Tue.May 24, 2022

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My Title IX Story: The Personal Perspective of a Female Athlete and Coach

SHAPE America

I have always loved sports and participated in them my whole life. But looking back, it’s clear that my generation did not have the opportunities and benefits that exist today for female athletes at all levels. Growing up in New York City, I was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. I watched the games on TV, listened on the radio, and even went to the stadium a few times.

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Physical Activity in Schools: A Right, NOT a Privilege

Active Schools Us

By: Brian Dauenhauer, Ph.D., Associate Professor. University of Northern Colorado. By now, everyone knows the extensive benefits of physical activity. Schools, in particular, seem to be becoming more aware that they need to take a wholistic approach to education based on a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC; Lewallen et al., 2015) and physical activity is an essential component of any whole-of-school approach.

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How to plan an inclusive primary school Sports Day

Aspire-Ed

A key date in the school sports calendar is coming up. Sports Day is a chance to celebrate physical activity, improve teamwork, develop social skills, create healthy competition, build resilience and inspire active lives. But with opportunity comes responsibility. It’s your job to plan your primary school’s Sports Day, but it’s also your job to stay on top of everything else whilst doing it.

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Confidence is a Feeling, Competence is a Behavior

Changing the Game Project

We have all seen the interview many times. The star athlete comes off the field or court, and the first question the interviewer asks is “You were looking really confident out there today, what was your secret?” We might even say the same thing to our own young athletes that we coach and mentor: “Wow, The post Confidence is a Feeling, Competence is a Behavior appeared first on Changing the Game Project.

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Reimagine the Role of PE to Reconnect With Your Students

Speaker: Jeremy Kellem, M.Ed. - Educational Strategist, Former Athlete, and CEO/Founder of W.I.N. (We Impact Now, LLC)

For many students, physical education is critical to becoming active and developing healthy routines. But how is this possible anymore with the repercussions of the pandemic? Years of COVID-19, social distancing, and virtual learning have all had a profound effect on students, which means educators need to adjust their classes accordingly. The good news is that P.E. can still play a vital role in helping students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and socially.

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Sensory Pathways Made Easy: Definition, Examples & How-To’s

Fit and Fun Play

Looking for a simple, easy, and cost-effective solution to get kids moving and enhance their learning? Sensory pathways are the way to go (pun intended!). A growing body of research suggests that sensory play and physical activity that includes sensory play have positive effects on cognition, academic performance, brain development, and self-regulatory behavior.

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Impact of OSEP Personnel Development Grants on the APE Profession

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

Listen in on this very interesting podcast, where we have a different format where myself and our guest co-host Dr. Garth Tymeson (Emeritus Professor @ UW-La Crosse) had several generations of APE professionals on the podcast for a short time to discuss their experiences with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) personnel development grant.