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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

Over the last 5 years, I have raised $149,000 in grants, awards and donations for PE items, including the bike park and bike fleet. Riding For Focus and the Outride Fund are great places to start, as well as checking with your local hospitals/clinics, professional sports teams, and local businesses.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

Too often, when I introduce new sports or fitness activities, my predominantly African American students say, “That’s a white sport.” NICA Competitive Mountain Biking : Our all-minority cycling team competes in mountain biking races, breaking barriers and challenging the norms in a predominantly white sport.

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Why I Embrace a More Inclusive and Empathetic Teaching Style in Physical Education

SHAPE America

I am a proud alum of the New York public school system who was nourished and supported by the amazing efforts from teachers, coaches, professors, and community members who guided me. As a child, I was privileged and fortunate to have attended elementary school and middle school in one of New York City’s most diverse districts.

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Prioritizing PE Post-Pandemic: An Interview with a PE Teacher

Active Schools Us

Unfortunately, students just weren’t signing on (maybe 4 out of 15 students) or were signing on but with parents or grandparents doing something in the room that wasn’t conducive to movement. Active Schools: What do you find that your students respond most enthusiastically to in PE? Are you ready to join the movement?

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Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

Often the arguments against physical education stem from games and sports being the primary focus of the class. Class options and names include: Mind Body Connection Movement Arts Total Wellness PE Let’s take a closer look at the Lifetime Fitness elective at De Pere High School in Wisconsin.

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Gymnastics Lesson Plans

PLT4M

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. Students can bend knees or bring legs further apart to modify the difficulty of the movement.

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What to teach and Why in Physical Education (PE)

Reinventing the Game

I must say that every one of my articles were written as a result of an observation, some experience, some reading and connecting it to what I think I need to do better as a Physical Education (PE) teacher. There is a lack of leveraging on the role of voluntary non-survival movement and what this means in leading a better life.