SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

National PE & Sport Week (May 1-7) is just about here. And with the celebration of healthy lifestyles, active minds and bodies, let’s reflect on the importance of physical education and sports. SHAPE America’s National PE & Sport Week allows us to showcase, promote, advocate, and show off our best ideas.

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a school is celebrating a sports championship, they often go big: rallies, trophies, and loud cheers all around. During Health Literacy Month this October, it’s a good time to ask: What if we celebrated health literacy like we celebrate sports? In addition, check out SHAPE America’s health.

Health

SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

million, while women’s athletics received only a few thousand dollars from the Intramural Sports Club budget. The 1971 yearbook notes that women’s intercollegiate teams were “coached by members of the women’s Physical Education Department and sponsored by the Intramural Department. To support travel, lodging, etc., Volunteer Coaches.

Academics

Physical Education Update

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

You may have been involved in a such a debate – whether your local government should invest in local sports facilities – perhaps to be housed on your school property. Our mayor, in my mind a forward-looking politician, proposed a multi-use sports facility and performing arts centre for our city of 155,000. Absolutely not.

Recreation

Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 23, 2024

National PE & Sport Week is a celebration of the importance of physical education and health education, in addition to kicking off National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Health and physical education is a critical component of a well-rounded education.

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

MAY 23, 2023

Human Kinetics (HK), the premier publisher of K-12 and higher education resources for physical education (PE), health education, adapted physical activity, and dance, acquired the online school effective March 31. By Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL The PE Central Online School is under new ownership.

Online Schooling

Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

It helps students to develop a positive attitude towards their physical and mental health, which is essential for leading a healthy and successful life. This is where Physical Education teachers are vital. Of course, to do this, they must achieve set outcomes across reading, viewing, writing, comprehension and vocabulary.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 8, 2024

I am currently working on a few mental health education initiatives arsing from the Big Talks for Little People program for primary schools (see here ). Another initiative is the Big Talks for Little People Playing Sport program which is under development, with possible trials in Australia and Swedan later this year.

Health

Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

I have chosen this to challenge our association, our members and all AZ Health & Physical Education teachers. When I heard the quote above while listening to a Physical Education podcast with Mark Friedrich, I started to think about the times I stepped out of my comfort zone and “Took the Leap.”

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Students can practice and develop body control, balance, mobility, strength, and more through the fun and exciting sport of gymnastics. 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.

PE Teacher

i-phys-ed

APRIL 12, 2021

As an early career teacher, physical education to me was about sports and getting kids active.

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

MARCH 22, 2021

By Adam Mullis, Middle School Health and Physical Education Teacher and Coach. In the presentation below, Adam Mullis discusses the process of planning a curriculum for teaching students online, in-person, and a hybrid model. He also shares games and actives to engage all students. . . Presentation Material.

Middle School

PLT4M

JULY 27, 2022

Witness the long history of physical and health education in schools or the provision of meals and counseling. Therefore, even physical education should not be treated as something independent from learning knowledge and skills… Without some focus on wellness, it will be hard for every student to fulfill their potential.”

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

MAY 23, 2023

Human Kinetics (HK), the premier publisher of K-12 and higher education resources for physical education (PE), health education, adapted physical activity, and dance, acquired the online school effective March 31. By Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL The PE Central Online School is under new ownership.

Online Schooling

Heartzones

MARCH 24, 2022

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.

Obesity

PLT4M

APRIL 17, 2023

Physical education is an integral part of any student’s education. A fitness curriculum can help teachers to provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to stay fit and active. There are countless physical education curriculum models that PE teachers can adopt.

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thematic physical education curriculum In Australia, it might be considered that teachers are already directed to a thematic curriculum as PE is required (although no one is checking!) sport clubs) and terms or semesters (e.g. to address specified focus areas (Figure 3). Multi-activity curriculum model (Image from Alexander, K.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 26, 2023

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?

Physical Education

Heartzones

AUGUST 17, 2021

Use Your ESSER Funding for Health and Physical Education to Promote Social, Emotional, and Physical Learning. Funding is readily available for your school physical and health education program. Assessment is objective and based on effort, not sports skill ability.” It is easy to request. It is easy to get it.

Schooling

SHAPE America

JULY 25, 2023

The question above is one I am often asked as the person responsible for health and adapted/physical education in Oregon’s Portland Public Schools (PPS). PPS provides more health education than many school districts in the United States. And it is a fair question. These are your non-negotiables.

Health Education

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is Black Health and Wellness, which ties into the content areas of health and physical education. How can someone’s culture affect how they might take care of their health?

Physical Education

PLT4M

MARCH 4, 2024

Health education is a vital component of a well-rounded curriculum, as it provides students with the essential knowledge and skills needed to maintain and improve their health, prevent disease, and reduce risky behaviors. What Are Health Education Lesson Plans?

Health Education

SHAPE America

JUNE 20, 2023

It is, I believe, an essential part of our work as health and physical educators. LGBTQ+ Youth Need Teachers’ Support The most recent data from GLSEN’s National School Climate Survey illustrates why this work is so critical. of students reported hearing homophobic remarks from their teachers or other school staff, and 72.0%

Schooling

Arizona Health and Physical Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This year’s theme, according to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is Black Health and Wellness, which ties into the content areas of health and physical education. How can someone’s culture affect how they might take care of their health?

Physical Education

Human Kinetics

AUGUST 10, 2021

By Shonna Snyder, associate professor of Health, Sport, and Physical Education at Gardner-Webb University. . Planning is possibly the most valuable tool a teacher can employ. Using planning will make the life of a teacher easier because students will learn more and will learn more easily. .

Health Education

Spark PE

JANUARY 14, 2022

Across the globe, efforts to promote social distancing directly affected physical activity of youth by closing schools, which affected physical activity opportunities including physical education, recess, after-school sports and activities, and walking and biking to school. SPARK has the “Active Classroom” program.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

MAY 23, 2025

This dynamic, non-contact sport brings all the excitement of traditional rugby without the tackles. PE teachers are discovering how flag rugby creates inclusive, engaging lessons for students of all abilities. This simple act created one of the world’s most beloved sports. Today, rugby is played in over 100 countries.

PE