SHAPE America

AUGUST 11, 2022

What I’ve learned from these conversations is that even though our PETE programs may be different, our students are almost all struggling with the same issue — their professional transition from students to teachers. We, as teachers, are inherently placed in a position to exert influence and enact. Running the Race. Change is hard.

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Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

It’s almost March break and teachers will soon be getting a long-deserved week of rest and recovery. Now, there are those who claim that teachers are overpaid for the amount of time they work and the number of holidays they receive. Teachers must be “on” for an entire school day. Do teachers deserve their holidays?

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Elementary students get the majority of their movement during the school day in physical education (PE) and recess. It is estimated that kids get about 5,000-6,000 steps during school on non-PE days and 7,000-8,000 steps on PE days. HPE teachers already have it figured out! Predictability regulates emotions and behavior.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

From these teachers and coaches, students learn just how important physical activity is for physical, mental, and social-emotional health. Here are five ways to celebrate physical activity during National PE & Sport Week and every week — and all year round: 1. squatting, swimming, biking) in your PE program.

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Bringing Bikes to Our School About six years ago, I developed a biking curriculum for my PE program. Teachers recommended 24 fifth-graders and 24 sixth-graders, who were then split into two groups per grade. In this article, I share how daily outdoor physical education can be used as an academic and behavioral intervention.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 4, 2022

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. Teach your students about boundaries and that outdoor PE class is different than recess.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you often find yourself wondering or asking in an online community what you should do in PE this week or next week or how to start, then you picked the right article to read. I am a National Board Certified elementary physical education teacher with more than 13 years of experience. Let me tell you a little bit about me.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. It doesn’t help that evaluation process across subjects prefer clear quantitative data to compare teacher performances. Or is it not? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In my bigger teaching environment, much effort is also put into the character and citizenship development of the leaners and this role is expected of all teachers, including the academic teachers with clear examinable performance indicators. Probably a self-protecting mechanism of a teacher on a plateau of ‘what else is there in PE’ ).

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Drowning in the Shallow

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Teaching PE is a continuous act of making professional judgements about the why(s), how(s) and what(s) of physical education (Quennerstedt, 2019). This is a fundamental but challenging part of a PE teachers job. This … Continue reading What’s your PE Jigsaw Puzzle?

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Drowning in the Shallow

APRIL 8, 2023

When children turn up to PE we may not inform them of the learning intention and explain why that learning intention is valuable. This makes it both harder for teachers to teach and for children to learn and see PE as valuable in their education. If this happens our subject can seem to lack coherence.

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Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

And since this is a physical education blog, why not potty humor with a PE twist? 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! Who knows, maybe this has happened to you!

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SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework while teaching lacrosse in PE will allow you to provide multiple options within the learning environment, thus creating equity and accessibility for ALL students. What’s New in the USA Lacrosse PE Curriculum. Teachers should always remember that “equity” does not mean “equality.”

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PE Scholar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Luke Jones shares his experience of a relentless pursuit to secure his first pe teacher job and how he got his first teaching post.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

To teach my students about these activities, I often go beyond my school’s traditional PE space — and use the city as my physical education classroom. I wanted to create a space my students could connect to “uncommon-to-them” physical fitness activities, such as yoga, boxing, weight training, cycling, and mountain biking.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. In this way, there is shared responsibility in addressing inequities and other systemic barriers.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

KYSHAPE provides daily slides with prompts, as well as activities and social media posts for each daily theme that administrators, health and physical educators, and other classroom teachers can use. As a health and physical education teacher, I teach kindness as part of my curriculum. The impact of health. minds event., but all year.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. Nilo Ramos Nilo Ramos is an assistant professor and program coordinator of physical education at Coastal Carolina University. He has a Ph.D. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S. degree in health and physical education.

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The Everlearner

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Dear PE teachers, customers and colleagues, This is a blog post I have been wanting to write for a very, very long time. I am writing it for current PE-teacher-users of TheEverLearner.com and in the hope that prospective PE-teacher-users might read it too.

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Drowning in the Shallow

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

A games-based approach can be mistakenly considered as a game-as-teacher approach. Children in PE can learn: Teachers of PE should be interested in all these outcomes, when, how and … Continue reading Play with Purpose → This is because children can learn from playing the game. Of course they can.

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Open, I told some other New York City physical education teachers in a Facebook group. One of the teachers was really excited about the information about the U.S.

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SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s). In addition, the teacher education program is reviewed as a whole, not by content area.

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PE Scholar

JANUARY 31, 2023

In this article, we want to head back to basics, to discuss what a PE teacher is, how you become one, how to be a good one, and much more.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

The teacher watches, supervises and offers students feedback, reflecting on the effectiveness of their lesson plan in real time. Designing the interior of the house is at the discretion of the teacher as they facilitate the student’s educational experience. We’ll get the next one,” says the receiver. It is the “how.”.

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SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

Wellness Walk — Teachers lead their classes through a route along our school perimeter. Along the way, they participate in different activities that have been pre-planned by our physical education teacher. That always comes to mind when a teacher makes a request. Examples include jump rope, dance, limbo, and parachute.

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The Everlearner

MARCH 13, 2024

My name is James and I am a PE teacher. This blog is about a working day of mine. But, in 2024, I am also a business owner, blogger, content creator and employer to say nothing of a dad to two daughters and a partner to my girlfriend, Marta.

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Several past presidents, the association’s executive director and secretary (a former HPE teacher and administrator) made more than 50 contacts speaking to school personnel from across the state. This task was assigned to the association secretary and a team of state, district and national teachers of the year.

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Drowning in the Shallow

JULY 21, 2024

How should we prepare novices to become PE Teachers? This question is an enduring and challenging one, mainly because of the limited time that is given to teacher education. Should we have an agreed set … Continue reading Core Practices in PE → A decision needs to be made on what to prioritise.

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PE Scholar

JANUARY 23, 2024

Are you a PE teacher struggling with an overwhelming workload? Many PE teachers face the challenge of balancing teaching, planning, You’re not alone!

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

The Perfect Physical Education (PE) classroom – What does it look like? Is PE a guilt-trip subject for education systems to ensure there is a balance in their existence? I have to find some consensus as I have been a PE teacher for almost three decades and that is bound to mean something. The struggle is real.

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The PE Hub

MAY 15, 2023

Teachers must manage a wide range of responsibilities, including planning and preparing lessons, marking books, and supporting their class. With so many tasks on their plate, it’s no surprise that many teachers struggle with work overload.

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Drowning in the Shallow

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Questioning is an important teacher behaviour within PE. It is a key part of Rosenshine’s principles of instruction (2012).

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

At PLT4M, we are firm believers in the importance of participation in PE for all students. Participation in PE classes can support physical, mental, and emotional health among students now and into their adult lives. ” And when it comes to data on student participation in PE, a few numbers from the report stand out.

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The Everlearner

JUNE 26, 2024

Dear PE and Sport teachers, I really enjoy writing posts that cover subject content. In the past, my writings on movement analysis , levers , planes , axes and nutrition have proved really popular.

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The Everlearner

APRIL 12, 2023

Dear PE teacher, I assume you are reading this roughly in the timeframe that I am writing it. Returning after Easter can be stressful and this blog is aimed at supporting PE to teachers to frame those experiences with a degree of insight. That timeframe is April within an academic year.

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The Everlearner

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Dear PE teachers, I wanted to take the opportunity to write a series of ideas that might help you to unite your teaching with GCSE PE with the experiences that students receive in GCSE biology. Therefore, I thought this post might support GCSE PE teachers in understanding their students' experiences as a whole.

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The Everlearner

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

On Wednesday 18th of October 2023, I released Part 1 of this two-part series on the important elements of GCSE biology that GCSE PE teachers need to be aware of. In this week’s blog, I want to revisit and complete a post I released a fortnight ago. My role today is to follow that up with Part 2.

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