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What Resiliency Means as a Marine

SHAPE America

This shared struggle not only builds physical toughness but also reinforces the mental and emotional endurance necessary to face real-world challenges with confidence and strength. Discipline and self-control keep me committed to my goals, while emotional intelligence, teamwork, and leadership remain keys to my teaching.

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Fitness Through Play: How to Reimagine Physical Education for Lifelong Wellness

SHAPE America

When we teach both the why and the how of physical activity, we move beyond compliance we create connection. This is how I teach the intensity as it relates to the FITT principle.) Empower Students Through Voice and Choice Motivation soars when students have a say in how they move. We are not just teaching games.

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Building a Dream Team: Cultivating an Inclusive and Joyful PE Culture

SHAPE America

As a middle school physical education teacher, my goal is for all students to have a place where they feel valued, supported and motivated to participate. I teach my students that it’s not about being the best — it’s about lifting each other up and finding joy in movement.

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SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE

Gopher Sport

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! Incorporating floor hockey into a physical education curriculum is a great way to get kids motivated and involved in physical activity. This encourages overall balance practice and coordination.

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How Physical Education Plays a Core Role in Student Development

Speaker: Shane Pill PhD, MEd, BEd, LMACHPER, FACHPER - Physical Education and Sports Researcher, Professor, Consultant, and Speaker

By providing education in movement competency, education on using movement to develop the ability to be self-regulated and motivated, and education through movement to develop ‘habits of mind’ for positive and constructive engagement with others, PE provides a basis for personal and community health and wellbeing.

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Physical Education Electives

PLT4M

Class options and names include: Intro To Weightlifting Advanced Weightlifting Athletic Performance Strength Training Strength & Conditioning Let’s take a closer look at MACCRAY High School in Minnesota that grew it’s weightlifting elective course from 6 students to 6 sections.

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Participation In PE – A Playbook For Success

PLT4M

Focus on teaching lifelong skills in various domains and units to prepare students for an active future. Teachers need to be equipped with skills and resources to teach specific electives they might not be comfortable with. “We We have female athletes doing strength training.

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