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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

Each year, SHAPE America members vote for candidates to the SHAPE America Board of Directors, which is the organization’s governing body composed of 11 professional members. Such experience has assisted his teaching, research, service, and advocacy efforts to support and improve the HPE profession. He has a Ph.D.

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My Title IX Story: The Personal Perspective of a Female Athlete and Coach

SHAPE America

In high school, any girl could be part of a “play day” team where we had mixed girls teams from different schools. Thus, the thrill and pride of playing for our school was missing. Girls now have prominent high school, college, professional, and Olympics female athletes to inspire them. Establishing Equity?

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School sport participation

Learning Through Sport

While recreation sport in curriculum time didn't feature in any of the schools I worked in, when I started my teaching career in the late 1980s, in many jurisdictions school sport was still in curriculum time. Wretman (2017) found participation in school sport had a significant standardised effect on academic achievement.

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SRP Announces Classroom Grants of Up to $5,000 for Educators

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Every year, the SRP Classroom Grants Program offers two types of grants: STEM Grants provide up to $5,000 for school projects that incorporate innovative teaching strategies in mathematics and science. Social Science Grants provide up to $2,500 for the disciplines of history, geography, civics, government and economics.

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How to Celebrate Black History Month in Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

If you are teaching older students in health education class, another activity idea would be to have them compare the stores, restaurants and health facilities that are available in neighborhoods of higher and lower socioeconomic status. (e.g., Share Stories of Black Americans to Highlight Health Inequities.

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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

PLT4M

Alex has an undergraduate degree in Physical Education Teaching and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Teaching in Physical Education. UDL has emerged as a framework that uses a variety of teaching methods to remove barriers and increase access to learning to provide ALL students equal opportunities to learn and succeed.

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The Underrated Tool for Battling Teacher Fatigue

FACTS Management

From lesson planning and family communication to classroom management and school dismissals, the average day of an educator can be hectic. One aspect of teaching that’s taking up an inordinate amount of time, however, is grading. math vs reading standards). math vs reading standards).

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