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

SHAPE America

Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Make new friends through movement. Reach out to your local school’s physical education teacher for more information and opportunities. Take your classes outside! Make it a friendly competition.

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Educator: Lara Cox is Queen Creek Hometown Hero for November

Arizona Health and Physical Education

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

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ISBE PE Standards & Curriculum Alignment

PLT4M

The 6 ISBE PE standards help to outline the guiding principles for developing the physically literate individual through physical education. We unpack these 6 standards and how physical education teachers can utilize PLT4M to align to the Illinois learning standards. Want to see how PLT4M aligns to all 6 ISBE PE standards?

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Gymnastics Lesson Plans

PLT4M

When it comes to preparing for gymnastics lesson plans in physical education, you don’t need an Olympic style set up from pommel horses to parallel bars. Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. Teachers can pair and match different drills depending on total class time.

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PE Sub Plans

PLT4M

When a physical education teacher can’t be in class, whether due to illness, professional development, or personal matters, the show must go on. Well-thought-out PE sub plans not only help maintain the flow of the class but also ensure that students stay active, motivated, and safe, even in the PE teachers absence.

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Heart Zones Trailblazers: Darrell Salmi

Heartzones

At a glance: High school PE teacher (25+ years) and assistant football coach at Stillwater Public Schools in Stillwater, MN. . Awarded Minnesota State Physical Education Teacher of the Year 2018. Croix Education Association Distinguished Teacher – 2017. TIES Technology Exceptional Teacher – 2013.

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Shape America – Enhancing Physical Education

PLT4M

As Shape works to enhance physical education across the country, PLT4M is proud to be a part of the mission. PLT4M is a proud premier Shape America member dedicated to the shared mission of enhancing physical education for teachers, students, and schools. Why is Physical Education Important?