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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

You’ve got to coordinate, sense, process, integrate, inhibit, and continually make decisions.” 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.

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The Heart Behind Field Day

Mr. Kirsch

As PE teachers, we design engaging stations, coordinate volunteers, adapt for all abilities, and often pull it off with limited resources. Its the intentional planningensuring stations are inclusive, games are adaptable, and every student feels like a champion.

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Health and Physical Education Leaders Seek Election to SHAPE America Board

SHAPE America

She also coordinates the Physical Education Master’s Certification Program at the University of Maryland College Park. Nilo Ramos Nilo Ramos is an assistant professor and program coordinator of physical education at Coastal Carolina University. She has an Ed.D. He has a Ph.D. in kinesiology (sport pedagogy) and an M.S.

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

With the help of several different avenues (especially my family youth service coordinator, Christina Olsson), I always have funding, so no student misses a trip because they can’t afford it. I teach at a school where about 50% of the student population is considered “disadvantaged.” I think this also leads to a positive class culture.

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The Relentless School Nurse: RFK Jr. Fired the Nation’s Vaccine Experts – School Nurses Must Not Stay Silent

Relentless School Nurse

We coordinated vaccine clinics. And now that rhetoric is shaping national policy. We’ve Been Here Before—And We Know How to Respond When COVID-19 brought fear, chaos, and division, school nurses showed up. We were the steady voices in the storm. We fought for equity. We kept showing up, day after day.

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SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE

Gopher Sport

Solo Skill Practice Stickhandling Drills : Have students practice weaving the puck or ball through cones (or any other obstacles) to improve their hand-eye coordination and stickhandling skills. This encourages students to work on their coordination and stick-handling skills in a fun and engaging way.

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Tips for Gaining National Recognition for Your PETE/HETE Program

SHAPE America

I volunteered to assist the health education (HE) and physical education (PE) teacher preparation program coordinator. Irene Cucina Irene Cucina is a professor and program coordinator of Health and Physical Education Teacher Preparation in the Health and Human Performance Department at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.