Remove Flexibility Remove Teacher Remove Teaching
article thumbnail

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.

PE 458
article thumbnail

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. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym. It’s not unusual.

Gyms 572
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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.

Teacher 411
article thumbnail

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. It isn’t news that there is a certain type of personality associated with teaching. Teachers are usually sacrificial, selfless, and giving. In fact, I have never met a more protective breed of human beings than teachers.

Teacher 130
article thumbnail

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

Alexandra Lemm

At our last district professional development, I had the honor of presenting one of my very favorite teaching topics, stations with intervention ! For elementary school teachers, intervention might be something that is done weekly and can be handled with your eyes closed. Make good judgment calls as a teacher, it´s your class!

Teacher 130
article thumbnail

Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

We explore some of the top physical education electives and how physical education teachers and programs across the country are encouraging lifetime fitness through a physical education electives model. >>> After 10th grade, physical education becomes an optional elective at MACCRAY.

article thumbnail

Why teach gymnastics in primary school?

Aspire-Ed

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Flexibility, strength, technique, speed, control, coordination and balance are all developed through gymnastics.