Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By: Gopher Community Physical Education teacher Heather Burd is not just an educator; she’s an example of resilience, compassion, and empowerment. But my community and teachers taught me a lesson early on: it’s not about what you can’t do. Heather’s journey is one-of-a-kind. It’s about figuring out what you can.”

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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. Thats exactly what Skillastics offers.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

You may still find older teachers and school curriculum still clinging to it. It doesn’t help that evaluation process across subjects prefer clear quantitative data to compare teacher performances. To what extent does motivation comes in when we start with precision? Or is it not? How about sport/game skills or abilities?

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

The Master PE Teacher course is an engaging and informative learning experience for educators of all levels and backgrounds. Although the course is geared specifically towards PE teachers at the elementary and middle school levels, there is certainly much to take away regardless of what you teach and the age of students you work with!

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Reinventing the Game

OCTOBER 23, 2020

For them, my attitude was to hear them out and present activities that was planned for by their original teacher. These two experiences are identifiable for many teachers. We do all this because our main business as teachers seems to be behavior manipulation. How do we connect the need (is there really a need? to this activity.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Schedule a 15-Minute demo to learn how PE teachers are ushering in a new age of Physical Education with Fitness and Technology! Even within structured electives, teachers can still allow students to take student choice a step further within the topic area. Ready to WOW your Admins?

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 17, 2025

At Gopher, we love highlighting teachers who bring energy and purpose to PE. 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! They got together to talk about what they learned.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Incorporating floor hockey into a physical education curriculum is a great way to get kids motivated and involved in physical activity. When it comes to introducing young players to the game of hockey, safety and performance are top priorities for teachers and coaches. Finding the right equipment can make all the difference.

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Moving Minds Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Just as phones and cellular service companies need updates and means to improve their value, schools need different techniques to encourage teachers to offer (or offer more) movement breaks. If the motivation to allow students to do activity breaks [.]

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SHAPE America

APRIL 18, 2023

Every May, we celebrate physical educators and coaches — the “champions” who help kids gain the confidence, competence, and motivation to be physically active in school, before and after school, and for the rest of their lives.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We explore some of the top physical education electives and how physical education teachers and programs across the country are encouraging lifetime fitness through a physical education electives model. >>> The school of over 2,000 students is seeing increased engagement, motivation, and participation.

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Better Coaching

DECEMBER 24, 2024

When children are pushed beyond their developmental limitsphysically, cognitively, and emotionallythey may fall out of love with sports, lose motivation to continue, or develop chronic injuries that hamper their future athletic endeavors. Burnout often unfolds in stages: Enthusiasm: The child begins with high motivation and excitement.

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PE Scholar

APRIL 25, 2024

Physical education teachers predicts objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) of adolescents.

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 16, 2025

By doing so, we tap into intrinsic motivation and create a sense of accomplishment, making each lesson not just a class, but an adventure. It helped my motivation because I had a lot of choice and control over what I was doing. I could see my students being more motivated by something like this.

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The Physical Educator

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Early on in my career, I had no idea how to motivate students in my teaching. Knowing this impact, how can we best support student motivation in our lessons? Self-determination theory looks at human motivation and tries to understand the factors that push or prevent people from wanting to learn and grow. Supporting Autonomy.

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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.

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Carly's P.E. Games

JANUARY 18, 2020

It's so much fun, and it motivates the whole school to learn about heart health! This video shows the tricks we do and gives demonstrations: Please check out my other links: My Teachers Pay Teachers Store: [link] My Webpage: [link] My Youtube Channel: [link] My Pinterest Page: [link] Check out the video below!

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Elementary PE Teacher

MAY 3, 2017

Let’s be honest, it’s tough keeping students motivated at the end of the school year. Students and teachers alike can feel the end of the school year winding down. So the question arises, how can we keep our students motivated and focused to finish strong in our physed classes, as well as their other classes?

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Gopher Sport

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Let’s start by accepting that students can’t separate how they feel about their teacher and physical education. If they don’t like PE, they probably don’t have a positive feeling toward their teacher and vice versa. Working in small groups or with a partner or friend may be just what it takes to motivate a student.

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The PE Specialist

JANUARY 20, 2022

Inspiring students is at least part of the reason that anyone originally decides to become a teacher right? I’m sure you have the same hopes and dreams I do. You know the one’s about students coming back to you one day and telling a story about how you made a big impact in […].

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School Yard

JANUARY 9, 2019

As an adult influence on students’ experience with health and fitness, physical education teachers can play a key role in encouraging students to make movement a priority throughout their lives. The post Motivating Students to Make Movement a Lifelong Priority appeared first on Schoolyard Blog | Teacher Resources | School Specialty.

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Carly's P.E. Games

JANUARY 15, 2019

It's a great way to motivate all of our students to learn jump rope skills, and focus on being heart healthy! Please check out my other links: My Teachers Pay Teachers Store: [link] My Webpage: [link] My Youtube Channel: [link] My Pinterest Page: [link]

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Active Schools Us

JUNE 6, 2024

Teachers can use adversity as an opportunity to help students get better, grow stronger, change, and learn. Students were given a Post-It to write a motivational message. Our job as teachers is not to ‘prepare’ kids for something; our job is to help kids learn to prepare themselves for anything.” However, adversity can be hard.

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Physical Education Update

JANUARY 27, 2023

But he’s only demonstrating the same ethics and motivations that drive most of our scholastic PE teachers and coaches. tags]Maurice Cheeks,national anthem,coaches with class,classy NBA player,summer vacation,physical education teacher, scholastic coach, school coach [/tags] Enjoy the video and have a great summer!

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Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

From this perspective, the role of the teacher is to help students 'build' memories. The making of memories and how they motivate future behaviour is something that I discuss in a blog here.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

But PE teachers don’t have to start from scratch every time. From introducing yoga poses to the strength-building techniques of weightlifting and the fast-paced fun of pickleball, teachers aim to create dynamic and inclusive curriculums.

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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. Maryrose works to adapt lessons accordingly, ensuring all students feel included and motivated.

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Gopher Sport

APRIL 19, 2024

Of the 4 standards, it’s probably fair to say that the new Standard 4 presents the most opportunity and some challenges for teachers. Helpful progressive statements are included to guide teachers from K through 12. This presents teachers with an opportunity to stay very true to the universal core values of physical education.

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Heartzones

OCTOBER 26, 2023

” ~ Dena Scudieri, PE Teacher at Joyce Kilmer School What was your first experience with Physical Education technology? “I love the MOTIVATION TO KEEP MOVING!” Dena shares how the admin is “in awe of the excitement and motivation that it brings her students.” “Heart Zones.

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Reinventing the Game

AUGUST 27, 2021

The preceding words do sound like a tired teacher rather than reality. All the mentioned recent events for me are encouraging because these are stuff that drives me but still overwhelming because of the need to carve out time to have the motivation and energy to want to embark on being better at it. Corbin (Corbin C.

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The PE Geek

APRIL 9, 2023

Personalized Feedback: Video feedback allows teachers to provide personalized feedback to each student. By reviewing each student’s video, teachers can identify specific areas where the student needs improvement and provide targeted feedback. According to a study by Graham et al. According to a study by Horton et al.

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Physical Education Update

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

“Fun” is a theory that physical education teachers have been practicing for decades. One of the main goals of good physical educators is to make fitness fun, because that’s the best way to motivate students into making physical activity part of their daily lifestyle.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

We have also run a Duct tape the teacher to the wall in the middle of the event to keep the momentum going. As a teacher I try to informally get some student feedback on what types of incentives they would like. Duct Tape the Teacher to the Wall: The “duct tape a teacher to the wall” was a huge hit and we will continue that event.

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PLT4M

JANUARY 27, 2025

Elementary physical education teachers have a lot to cover! Challenges Finding Elementary PE Lesson Plans For elementary PE teachers, finding the right lesson plans can feel like navigating a disjointed maze of resources. Platforms like Teachers Pay Teachers offer creative ideas, but most schools dont fund these purchases.

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FACTS Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Teachers are the heroes of your school. These living, breathing examples of your school’s mission, vision, and values regularly serve fellow teachers, students, parents, and community members. Showing teacher appreciation is an important part of increasing and maintaining morale, but it doesn’t have to be costly.

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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.

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Alexandra Lemm

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

For one reason or another, e very time I speak about my profession to someone who isn’t a teacher, I feel this. Every Tuesday, I highlight one teacher from my school and ask them to give me advice, a useful strategy to use in the classroom, or a story they would like to share on my Instagram. It just makes my career seem so small. ”.

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