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Teaching Health & Physical Education - Everyday is the way

Physical Education Ideas

In a world where technology and innovation dominate, the importance of Health and Physical Education is often overlooked. 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.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

SHAPE America

Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities. Encourage them to teach you the rules and skills of the games. He is currently the coordinator of Physical Education and Health Education for Manassas City Public School in Manassas, VA.

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Masks Are the New Condoms for Public Health Education

ASHA

Masks Are the New Condoms for Public Health Education. Protesters often said that I was “teaching their kids to have sex.”. In 1987, Ric Loya, an ASHA member and a health teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District), and I co- coordinated the first national AIDS education workshop for teachers.

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5 Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in School

SHAPE America

average GPA), and were nearly twice as likely to report that they did not plan to pursue any post-secondary education (e.g., vs. 9.4%) We also know that sexual health education often stigmatizes or completely excludes LGBTQ+ youth. college or trade school) than those who experienced lower levels (16.6%

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Lessons Learned From Decades of Advocating for Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

Wisconsin State Education Convention attendees have come to look for both the WHPE booth and breakout sessions — and now understand that health and physical education is much more than “busy, active, happy”: there is curriculum structured around standards and assessments and delivered via best practices, which are student centered.

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The Relentless School Nurse: A Heartfelt Retirement Speech With an Advocacy Message

Relentless School Nurse

I know that Kathy will continue her leadership and advocacy, focusing on teaching in the Rutgers-Camden School Nurse Specialty Program and volunteering at the state level as an NJSSNA board member. We are often first to identify mental health challenges in our students. Nurses never really retire, especially school nurses.

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#PhysEdU North American Roadtrip

The Physical Educator

Physical and health educators have gone through so much over the past couple of years, which has taken a toll on the amount of time, energy, and attention that they can commit to professional growth. When most people think about physical education, one of the first things that comes to mind are games.