PLT4M

JULY 15, 2025

A high-quality health curriculum is more than a requirement—it’s a powerful tool that equips students with lifelong wellness skills. As student needs evolve, so should the way we teach health. In this article, we break down what a modern health curriculum looks like at both the middle school and high school levels.

Health

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

As educators, we have a unique opportunity to promote health literacy among our students, staff, and families. This might involve teaching proper handwashing techniques to prevent the spread of illness, providing age-appropriate sex education, or offering guidance on nutrition and physical activity.

Schooling

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

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.

PE

SHAPE America

JUNE 4, 2024

When I began my teaching career in 2007, I was 22 years old. Four years of college had gone by faster than I could blink my eyes and then I was back in high school — now responsible for the education of students who were only four to seven years younger than me. I was scared out of my mind.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As educators, you know that National Health Education Week is a good time to focus on issues that affect the health of our nation’s youth. The Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center was created with the students’ health and teachers’ specific needs in mind. Vaping Nicotine Harms Youth.

Teacher

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

SHAPE America defines health literacy as, “…the ability to access, understand, appraise, apply and advocate for health information and services in order to maintain or enhance one’s own health and the health of others.” As health educators, it is important to teach our students to be health literate.

Middle School

SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? As a middle school health and physical education teacher, I know first-hand that initiatives impacting the whole school and surrounding community can be powerful.

Health

SHAPE America

MARCH 21, 2023

Because I still want my students to get outside for fresh air and some natural vitamin D, I’ve gotten creative with one of my favorite units, which focuses on a standards-based approach with teaching opportunities in social and emotional learning. One of the best outdoor activities I have found to teach these skills is sledding down a hill.

Elementary

SHAPE America

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are some tips to help you get started: For Teachers: Advocate for more outdoor recess and field days. Never underestimate your ability to create and teach new games and activities. Encourage them to teach you the rules and skills of the games. Take your classes outside!

Physical Activity

SHAPE America

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Ask, Listen, Learn Supports Health Literacy Designed alongside a team of educators and organizations specializing in elementary and middle school, the Ask, Listen, Learn underage drinking prevention program consists of 7 animated videos with accompanying lesson plans and activities that are ready for you to use.

Health

SHAPE America

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Several past presidents, the association’s executive director and secretary (a former HPE teacher and administrator) made more than 50 contacts speaking to school personnel from across the state. This task was assigned to the association secretary and a team of state, district and national teachers of the year.

Physical Education

Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

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.

Physical Education

PLT4M

MAY 22, 2024

Health education is a critical component of a well-rounded educational program, equipping students with the knowledge and skills they need to make informed decisions about their health and well-being. Let’s be honest, health class has a bad wrap!

Health Education

SHAPE America

MAY 31, 2022

As department head, I prepared a time management survey and found that coaches spent much more time coaching than teaching and performing the academic-related tasks (e.g., The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was charged with developing and administering Title IX legislation passed in 1972.

Academics

Human Kinetics

OCTOBER 9, 2023

By Anna Marie Frank, EdD, DePaul University In the presentation below, Anna Marie Frank shares how she supported pre-service teachers and helped them to adapt to the virtual environment. Presentation Material All content within this presentation, including accompanying handouts, is the copyrighted work of the author unless otherwise noted.

Teacher

PLT4M

JUNE 12, 2024

Middle school health curriculum is critically important because it targets students at a pivotal age when they are developing habits and attitudes that will influence their future health. Challenges Of Middle School Health Curriculum There has never been a sole curriculum or singular approach to health education within schools.

Middle School

PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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.

PE

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

Human Kinetics

JUNE 20, 2022

In the presentation below, Human Kinetics author George Graham shares about his career that has spanned teaching physical education at the K-12 level, university level, and, now retired, as a volunteer with the Boys and Girls Club. He discusses how to help students with basic motor skills by unpacking the PE standards. . .

Motor Skills

PLT4M

MAY 15, 2024

The program provides versatile classroom resources to facilitate conversations about the effects of alcohol on the developing brain with your students, while teaching them about the scientific effects of what they put in their bodies. Information about the program’s alignment to national education standards can be found here.

Nervous system

PLT4M

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

While Christi has retired from teaching after over 30 years in the field, she is still sharing insights and ideas for PE programs across the country. Check out her actionable steps to funding physical education programs. And if there aren’t options within the school district, many teachers are encouraged to look for grant funds.

Physical Education

PLT4M

APRIL 22, 2024

Instead, PE teachers can introduce basic gymnastics skills in just about any gymnasium or space. By keeping things simple, PE teachers can introduce students to the basic elements of gymnastics with some soft mats, balance beams (or even lines painted on the floor), and boxes or other elevated surfaces.

PE Teacher

Arizona Health and Physical Education

AUGUST 7, 2023

Finally, use this toolkit to share how this professional development experience will lead to more effective teaching and better learners in the classroom. This coming November 1-3, in Phoenix, my professional organization, Arizona Health and Physical Education, will be hosting its annual State Convention & Expo.

Physical Education

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

The Physical Educator

DECEMBER 5, 2022

When I made the jump from teaching to full-time instructional coaching and content creation, I knew that I needed to get crystal clear in regard to the philosophy that would guide my work. Through that reflection, the idea of a Full-Stack Physical Educator was born. Happy Teaching! However, I often failed to take care of myself.

Wellness

Heartzones

JULY 25, 2024

Physical Education Technology in Hong Kong See how Heart Zones’ wearable technology, or Smart PE, is spreading around the world with a glimpse into a primary school in China! The students at Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary are loving the new addition to their Physical Education program. ” Student Approved!

PE

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

The Physical Educator

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. Each post is designed to help teachers reflect on their practices and identify ways in which they can keep learning and growing.

Assessment

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

A Positive Approach To Teen Health

JUNE 1, 2023

As mentors and health educators we work to teach, cultivate, and grow empathy in order to end cycles of bullying behavior. It is the perfect time to tell your teacher that they did a good job this year, or that you are proud of your friend for making it through finals week.

Health Education

PLT4M

APRIL 30, 2024

Teachers and schools incorporate digital citizenship lesson plans to help students learn about the key aspects of living in a digital world. As schools search for ways to teach practical life skills, digital citizenship lessons are some of the best new lessons to add to the curriculum.

Health Education

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Shape America Conference 2024 Details Join your peers at the 2024 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo — the nation’s leading convention for health and physical education professionals—March 12-16 in Cleveland, OH. PLT4M streamlines the PE classroom to helps teachers spend more time doing what they love – teaching!

Physical Education

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Basketball as a concept might be the focus of one term of PE which is dedicated to the theme: education in movement. Basketball as a series of concepts to enable technical and tactical teaching as complimentary pairings Figure 2. to address specified focus areas (Figure 3). Multi-activity curriculum model (Image from Alexander, K.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

JULY 25, 2023

How do I decide what to teach?” 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. So how DO you decide what to teach?

Health Education