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Building a Positive School Culture for Student Success

Gopher Sport

Establishing Shared Mission and Values We focus on establishing a shared school mission, values, and behaviors geared toward both academic and social-emotional success for every student. Our goal is to create a school culture that motivates and engages students.

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THE PITFALLS OF 'MORE, YOUNGER' MINDSET Why Starting Kids Too Early and Pushing Them Too Hard Can Backfire in Youth Sports

Better Coaching

When children are pushed beyond their developmental limitsphysically, cognitively, and emotionallythey may fall out of love with sports, lose motivation to continue, or develop chronic injuries that hamper their future athletic endeavors. Burnout often unfolds in stages: Enthusiasm: The child begins with high motivation and excitement.

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How to Motivate Staff to Lead Physical Activity in Your Program (Even if They’re Not Fitness Pros)

Skillastics

In this post, well explore how to motivate your staff to lead physical activities even if theyre not fitness pros and show you how Skillastics, an After School physical activity curriculum, can make the process both easy and effective. Simplify with Ready-Made Solutions A powerful way to motivate staff is to eliminate guesswork.

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My Top Takeaways from the Master PE Teacher Course

Gopher Sport

They are around teachers all day long and we are called and expected to improve personal and academic behavior. Pangrazi mentioned that, Students are engaged in meaningful time/conversations with their parents for about 12 minutes a day. That means they spend a lot of time with us! Our students learn to be responsible from responsible adults.

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2025 Student Health Trend Predictions

Magnus Health

Recently, educators have shifted their approach to well-being due to a renewed focus on mental health and its correlation to student motivation and behavior. Previously, you would often think about student motivation in terms of achievement and behavior management.

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Add Movement to the School Day to Boost Student Physical Activity and Learning

SHAPE America

Active learning strategies lead to less boredom and more intrinsic motivation to learn. Students who have the opportunity for regularly scheduled physical activity and more classroom movement benefit academically, physically, and socially. Ideally, we want students to love learning.

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Precision in Physical Education (PE) – What is its role?

Reinventing the Game

Insisting on precision takes a fair bit of time in the preparation phase, usually a teacher-centred process which leads to possibly external regulation for most learners (limited intrinsic motivation). To what extent does motivation comes in when we start with precision?