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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

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Are you losing your gym space for a class period, a day, a week or longer? 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.

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How Professional Associations Have Made Me a Better Health and Physical Education Teacher and Leader

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When I began my teaching career in 2007, I was 22 years old. Teaching in the gym was far different from teaching in an ordinary classroom. Benefits of State Affiliate Membership As a young teacher, I decided to join SCAHPERD for the professional development opportunities. I was scared out of my mind.

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

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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. Rock climbing at LEF Climbing gym in Lexington, KY.

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

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KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. As a health and physical education teacher, I teach kindness as part of my curriculum. The impact of health. minds event.,

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

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LESSONS FROM HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATORS We need health and physical education (HPE) teachers to flood classrooms at all levels with ideas and inspiration. HPE teachers already have it figured out! The gym is not the only place where students can move, interact and learn by doing.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

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and as students slowly file into the gym, curiosity fills the air. This diverse mix of students, each with their unique stories and challenges, embody why I teach. To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

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Because I still want my students to get outside for fresh air and some natural vitamin D, I’ve gotten creative with one of my favorite units, which focuses on a standards-based approach with teaching opportunities in social and emotional learning. One of the best outdoor activities I have found to teach these skills is sledding down a hill.