PLT4M

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

But PE teachers don’t have to start from scratch every time. Whether you’re new to teaching or a seasoned pro, these PE lesson plan templates are your ticket to stress-free and successful PE instruction.

PE

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

In this article, we will explore the vast range of PE curriculum options from PLT4M. Challenges Creating Quality PE Curriculum Across Grade Levels Designing a PE curriculum that works across all grade levels isn’t easy. PE lesson plans have to balance structure with creativity. That freedom is exciting but overwhelming.

Motor Skills

Gopher Sport

MAY 1, 2025

At the International School of Creative Science in the UAE, PE teacher Maryrose Camara is bringing all of this to life in a dynamic, culturally rich program thats engaging students in ways that go far beyond the gym. Challenges of Teaching PE in an International School Teaching in a multicultural environment comes with its challenges.

PE

Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

So when we found out that Michelle Jenkins, Kauai Complex Area Resource Teacher, and her team used the Master PE Teacher course to level up the teachers in their district, we had to learn more! A New Way to Learn and Grow Michelle and her team were building a special training program for their teachers.

Teacher

Skillastics

APRIL 21, 2025

Lets be honest most after-school and expanded learning programs arent staffed with certified fitness trainers or PE teachers. Simplify with Ready-Made Solutions A powerful way to motivate staff is to eliminate guesswork. Creating a Positive Movement Culture Motivation is contagious.

Physical Activity

PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Challenges Finding Elementary PE Lesson Plans For elementary PE teachers, finding the right lesson plans can feel like navigating a disjointed maze of resources. Some focus heavily on teaching individual skillslike dribbling or jumpingbut lack engaging, fun activity ideas. Mike won “Elementary P.E.

Elementary

PLT4M

MARCH 3, 2025

Effective PE sub plans are essential to ensure that students continue to engage in meaningful physical activity no matter who is leading the class. 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

Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 27, 2021

The amount of administration to support teaching seems to have almost overwhelm actual direct teaching matters. Do we need more space and time to think of teaching and learning? It is space and time that comes with joy and satisfaction in teaching and learning for teachers. So recently, it has been crazy.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

JULY 12, 2024

This approach increases student engagement and fosters more organized and efficient teaching for you! I am a big believer in teaching through gameplay! Find games that incorporate your objective and teach it to your students. This plan should include specific, ensuring you teach all necessary standards throughout the year.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JUNE 7, 2022

Sean Fullerton is a former secondary physical education teacher and current Ph.D. In this article, Sean explores motivational theories in physical education. Understanding Motivational Theories in Physical Education Often the responsibility for motivation is placed solely on the student in physical education (PE) classes.

Motivation

PLT4M

OCTOBER 15, 2024

5 Tips For Physical Education While the challenges and concerns about technology in physical education are important to consider, none of them should stop PE teachers from taking advantage of 1 to 1 devices during PE. Finally, students work independently or in groups on devices without teacher leading lesson on projector.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 14, 2022

Formative Assessment For Physical Education The Eberly Center at Carnegie Mellon has a simple way of defining formative assessments : The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning. Find a Time.

Assessment

Learning Through Sport

OCTOBER 10, 2021

There is limited evidence of sport teaching in physical education transferring to physical activity participation 'beyond the school gate' in any numerical sense of significance. Teaching for understanding argument. Affective – the argument that focussing on the positive affect of movement will motivate continued participation.

Teaching

Reinventing the Game

MAY 1, 2021

I have been lamenting on this for our practise for some time, i.e. how we introduce movement evaluation cues directly as teaching cues to our learners. This is an extremely popular way of teaching for many. This brings to the forefront for me the role of cognition and its influence on how we teach.

Physical Education

Reinventing the Game

APRIL 14, 2022

It is a combination of work stress, doubts about alignment of what I want with what it should it be like to be a Physical Education (PE) teacher, fatigue, etc. We add to this challenge by also wanting to be very specific with our teaching outcomes, e.g. values, affective, skills , etc. So on and on the thoughts swirl.

Physical Education

PLT4M

JULY 31, 2023

By tracking their progress, teachers can identify individual student learning needs and tailor their teaching methods to suit each student better. It helps teachers and educational institutions evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculum and teaching methods.

Physical Education

PLT4M

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Aligning To Standards With PLT4M Schools in Illinois can take these 6 ISBE PE standards and outline curriculum that meets the individual needs of it’s student population. Plus other physical literacy and nutrition units help to address the health education components of the ISBE PE standards.

PE

Heartzones

MAY 30, 2023

“Students get instant feedback and it motivates students to move. What do you wish other PE teachers understood or knew about Heart Zones? After the first day of teaching students how to use the monitors it is a smooth process.” Friends and coworkers would describe Ami as positive, upbeat, and motivated.

Schooling

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. ” Slide from Funding Your PE Program webinar. .” These can keep you on task and motivated to funding physical education programs.”

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 28, 2024

Here are five reasons to start teaching tennis in your PE classes: 1. We are PE teachers. NetGenerationSchoolsManualGrades-3and4 Skill Development Videos: Not sure you are teaching the skill correctly, No Problem! USTA has teaching videos that are also found on YouTube and the free Net Generation App.

Schooling

Heartzones

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“I think Heart Zones is a very impactful tool that teachers can utilize to create a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) classroom…” ~ Brian Nassif, PE Teacher at Albert Einstein Academies What was your first experience with Physical Education technology? for their motivation to play/move.

Schooling

Heartzones

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

“ What I like most about using Heart Zones is being able to refocus my time, attention, and efforts on teaching rather than crowd control.” Mabry middle school’s PE program consists of a diversity of students. Chad Oates, the physical educator at Mabry Middle School, has been teaching since 2008.

Middle School

Gopher Sport

APRIL 10, 2024

Motivate Students and Increase Activity Time with BlazePod By: Kevin Hopp, Zeke Bailes, Hank van der Merwe In an age where sedentary lifestyles have become the norm, the quest for engaging and innovative physical education solutions has led to the introduction of BlazePod , a ground breaking Flash Reflex Training system into schools.

Motivation

Learning Through Sport

JUNE 30, 2021

Developments in curriculum frameworks around the world have formalised a rationale for critical thinking, problem solving and creativity in PE as elements in both curriculum design and in the wording of student achievement standards.

Convergent Discovery

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 4, 2022

I often read that in the 1970's the idea of 'quality' teaching began to transition from teacher-directed, explained from a behavourist perspective as direct instruction for replication of the teachers knowledge or the knowledge provided by the teacher and the skills and abilities demonstrated by the teacher, to student centred.

Agility

Elementary PE Teacher

DECEMBER 27, 2018

But finally, when that blessed break arrives, you’ll have time to breathe, regroup, and plan for how to motivate students the second half of the year. Here are seven ways elementary PE teachers can use winter break to prepare for spring semester. Teaching elementary physical education can be exhausting.

PE

Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Simon Emmerson, a passionate New Zealand-born teacher who now calls Australia home, leads the PE program at STFS. In this spotlight, Simon shares insights into his approach to teaching, the challenges and rewards of working in this setting, and the lasting impact he hopes to make on his students. Less talk, more do!”

Movement

Gopher Sport

AUGUST 16, 2024

Watch hundreds of PE teachers Hula hooping (some for of the first time) at TAHPERD! ChulaHoops offers professional development and curriculum that aligns with standards, making it possible to teach hula hooping to the entire class. Chula Hoops Curriculum: Unit One What are teachers saying about ChulaHoops?

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 19, 2022

Technology can be useful at enhancing teaching and learning in physical education by increasing physical activity (PA) levels (Melton et al., 2015), motivation (Melton et al., Specific teaching strategies to accompany technology can be helpful for teachers to ensure efficacy. 2015) and motor performance (O’Loughlin et al.,

Physical Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 21, 2023

The beginning of the school year is always a time of anticipation and excitement about what we are going to teach, maybe unpacking new equipment, meeting new students and figuring out the ‘specials’ schedule. What teaching strategies can we use to help our students enjoy physical education class? Simple right? Simply put, visuals!

Physical Education

Heartzones

AUGUST 24, 2022

Looking back over her years of teaching, she noticed that some things were great for the kids, some were just ok, and some were horrible – like mixing 6th – 8th grade co-ed classes into a small gym with 117 students… Yep, not a smart decision. Sandy Moore, Retired PE Teacher & Heart Zones Regional Manager. and Florida.

Schooling

Gopher Sport

MAY 18, 2023

Harrison Elementary PE teacher and health. 25% of those funds raised went to her school’s PTO and another 25% went towards her PE program in the form of a Gopher gift card. team champion, Briana Fuller, hosted a fundraising event for her school this past year. Her school raised over $2,500!

Health

PLT4M

JUNE 20, 2023

It is a powerful teaching tool that allows physical education teachers to show students how to do something correctly and with proper form. For example, if a student has grasped a classroom behavior, the teacher can highlight this and have the student model this behavior to the rest of the class.

Physical Education

Heartzones

JUNE 28, 2023

Four years ago, Ann Goff, the PE teacher at Lincoln Elementary, started researching heart rate sensors and step counters for her school when she came across Heart Zones. What do you wish other PE teachers understood or knew about Heart Zones? I also started using more technology in my class.

Elementary School

PLT4M

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

After creating a purpose statement for the PE program, standards-based curriculum follows these steps: 1) Identify and define relevant standards. 2) Identify specific skills, knowledge, and dispositions students should demonstrate to meet the standards. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: Classic definitions and new directions.

Assessment

PLT4M

JUNE 14, 2022

There is no one set way to teach physical education. All across the country, physical education teachers tweak and adapt physical education curriculum models to support their unique group of students. teacher in Arizona Her school just signed up for PLT4M, and the P.E. Sue is a high school P.E.

Physical Education

Heartzones

AUGUST 17, 2021

Darrel Salmi, Stillwater High School, MN teaching physical literacy using Heart Zones Methods. In the Stillwater School district in Minnesota, students had to choose between online or live classroom PE. Join the Smart PE movement to motivate minds and engage your students’ hearts this year. __. It is easy to request.

Schooling