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What Resiliency Means as a Marine

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This shared struggle not only builds physical toughness but also reinforces the mental and emotional endurance necessary to face real-world challenges with confidence and strength. Discipline and self-control keep me committed to my goals, while emotional intelligence, teamwork, and leadership remain keys to my teaching.

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

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If biking doesn’t work at your school, here are some other activity ideas: Running Hiking Strength Training Cross-Country Skiing The timing piece is critical. He has been teaching for 17 years and resides in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where he enjoys coaching and exploring the outdoors with his wife and three sons.

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

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These notes became the foundation for a two-part series we would later write for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), “Transitioning From Students of Teaching to Teachers of Students.”. As the clock ticks toward graduation, those innocent, every-once-in-a-while thoughts gain strength. Running the Race.

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Teaching Students to Overcome Adversity

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Finding Strength in Challenges Research has shown that people who have faced significant adversity are often more successful. It teaches us valuable lessons, builds character, and can help us reach our highest potential. We realize our full potential and discover our inner strength when overcoming obstacles.

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

It's when teachers are educationally purposeful and strengths-based in their planning, teaching, and assessment that physical education achieves the three dimensions of education in, through, and about movement.

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5 Ways to Celebrate PE & Sport Week in Your School … All Year Long!

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Start a Multisport Camp at Your School When teaching and coaching youngsters the rules, tactics and strategies of sports, the focus especially during the early years is to help them learn a variety of sports (sports sampling) and encourage multisport participation. Show how these skills are developed across sport.

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Wellness Warriors: Stepping up for Our School Staff

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Lasa Baxter from Wilde Holistic Nutrition and Fitness leads staff through a strength training workout that doesn’t require equipment. Health and Wellness Experts Bringing in professionals that can teach us about gut health, healthy cooking, Buti yoga, and a variety of other topics related to health and wellness has been extremely helpful.

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