SHAPE America

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This diverse mix of students, each with their unique stories and challenges, embody why I teach. 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. Despite the obstacles they face, they show up every day, ready to move and learn.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I am a physical education teacher in New York City who is committed to embracing a more inclusive and empathetic teaching style in physical education. Teaching the next generation is a way of paying forward what has been fostered inside of me.

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SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas. If possible, move your PE space to the playground or open fields. Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities.

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Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I have written articles on teaching bowling, conducted webinars on best practices, and presented in-person workshops at major conferences. I have had the privilege of leading workshops at the **NYSAHPERD Conference**, where I guided PE teachers in implementing bowling units effectively.

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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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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

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. Have progressions and regressions of specific movements available within the teaching and coaching mode to facilitate development (e.g.,

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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Mike Graham, a dedicated PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid. The obvious choice?

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Drowning in the Shallow

JULY 31, 2022

How do we improve the quality of teaching in PE and in so doing improve both student learning and the student experience?

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The Everlearner

MARCH 12, 2025

Dear PE colleagues, Teaching skill acquisition in A-level PE, AS PE and BTEC Sport at KS5 is a fantastic experience. Much of my career has been defined by KS5 classroom-based PE teaching and, I believe, I have taught close to every KS5 course and unit.

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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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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role? There was a time where the age group I deal with are supposed to be ready for their enlistment in the uniform-groups via their fitness lessons in schools ) To a large extent, precision also plays a big part of how the fraternity exhibits in delivering PE.

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SHAPE America

DECEMBER 12, 2023

When we teach students about death in health education, we can help them understand life, empathy, and resilience. Here are five tips on how to teach students about death in the health education classroom (or any classroom). We also help them become more comfortable talking about other uncomfortable topics.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 27, 2024

Students can be equipped with skills to create healthier, safer communities. Whether it’s taking note of a friend’s concerning behavior or discussing the importance of mental health in the classroom, preparedness is a critical component of protecting the health of those in your school community.

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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As a health and physical education teacher, I teach kindness as part of my curriculum. Teaching Kindness Makes a Difference in School Culture For the last three years, we have used the health. I was teaching my students tools for their toolbox to manage their emotions in their everyday lives. The impact of health. minds event.,

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PE Scholar

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Introduction Adaptive teaching in PE is the process of adjusting the activities students participate in during physical education lessons, the teaching

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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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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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SHAPE America

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Now in her third year of teaching, Kelsey has worked as a high school physical education teacher, track and cross-country coach, and science teacher.

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PE Scholar

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this article Ben Holden describes the inspiration behind his book 'Wanna Teach PE". Check it out to learn more about Ben and the book.

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The PE Specialist

MAY 1, 2023

Today I want to share with you some tips on how to teach skills by using station activities in your PE Class. Whats up Phys Ed Friends! Station activities are a great strategy to allow your kids to get a lot of practice time with whatever skill you are working on. It’s really a fun […]

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Drowning in the Shallow

OCTOBER 13, 2024

“PE is not Sport.” Those who often talk about the subject, but do not teach it, tend to view sport and physical education as the same. ” A proclamation that I’ve written on social media and announced to others as a means of educating their ignorance.

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Drowning in the Shallow

DECEMBER 31, 2022

When we reduce things down to its simplest level the PE Teacher has only two things they have any control over to influence children’s learning in PE and making it a meaningful experience. The second is their teaching behaviours … Continue reading 3 distinctions PE Teachers should know →

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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. Steven was a joy to teach with and so very knowledgeable. We have the bikes at my school for as long as we use them and teach the nutrition curriculum.

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The Everlearner

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many PE teachers overtly teach sporting conduct including topics such as sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance. Furthermore, PE teachers often make reference to nuanced versions of these concepts such as fair play or etiquette and even types of deviance such as positive and negative deviance.

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Drowning in the Shallow

DECEMBER 22, 2024

This blog post is adapted from Teaching about planning in pre-service physical education teacher education: A collaborative self-study and is part of my evolving thoughts about how we teach planning to novice PE teachers. The way we teach novices PE teachers to plan is problematic.

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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. All three of these tenants of PE can be better utilized in classroom settings.

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The Everlearner

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This blog post narrates my cherished relationships with five PE teaching colleagues—Alan, Paul, Viv, Helen, and Lee—highlighting how these friendships have significantly influenced my personal and professional life.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Heather teaches hundreds of students each week, navigating her own physical challenges while showing her students the importance of resilience, self-acceptance, and overcoming adversity. Below are the top lessons learned during her appearance on the PE Huddle webinar with Dr. Robert Pangrazi. It’s not about what you can’t do. “If

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The Everlearner

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Take a look at each one and get stuck into some really, really popular PE teaching content: This week (and only partly because I am spending almost the entire week interviewing) I have chosen to share some published material. Below you will find my 10 most popular blogs in reverse order.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

How do you know what to teach in your physical education classes? 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. This made it easy for me to reference and teach my students about our learning goals.

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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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PLT4M

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At PLT4M, we teach and practice the underhand roll via fun and dynamic bowling activities for elementary PE. Teaching Underhand Roll Via Bowling Lesson Plans For Elementary PE Bowling provides an exciting and engaging way to teach the underhand roll in elementary physical education. Download Now! PreK-2: 1.2.6

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PE Scholar

JUNE 19, 2024

Applying effective teaching approaches to the 'how' of Physical Education (PE) In this series, we present six one-page summaries of key Pedagogical Models

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PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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PE Scholar

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

I heard this passing comment recently as I was teaching my year 10 girls how to lay up and it typifies many comments that I You can jump high for a girl!”

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PE Scholar

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Applying effective teaching techniques to Physical Education (PE) This series of PE pedagogy techniques follows our previous series on key PEdagogical

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SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Nilo was a preK-8 PE teacher and coach before going to higher education. Such experience has assisted his teaching, research, service, and advocacy efforts to support and improve the HPE profession. Nilo Ramos Nilo Ramos is an assistant professor and program coordinator of physical education at Coastal Carolina University.

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