PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

That’s why it’s essential to prioritize and plan a high school physical education curriculum that not only teaches the foundational elements of health and wellness but also encourages student choice, autonomy, and exposure to a wide variety of activities. A strong, inclusive PE curriculum can help close these gaps.

High School

Montessori Physical Education

APRIL 6, 2025

This idea is rooted in the Cosmic Education principle, which teaches students to explore ideas from “whole to part to whole.” By incorporating academic topics into physical education, you can support students' brain development by helping them build connections between different areas of knowledge.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

Although the course is geared specifically towards PE teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, there is certainly much to take away regardless of what you teach and the age of students you work with! They are around teachers all day long and we are called and expected to improve personal and academic behavior.

PE Teacher

Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

A well-designed sports program has the capacity to teach teamwork, sportsmanship, grit, leadership, and many other life skills, as well as a lifelong love for their game. Its important to note that sports can be incredibly positive for youth.

Sports

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In fact, banning phones opens the door for more purposeful and innovative uses of technology to enhance student learning and academic performance. Teaching students to use technology as a tool is essential in preparing them for success in today’s digital world.

High School

Stanford Childrens

MARCH 3, 2025

Regardless, teach kids to keep the volume level at no higher than half. often -has academic difficulties that cant be attributed to other causes -complains of ringing, buzzing, or other noises in their ears You can also contact your childs school and ask to be connected to an educational audiologist.

Academics

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Mark’s journey in education brought him to Arizona in 1982 where he began teaching adapted physical education at the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. Mark started teaching in the College of Education at the University of Arizona in 2008 in the Physical Education Teacher Preparation program.

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

It’s not just about teaching; it’s about providing emotional support, which can be draining and challenging. This can result in lower academic performance for the students directly affected and their peers who might be distracted by the situation.

Schooling

Montessori Physical Education

AUGUST 3, 2025

Students get extra practice with the vocabulary and concepts they’re already learning, while you gain insider knowledge that helps you feel confident teaching PE—even if it’s not your forte. You’ll see how Montessori philosophy shapes learning and makes powerful connections between PE and academics.

Schooling

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Structured physical activity improves concentration, teamwork, self-confidence, and even academic performance. Team-teaching an activity or rotating roles between observers and facilitators gives everyone a chance to learn by example. After-school programs are uniquely positioned to encourage active play.

Physical Activity

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.

Assessment

PLT4M

JULY 2, 2025

Whether educators are teaching elementary students or high schoolers, these benchmarks help create cohesive, age-appropriate learning experiences that prioritize both individual and community well-being.

Health Education

Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 1, 2025

Anxiety, depression, and behavioral challenges have become increasingly common, fueled by factors such as academic pressures, social media influences, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most pressing issues is the growing mental health crisis among students.

Wellness

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.

Physical Education

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.

Physical Education

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This often applies for those physical educators who teach academic subjects. A great example is Marilyn Rodgers of Hernando High school in Desoto Mississipi, an experienced physical educator whose teaching skills were considered too valuable to be wasted on “gym.” tags]physical education,teaching,history [/tags].

Academics

Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There has been more than enough lamenting here on our seemingly ‘babysitter’ job for ‘fresh air’ in between the more important business of academic, examinable subjects. Teaching Games for Understanding is a multi-step process. Follow the steps and good to go? Where should we start at and do we follow it in a particular direction?

Teaching

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.

Physical Education

Alexandra Lemm

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The other night, I was eating dinner with my husband when we got onto the topic of certain teaching misconceptions. Teaching can sometimes feel like a war of attrition. We are asked to teach an insane academic skill set to students whose primary language is not English. I have been told, “it’s not that hard.”

Teaching

Drowning in the Shallow

JANUARY 29, 2022

Children and young people will not automatically improve their movement, health, academic success or their pro-social behaviours just by participating in the subject. To ensure … Continue reading 20 mistakes I’ve made in my 20 years of teaching PE.

Teaching

Alexandra Lemm

JUNE 30, 2021

Along with that, time is usually of the essence while attempting to create and teach engaging lessons before the dreaded state test. When thinking of the teaching profession, it is easy to forget the tasks that are on the other side of the classroom door. This is the harsh reality of pandemic teaching.

Teaching

SHAPE America

JUNE 18, 2024

These effects can make it harder for students to focus on their academics, athletics, and other extracurricular activities. As an educator and a trusted source of information, you can help your students understand the risks of vaping, teach them how to build healthy coping skills, and ultimately empower them to live vape-free.

Education

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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. Students who are happily engrossed in their learning process are less likely to misbehave or lack effort.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

negotiating facilities use agreements, requesting funds from higher administration for women’s athletics, negotiating with faculty about academic vs. coaching duties). As department head, I prepared a time management survey and found that coaches spent much more time coaching than teaching and performing the academic-related tasks (e.g.,

Academics

Reinventing the Game

JUNE 15, 2021

These pair of words may sound simplistic and maybe even having negative literal connotations at first, especially if you have never encountered it with relation to learning and probably off-putting to someone who wants to teach better and got no appetite for seemingly obscure concepts. The concept of non-linear development comes in.

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is not easy to talk about on as they are those in the fraternity who take this very seriously and equates it to effective teaching, especially the more experienced teachers. Without doubt, such teaching approaches have resulted in successful learning and performances before but how confident are we on the efficiency of it?

Physical Education

Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Which leads us on to our next point… Teaching gymnastics is in line with the national curriculum. Gymnasts exercise body and mind.

Primary School

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A principal has low academic scores so he wants to cut recess. An administrator whose students were part of a breakout demo group for their teacher of the year presenter said, “Watching our students teach other school officials about brain breaks and acting as demonstrators for the WHPE presenters was exciting. Is this a good idea?

Physical Education

Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore the reasons why teaching Health and Physical Education is crucial and how literacy is the foundational skill upon which all knowledge is built. Curriculums around the world clearly recognise the importance of teaching literacy in Health and Physical Education. character development 2.

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

My personal dive (too shallow) into skill acquisition sciences is unsuccessfully not seeing the relationship/interaction aspect of classroom teaching environment, at least not so directly. For me, this relationship factor is a key driver of the teaching-learning environment that seemingly can make or break the context best-fit lesson.

Physical Education

The Everlearner

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Those of you who know me will know that I specialise in academic PE teaching. My career experience has spanned 22 years of PE teaching and 10 of those years were as a Head of PE in a specialist sixth form college with the biggest A-level PE cohorts that have ever existed.

PE

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Research shows that the motor skill development associated with consistent participation in physical education/activity can improve academic performance, cognition, visual-perceptual skills, attention, memory, and problem-solving skills ( CDC, 2010 ; de Greeff et al., 2018 ; Fernandes, et al., 2019 ; Kolovelonis & Goudas, 2023 ).

Physical Education

SHAPE America

JUNE 6, 2024

Creating a supportive space that enables the team to thrive despite external distractions — whether they be personal struggles, academic pressures, or unforeseen weather challenges — is significant. Leaders in any setting face a myriad of outside influences that can impact team dynamics.

Achievement

Active Schools Us

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The definition of physical education varies, but most agree it is an academic subject that provides standards-based curricula and instruction that are part of a well-rounded education. Physical education teaches students essential life skills such as teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. PE and recess are not the same!

Physical Education

Open Phys Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Teachers have told us that no matter what grade level they teach, they love looking through all three modules for quick and fun activities that reenforce fitness concepts while also providing health-enhancing physical activity that can build student fitness.

Fitness

Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 18, 2023

He is also the coauthor of the Corwin Bestseller The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement, a book and philosophy that has changed the view of teaching and learning around the world. The Kinesthetic Classroom 2.0 Corwin) was released in the summer of 2017.

Academics

Alexandra Lemm

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

At our last district professional development, I had the honor of presenting one of my very favorite teaching topics, stations with intervention ! In the teaching world, we define intervention as a teacher working independently with a small group (or one student) while assessing and helping specific students’ needs.

Teacher