles, and subsequently healthy joints and bones. A lot of times my strongest athletes are my least flexible, and they’ll come in with a specific type of pattern of injuries that can be mitigated if they make stretching a part of their routine.

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Building Flexibility the Right Way with Shelby McNamara

Complete Performance

In our latest episode of the PerformHappy podcast, we sit down with Shelby McNamara a former American rhythmic gymnast on the USA National Team and the founder of FlexAbilities, a flexibility training program for dancers, figure skaters, and gymnasts.

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

Be positive and prepared — as well as flexible and creative! Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym. Have a Growth Mindset and Set Expectations. It’s important to see this as an adventure. We stayed outside in light rain.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Silent Scars – Understanding the Hidden Impact of ICE Raids on Children

Relentless School Nurse

Implement flexible attendance and academic policies for students dealing with family separation due to raids. Create community education programs to reduce stigma and increase understanding of the challenges faced by immigrant families. Develop mentorship programs pairing affected youth with supportive adult role models in the community.

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