Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

By thoughtfully integrating a variety of skills and activities, we ensure that every studentespecially those who identify as non-PE or non-athletehas the opportunity to achieve success, develop confidence, and ultimately discover their unique movement niche. Why Gamification in PE?

Physical Education

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Despite this, more schools are allowing students to opt out of PE. PE is often the only consistent opportunity for personal fitness, especially during the school day. When schools remove or reduce PE, they unintentionally widen the gap for underserved groups. A strong, inclusive PE curriculum can help close these gaps.

High School

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

The school also entered teams in after-school and during school time sport opportunities such as the state 'all-school' competitions, and had x2 50 minute lessons of physical education for all students to Year 12 as well as elective PE for senior secondary 'leaving certificate-tertiary admitance score' study. Keane, F., & McTeer, W., &

Sports

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

Forbes explains that parents need to see the value in APE, but that starts with us showing them what their children are achieving. By improving communication, developing meaningful relationships, and sharing the impact of APE, PE/APE teachers can create higher quality PE experiences for students with disabilities.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

We have put together a free sample of elementary PE lesson plans that are sure to spark excitement with elementary students in physical education class. Challenges Finding Elementary PE Lesson Plans For elementary PE teachers, finding the right lesson plans can feel like navigating a disjointed maze of resources.

Elementary

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

No program can achieve all that is possible or ambitioned for physical education as physical education programs have limited time (see for more discussion the last blog). Gallahue, 1996) is designed around individual student's developmental needs rather than achievement of content-specific goals. Developmental physical education (DPE).

Physical Education

PE for Parents

JUNE 6, 2025

Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. Her work has been featured at national conferences including, but not limited to, the American School Health Association, SHAPE America, Rural Summit: From Cradle to Career, SNA ANC, and the International Studies Association. Case A, et al.

Wellness

The PE Geek

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fitness testing has always sparked passionate discussions in PE and sport science. The Fitness Tests app is perfect for PE teachers, sport science educators, personal trainers, and sports coaches looking to streamline their fitness testing processes and empower their students or clients to achieve their goals.

Fitness

Gopher Sport

MAY 29, 2025

Curriculum Review: Did your units achieve their learning objectives? Colleague Collaboration: Talk to other PE teachers in your school or district. Were there any activities that fell flat? Take notes on what resonated with students and what needs tweaking.

PE Teacher

Montessori Physical Education

MAY 4, 2025

Now, it is common to see the game being played in school for PE or during various festivals. Too much protection limits growth, and in the story, the parents had to be literally separated to achieve room to flourish. Many years later, in 2006, France and New Zealand played the first international Ki-O-Rahi match.

Dance

SHAPE America

JULY 27, 2023

And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement , schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. It creates a sense of belongingness and camaraderie that is difficult to achieve when done in smaller groups. Don’t do it!

Wellness

SHAPE America

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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. What’s New in the USA Lacrosse PE Curriculum. Incorporate Lacrosse in Your PE Classes.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

MARCH 24, 2022

Educational systems and disciplines around the world implement standards that outline the achievement expectations for students. Jonathan Jones Jonathan Jones is a 15-year physical educator in Prince George's County, MD, serving as an elementary teacher and PE resource teacher.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you often find yourself wondering or asking in an online community what you should do in PE this week or next week or how to start, then you picked the right article to read. So, starting with these standards as the foundation for deciding what you do is imperative to helping your students achieve those goals.

Physical Education

Drowning in the Shallow

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A week does not go by without some big claim being made about the positive developmental benefits of PE. PE will sort out children’s behaviour, better prepare children for the work place and create a fit and healthy nation. This week’s big claim is that PE will improve children’s academic achievement.

PE

Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 11, 2024

The Perfect Physical Education (PE) classroom – What does it look like? Is PE a guilt-trip subject for education systems to ensure there is a balance in their existence? I have to find some consensus as I have been a PE teacher for almost three decades and that is bound to mean something. The struggle is real. environment.

Physical Education

Drowning in the Shallow

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

PE positions developing children’s behaviours as either one of its main outcome or as a means to achieving other valuable aims. Either way PE openly promotes itself as ‘the’ subject that can enhance grit, or resilience, or cooperation or any number of ‘education through movement’ outcomes.

Movement

Drowning in the Shallow

MARCH 13, 2022

It is estimated that around 70% of change initiatives fail to achieve their planned … Continue reading 10 thoughts on PE curriculum change.

PE

Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In a recent sharing by our highest education trained in-charge person in the nation, much of the discussion revolved around taking care of the learners in the best possible way without a focus on wanting them all to be alike in objectives and achievements. Listed below are series of seemingly random encounters/questions/observations/etc.

Teaching

Drowning in the Shallow

JANUARY 29, 2022

To achieve that we need to become more intentional with how we shape PE, what we fill it with and how we offer it. To ensure … Continue reading 20 mistakes I’ve made in my 20 years of teaching PE.

Teaching

PE Scholar

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Investigating the potential differences in motor competence and physical fitness between pupils with different academic achievements in PE.

Physical Fitness

The PE Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

PE and physical activity support positive well-being for people of all ages, as they help to lift your mood and release endorphins. This is, of course, true for young people, and at The PE Hub , we firmly believe that physical activity helps promote healthier all-around development.

PE

PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The 6 ISBE PE standards help to outline the guiding principles for developing the physically literate individual through physical education. 6 ISBE Pe Standards There are 6 ISBE PE standards for physical education teachers to consider. There is a lot to cover in a short amount of time during a semester or school year.

PE

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. came after a discussion with a fellow teacher in the all-consuming discussion of what PE is and what it should look like. Are our teaching models, strategies, approaches, etc.

Physical Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SMART goals for PE give a great structure and outline to allow every student to set challenging yet attainable goals within physical activity and overall health. Often, people find themselves setting bigger goals that can take time to achieve. ” Goal setting can help to contextualize PE classes. What are SMART goals?

PE

Montessori Physical Education

OCTOBER 2, 2022

One of the most frustrating things that happen on a way too frequent basis is students who don't go to PE because they are held back by a classroom teacher. The pressures of academic achievement mean that things are sacrificed at the altar of grades. PE should be a non-negotiable. PE has become incentivized.

PE

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Notably, the site provides free, standards-mapped lesson plans that support teachers’ efforts to help students achieve health literacy around vaping as defined by the National Consensus for School Health Education.

Health

PLT4M

AUGUST 9, 2024

Many PE classes at the high school level look to take essential steps to transition students from school to an adult life that still values and prioritizes personal fitness and wellness. PE teacher Sue Mathewson displays PLT4M curriculum options on a smart board at Hammond Central High School. Ready to WOW your Admins?

Fitness

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

When I was a kid, I thought the point of PE was having fun. Is the goal of PE to learn the rules of basketball and baseball? The answer to all of these is yes, but they are not the goal of PE. These are all objectives that should be addressed in PE. That framework is made up of achieving objectives in the class.

PE

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our adapted PE program (THE PEOPEL PROGRAM, (Positive, Effective, Outcomes, Peers, Enhancing, Lives)) will have a three-week unit on our wall learning to traverse and eventually climb. His schedule is so tight, but he refuses to miss any time in PE. On the opposite wall is a 40-foot traversing wall.

PE

Physical Education Ideas

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

So, let's lace up those sneakers, grab your lucky charms, and get ready for a PE class filled with shamrockin' games! Emphasize the importance of cheering for teammates, working together to achieve goals, and congratulating opponents on a game well played. Patrick's Day party if you have time.

Gyms

Active Schools Us

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Physical education (PE) is critical to students’ overall development. However, PE is often portrayed negatively on television and in movies. Having well-trained, passionate PE teachers is essential to the success of any physical education program. PE and recess are not the same!

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 15, 2023

For example, the three-sport varsity athlete is in a sport season all year long and therefore doesn’t also need PE. This still means that the local school district must approve and adopt this policy, but schools have a growing option to offer students waivers for PE. Full STUDY Students in marching band.

Physical Education

PLT4M

OCTOBER 27, 2022

PE teachers can choose from endless PE activities without equipment. We share six examples of fitness-focused pe activities without equipment and provide a downloadable PDF of even more lessons for your physical education class. One group does a pe activity with equipment, while the other does an activity without equipment.

PE

Physical Education Update

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But is it the sport most influenced by PE drugs? The fact is, track provides a big paycheck to very few people…a way to achieve a college scholarship perhaps, but it’s not considered the pathway to a multi-million pro sport career. Hopefully these professional sports will now take honest measures to prevent PE drug use.

PE

Physical Education Update

AUGUST 16, 2022

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Physical Education

Montessori Physical Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The ability to teach through games would become my life's calling, as that is what I strive to do with PE lessons that integrate with the classroom curriculum. The game's rules must be made so that players don't feel artificially constrained by me to achieve the specific outcome I seek.

PE