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

SHAPE America

When I started teaching, I had heard a little bit about the South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SCAHPERD), but at the time had no idea how this association would help me grow personally and professionally, transforming me into the educator I am today.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Investigate local parks and recreation organizations that offer summer camps, activities, or sports teams and enroll your children in activities that interest them. Take your classes outside!

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

Snow Fort Unit As a PE teacher for grades K-6, I’ve had a lot of success teaching the importance of guided play, goal setting, teamwork, working with others, communication, and valuing other students’ creations with respect. Wow, that got to me as a teacher, as a mother, and as a Minnesotan!

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Recreational Sports Facilities & Physical Education SAVE Taxpayers’ Money!

Physical Education Update

The arguments of this vocal opposition was that spending money on recreational facilities is a frill, whereas infrastructure spending is a necessity. It’s the typical argument of the ill-informed…the same type of people responsible for declaring physical education to be a frill subject. Is this simple speculation?

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Digital Citizenship Lesson Plans

PLT4M

Teachers and schools incorporate digital citizenship lesson plans to help students learn about the key aspects of living in a digital world. These lessons can be a perfect fit for advisory, part of the health curriculum, or in many other classes. FAQ What other health education topics does PLT4M have?

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Thoughts on Connected Curriculum and Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

Thematic physical education curriculum In Australia, it might be considered that teachers are already directed to a thematic curriculum as PE is required (although no one is checking!) recreation centre programs) or through 'levels' (e.g. to address specified focus areas (Figure 3). sport clubs) and terms or semesters (e.g.

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COVID-19’s Impact on Youth Physical Activity

Spark PE

Across the globe, efforts to promote social distancing directly affected physical activity of youth by closing schools, which affected physical activity opportunities including physical education, recess, after-school sports and activities, and walking and biking to school. SPARK has the “Active Classroom” program.