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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Planning a Different Kind of Outdoor Recreation Outing When planning our first Gone Fishin’ trip, we began by looking for collaborators around the school building. Family involvement fills the gaps.

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How Professional Associations Have Made Me a Better Health and Physical Education Teacher and Leader

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When I started teaching, I had heard a little bit about the South Carolina Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (SCAHPERD), but at the time had no idea how this association would help me grow personally and professionally, transforming me into the educator I am today.

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

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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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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

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My name is Casey Page and I am a physical education teacher in Shelby County, Kentucky, which is a suburb of Louisville. I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

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Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Investigate local parks and recreation organizations that offer summer camps, activities, or sports teams and enroll your children in activities that interest them. Take your classes outside!

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This Is How My School Stocks Up on Kindness … and PE Equipment

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As a physical education teacher, I have been doing school fundraisers for 23 years. FUNdraiser , and 2022-2023 was our fifth year of participation. So far, we have supported our local Police Canine Unit (helping them get a new dog) and our Parks and Recreation Department. Kindness-Themed Lessons for Health & PE I use the health.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

SHAPE America

Our bikes became tools for community service, whether it was cleaning up litter at Ridge Road Recreation or handing out water to protesters at Black Lives Matter Plaza. The answer to the first was a unanimous “Yes,” but the silence following the second question spoke volumes.