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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., Our bikes became tools for community service, whether it was cleaning up litter at Ridge Road Recreation or handing out water to protesters at Black Lives Matter Plaza. The bell rings at 9 a.m. and as students slowly file into the gym, curiosity fills the air.

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. In March 2024, I was lucky enough to be named the 2024 SHAPE America National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year! No student should ever graduate high school without knowing how to swim.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

SHAPE America

Sledding I have had PE classes where students have needed to work on taking turns, sharing, watching out for others, respecting personal space and others’ property, as well as working on spatial awareness. This is one of the students’ favorite PE activities every year!

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

SHAPE America

There were no recreational teams for young girls. In high school, any girl could be part of a “play day” team where we had mixed girls teams from different schools. The title of my dissertation was “Guidelines for Establishing Equitable Interscholastic Athletic Programs for Boys and Girls in Public High Schools.”.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

SHAPE America

The next seven stages include general skill development, athleticism, and enjoyment of sport, leading to continued participation throughout the lifespan (either in recreational sport or following the elite performance pathway). This is an essential stage that provides the building blocks for the following stages.

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Curriculum Mapping For Physical Education

PLT4M

Not only is physical wellness on the decline, we are also seeing an increase in mental illness a, declining academic performance, and troublesome classroom behavior issues. When using this curriculum mapping framework to create a vertically integrated PE Curriculum, that means starting with high school students and your upper grade levels.

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

PLT4M

At many high schools, students have to take as little as one-half unit credit of physical education to fulfill graduation requirements. ” Even the CDC has outlined the importance of physical education and the need for quality PE in schools. Statistics about the current state of child wellness.