Active Schools Us

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Physical education (PE) is critical to students’ overall development. However, PE is often portrayed negatively on television and in movies. Having well-trained, passionate PE teachers is essential to the success of any physical education program.

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PLT4M

MAY 26, 2023

Instead, most teacher professional development offered throughout the school year is geared towards general teaching practices or other subjects like math, science, and english. But physical education teachers must keep up with the best practices for today’s physical education classroom.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 27, 2021

The amount of administration to support teaching seems to have almost overwhelm actual direct teaching matters. Do we need more space and time to think of teaching and learning? It is space and time that comes with joy and satisfaction in teaching and learning for teachers. So recently, it has been crazy.

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PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. By keeping things simple, PE teachers can introduce students to the basic elements of gymnastics with some soft mats, balance beams (or even lines painted on the floor), and boxes or other elevated surfaces.

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Reinventing the Game

MAY 1, 2021

I have been lamenting on this for our practise for some time, i.e. how we introduce movement evaluation cues directly as teaching cues to our learners. Much of the cues we derive from ideal movement solution may mean little to novices who are still exploring their own range of movement adaptations.

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Reinventing the Game

JANUARY 29, 2022

This type of versus discussions puts many off almost immediately, especially those in teaching where everything is based on neat time-based structures. As I teach less towards year-end, administrative work pile up, thoughts become preoccupied with non-direct teaching matters. The main researchers in these areas (CLA, NP, etc.)

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 15, 2024

First, the subject of physical education is rooted in movement. 5 Tips For Physical Education While the challenges and concerns about technology in physical education are important to consider, none of them should stop PE teachers from taking advantage of 1 to 1 devices during PE.

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Physed n Health

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

’ Teachers must be able to see that the students are performing movements correctly. Teach for 10minutes or less, and spend the rest of the time engaging your students to demonstrate or share what they’ve learned. PE Teachers’ Challenges first appeared on K12 Physical Education and Health Assessment.

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The Everlearner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I am a PE teacher and I publish every single Wednesday at 19:00 UK. Move More Month is a US-founded movement that encourages movement and exercise amongst sufferers of cancer and other illnesses and I have been reading about it in recent weeks. Dear reader, Welcome to my blog.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Today’s PE classes must go beyond mandatory participation to actively engage students with fun and diverse lesson plans that promote skill development, confidence building, and personal growth. Quality PE programs should: Include activities adaptable to various skill levels so that all students feel capable and successful.

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Francis’s School (STFS) in Western Australia, the Physical Education (PE) program plays a crucial role in helping students rediscover their love for movement and physical activity. Simon Emmerson, a passionate New Zealand-born teacher who now calls Australia home, leads the PE program at STFS. STFS is a C.A.R.E.

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PLT4M

JULY 18, 2023

The landscape of physical education has evolved significantly over the last decade and it is critical that PE teachers adapt accordingly. The purpose of this article is to assist PE teachers in exploring standards-based curriculum design that emphasizes a student-centered learning environment.

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Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance. Teaching for understanding argument. Teaching for understanding argument. Sport as useful. Utility argument. Sport as understood. Sport as enjoyed.

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Active Schools Us

MARCH 24, 2021

As they reach school age, we also need to provide them with high-quality PE that teaches them how to be active for a lifetime and before- and after-school opportunities to practice what they learn in PE. Sometimes, the skills our kids learn by playing and participating in PE will translate into a love of sport.

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Reinventing the Game

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The big assumption I made here (not the best assumption for a holistic picture of PE but adequate for what I want to share here) is that skill acquisition is a big part of our job as PE teachers and it is necessary for us to think about it in order to do better. Much of these involve the sciences of the body in context.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We unpack these 6 standards and how physical education teachers can utilize PLT4M to align to the Illinois learning standards. 6 ISBE Pe Standards There are 6 ISBE PE standards for physical education teachers to consider. Want to see how PLT4M aligns to all 6 ISBE PE standards?

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Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

“Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even abstract ideas.” I love this quote.

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Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

A goal PE in PE could be that a student love running and continues to do so life-long. It doesn't have to be running; many different movement modalities exist. We want to give the child as many potential possibilities as we can by exposing the child to as many different types of movement as possible.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. We teach them to love dancing, as early and often as possible. I understand the importance of support musicality when teaching dance.

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PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

While some of the following rules apply to any classroom, these PE specific classroom technology rules support a dynamic subject focused on student activity and movement. Tip – Turn your classroom technology rules into teaching opportunities. In addition, this helps students to take ownership of their learning.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

This approach aims to teach students the value of regular exercise and how to design routines that suit their individual needs and goals. Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts. PE teacher Sue Mathewson displays PLT4M curriculum options on a smart board at Hammond Central High School.

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Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. We add to this challenge by also wanting to be very specific with our teaching outcomes, e.g. values, affective, skills , etc. So on and on the thoughts swirl.

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Montessori Physical Education

OCTOBER 2, 2022

All they have to do is do something wrong or create a problem, and they will be rewarded by skipping a class they wanted to, and now it was sanctioned by the classroom teacher. This is not a good lesson to teach our students. As PE teachers, what are we supposed to do? I’m sure parents are to blame to some extent.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

When Cole Christopher first started teaching at MACCRAY 7 years ago, the weightlifting elective had only a handful of students. 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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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Roxeanne Bush, a middle school PE teacher in Illinois, describes the need for variety and choice , “Students at this level crave choice and different options. As teachers, we need to help foster that with various activities, units, and opportunities throughout the year.

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Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards.

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PLT4M

AUGUST 25, 2022

PE teacher Adam Hughes reviews with a student how to scale a movement with a PVC pipe. With almost any movement, exercise variation can allow more students to find a great modification that promotes proper form and better body awareness. Get Access Here.

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Physical Activity is bodily movement of any type. Physical Education programs teach children the skills and knowledge needed to establish and sustain an active lifestyle. These different units are examples of physical education because they teach transferrable life skills that allow students to pursue lifelong fitness.

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PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

As a result, physical education teachers have to figure out if every student should be on the same training program or if there need to be multiple programs going on in the weight room at one time. Next, not all PE teachers tasked with running a weight room class have experience in writing and creating strength and conditioning programs.

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Heartzones

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“I think Heart Zones is a very impactful tool that teachers can utilize to create a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) classroom…” ~ Brian Nassif, PE Teacher at Albert Einstein Academies What was your first experience with Physical Education technology?

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PLT4M

OCTOBER 27, 2022

PE teachers can choose from endless PE activities without equipment. We share six examples of fitness-focused pe activities without equipment and provide a downloadable PDF of even more lessons for your physical education class. No equipment, no problem. A physical education class participates in a no equipment workout.

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Learning Through Sport

JULY 11, 2023

This study showed that personalised teaching with a focus on mastery learning leads to two standard deviation improvement in student learning outcomes as it enabled teachers to give more attention to student ‘higher mental processes’ – problem-solving, application of principles, analytical skills, and creativity. AI makes it possible.

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Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 30, 2021

Published 12/03/2012 Updated 30/01/2021 In my role as a teaching and coaching 'academic' I get to see a lot of physical education and sport teaching/coaching, at both primary and secondary school level and in community coaching settings. Involving students/players in game play is not the end of the story. The play must be purposeful.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

” Therefore, when looking align physical education classes to the California state standards for PE, teachers can and should mold and adapt PE lesson plans , assessments, and technology to serve the unique demands and needs of their students and schools. But they don’t need to take on this task alone!

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PLT4M

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Unfortunately, many wrongly assume that a pe teacher just “rolls out the ball” for a typical PE class. But anyone who has observed or taken part in a quality physical education program knows that the subject of PE is one of the best opportunities for students’ physical health development.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For example, each lesson starts with a warm-up for students before diving into the main movements and activities of the day. PE teacher Sue Mathewson displays PLT4M curriculum options on a smart board at Hammond Central High School. And I love the opportunities to measure and track progress and growth.”

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PLT4M

JUNE 20, 2023

It is a powerful teaching tool that allows physical education teachers to show students how to do something correctly and with proper form. Students lead and plan a warm-up routine to start physical education class and model the different movements to the rest of the course.

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