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5 Tips for Teaching Physical Education Without a Gym

SHAPE America

At some point, most physical education teachers have had to give up the gym for a concert, rehearsal, assembly, construction, or other school/community activity. And, although teaching PE without a gym is not ideal, it is possible. Here are some of my favorite tips for teaching physical education without a gym.

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

SHAPE America

What I’ve learned from these conversations is that even though our PETE programs may be different, our students are almost all struggling with the same issue — their professional transition from students to teachers. The heat really gets turned up as students enter the internship or student teaching phase. Running the Race.

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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

SHAPE America

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. We found them in the fifth and sixth grade teachers, who happened to be nature lovers (though not anglers).

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Teaching Rhythm and Dance In Physical Education

The Physical Educator

Dance is a polarizing subject in the world of physical education: some teachers love to teach it, other teachers can’t even imagine themselves teaching it. Despite it not being a part of every family’s traditions, dance is a part of our collective human experience.

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High School Teacher of the Year

Arizona Health and Physical Education

Do you know of an outstanding High School Physical Education Teacher? Educators who meet the eligibility requirements and exemplify the criteria for these awards may apply or be nominated by a colleague. A “teacher” is an individual whose primary teaching responsibility is in Health, Physical Education or Dance.

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What does the Adapted Physical Education teacher really do?

Arizona Health and Physical Education

If you are a certified physical education teacher, chances are you were required to take one 3-credit class in working with students with disabilities in your physical education classes. Let me see if I can provide a (kinda) clear picture of a day in the life of an adapted physical educator. .

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Power-Up Rhythm and Timing in Physical Education Activities

Gopher PE

Lynne Kenney with Zainab Khokha Physical Education class is an optimal setting for students to develop and practice the precursor skills that precede learning. Moreover, Physical Education promotes cognitive development by stimulating neural pathways associated with socialization and learning. 2019 ; Hardy et al.,