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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

Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products takes this issue seriously and prioritizes efforts to educate teachers, parents, health care providers, and youth about the dangers of youth vaping. The Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center was created with the students’ health and teachers’ specific needs in mind.

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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. At times it was a challenge, but the experience proved to be great for my mental health, creativity, and growth as a teacher. It’s not unusual.

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

Relentless School Nurse

Educate staff: Conduct training sessions for teachers and other school staff to help them recognize signs of trauma and understand how to support affected students. Implement flexible attendance and academic policies for students dealing with family separation due to raids.

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The Relentless School Nurse: If Only We Could Bubble Wrap Our Students to Keep Them Safe…

Relentless School Nurse

The SRP is action-based, flexible, and easy to learn. For teachers, this becomes a simpler process to train and drill. Like the Incident Command System (ICS), SRP demands a specific vocabulary but also allows for great flexibility. Safe business. Safe community.

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We Must Protect Our Teachers

Alexandra Lemm

I have seen teachers not asked for their opinion but instead mocked for their fear of returning to school. Teachers are usually sacrificial, selfless, and giving. However, one of the noblest yet cursed traits most associated with teachers is indeed, protectiveness. This is not new information, nor should it be.

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Teacher Table on Lock (An Easy Approach to Classroom Intervention)

Alexandra Lemm

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. Make good judgment calls as a teacher, it´s your class! I would love to chat.

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