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SHAPE America
AUGUST 4, 2025
My teaching experience has made me realize that students just need a space where they feel comfortable moving. Why Personal Fitness Matters for Today’s Teens It is no secret that teenagers today face unique challenges: sedentary lifestyles, increased academic stress, and growing mental health concerns.
Montessori Physical Education
JUNE 8, 2025
Most PE teachers teach six, seven, or even eight classes a day with barely a moment in between. Rarely is it seen as an academic discipline with rigorous learning outcomes. It implies that our work isn’t academic, intellectual, or essential to student success. No visible ties to academics. Start small. Stay consistent.
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FACTS Management
JUNE 13, 2025
From robotics and debate to drama and environmental clubs, students are engaging in a diverse array of programs that enrich their academic experience and build lifelong skills. According to the U.S.
SHAPE America
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
No matter how you refer to it, lacrosse is a great game to teach your students in physical education class! 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.
SHAPE America
AUGUST 11, 2022
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.”. The heat really gets turned up as students enter the internship or student teaching phase. Running the Race.
SHAPE America
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
At the booth, they connected to school board members and administrators, spoke about standards and assessments, and handed out printed materials. A principal has low academic scores so he wants to cut recess. In 2009, WHPE once again connected to both school board members and administrators through exhibit booth interactions.
SHAPE America
OCTOBER 10, 2023
They perform better on standardized and functional assessments. Students who have the opportunity for regularly scheduled physical activity and more classroom movement benefit academically, physically, and socially. Teach students how to learn and to love learning. Active and healthy students are better learners.
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