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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

In my award application, I wrote about introducing students to new lifetime activities in my, what I think is unique, advanced PE class. I’ll share some of those details in this article, and maybe you’ll find a few ideas for sharing lifetime sports with your students. This plays out in several ways.

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My Top Takeaways from the Master PE Teacher Course

Gopher Sport

The Master PE Teacher course is an engaging and informative learning experience for educators of all levels and backgrounds. Although the course is geared specifically towards PE teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, there is certainly much to take away regardless of what you teach and the age of students you work with!

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From Parachutes to Swimming Pools: How PE Thrives at GEMS Dubai American Academy

Gopher Sport

Here’s a closer look at her journey, her innovative PE program, and how she continually keeps students engaged, even amid the unique challenges of teaching PE internationally. After a decade of teaching high school PE in Canada, she moved abroad, bringing her expertise to students around the globe.

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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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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S. Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. He is the chair of the SHAPE America Physical Education Council and chair of youth sports for SCAHPERD. He has a Ph.D. degree in health and physical education.

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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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PE Teacher With a Flatulence Problem

Physical Education Update

The following video, entitled “Simmer Down,” portrays a PE teacher with a flatulence problem. Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com To check out the PE Update.com website, Click Here! To subscribe to the free Fun Stuff for PE Newsletter, Click Here! tags]physical education teacher,pe teacher [/tags]