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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

My name is Casey Page and I am a physical education teacher in Shelby County, Kentucky, which is a suburb of Louisville. I also coach golf and am an assistant athletic director at our school, but I have always thought of myself as a teacher first. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time.

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Mike Graham, PE Teacher, Partners with PLT4M

PLT4M

Mike Graham, PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid, is joining forces with PLT4M to enhance elementary physical education for students and teachers alike. Mike Graham, a dedicated PE teacher and founder of PE 4 Every Kid. The obvious choice? Mike won Elementary P.E.

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The Heart Behind Field Day

Mr. Kirsch

Field Day is more than an end-of-year event for elementary physical education teachers. As an elementary PE teacher, I spend the entire year helping students build skills, confidence, and a love for physical activity. Its a celebration of movement, community, and the spirit of childhood.

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3 distinctions PE Teachers should know

Drowning in the Shallow

When we reduce things down to its simplest level the PE Teacher has only two things they have any control over to influence children’s learning in PE and making it a meaningful experience. The second is their teaching behaviours … Continue reading 3 distinctions PE Teachers should know →

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Daily Physical Education as an Academic and Behavioral Intervention

SHAPE America

Teachers recommended 24 fifth-graders and 24 sixth-graders, who were then split into two groups per grade. So, I made a presentation to our school team, and they were on board to do a study. Bike Intervention Program My school’s new approach to intervention began about three years ago when we partnered with Outride to pilot a research study.

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The PE Teacher as Bricoleur

Drowning in the Shallow

Bricoleur is a French word that means ahandyman who makes use of any and all the tools at hand to complete a task‘ I see part of developing expertise as a PE teachers through this lens. The first reason for this is that teaching PE requires the constant responding to persistent challenges.

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Enhancing PE Teacher Wellbeing

PE Scholar

Enhancing teacher wellbeing: strategies for improving PE teacher wellbeing, and the role of schools in supporting their educators.