SHAPE America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a school is celebrating a sports championship, they often go big: rallies, trophies, and loud cheers all around. What if the entire school and community applauded students for developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to be health-literate individuals ? It might be a great fit for your school.

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Aspire-Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here we break down that impact and take a closer look at why gymnastics is an essential sport to teach in primary school. Teaching gymnastics develops key physical skills. Which leads us on to our next point… Teaching gymnastics is in line with the national curriculum. Gymnasts exercise body and mind.

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Gopher PE

APRIL 15, 2024

Volleyball is a hard sport to teach to lower grades but with the right equipment and proper cues and progressions it can be a fun engaging unit in your physical education program. Serving: Unique Teaching Cues: Meatball on a plate Your heel (of your strong hand) is the fork to hit the meatball off the plate.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

MARCH 5, 2024

Northern Arizona University is now accepting applications for a new, fully online program that offers a pathway to secure the Standard Arizona Physical Education teaching credential for those who already hold a bachelor’s degree in another field. Learn more at nau.edu/health-sciences/physical-education.

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 29, 2023

This is part 2 of the power of taking intentional pauses as part of the 2023-2024 school year. Taking intentional pauses as a school nurse is essential for your well-being and the quality of care you provide. This will improve the feeling of isolation and will better integrate you into the school community.

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 29, 2023

Creator: FatCamera – Credit: Getty Images The past few days have seen several disturbing headlines about the state of school nursing that do not bode well for our future. Here are some of the articles that prompted this blog post, as a counter-balance to the negative findings: Are School Nurses The Next Target of Moms For Liberty?

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 6, 2023

Over the last eleven years, I’ve had the honor of teaching the next generation of school nurses in the Rutgers-Camden School Nurse Certification Program. I guide adult learners, skilled nurses who are eager to step into the unfamiliar realm of school nursing.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

APRIL 22, 2024

Do you know of an outstanding High School Physical Education Teacher? A “teacher” is an individual whose primary teaching responsibility is in Health, Physical Education or Dance. Minimum of five years teaching experience in their field. If so, please consider nominating them for this award. NOMINATION FORM »

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 7, 2023

Why school nurses leave their positions has been on my mind a lot lately. The support for these school nurses who are leaving our ranks is plentiful and filled with sentiments like, “I might coming right behind you.” Remember, we teach people how to treat us. Remember, we teach people how to treat us.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 7, 2024

Wald’s journey began in 1893 when, as a young nurse from the New York Hospital Training School, she embarked on a mission to teach home nursing to immigrant families in New York’s Lower East Side. Witnessing the dire living conditions and lack of healthcare access, Wald was inspired to make a difference.

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Alexandra Lemm

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The other night, I was eating dinner with my husband when we got onto the topic of certain teaching misconceptions. 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. We are asked to reform it.

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Alexandra Lemm

JUNE 30, 2021

Along with that, time is usually of the essence while attempting to create and teach engaging lessons before the dreaded state test. When thinking of the teaching profession, it is easy to forget the tasks that are on the other side of the classroom door. This is the harsh reality of pandemic teaching.

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Slow Chat PE

JUNE 2, 2023

Notably, we observe positive shifts in areas such as elementary school fitness testing, the reconsideration of dodgeball, and the adoption of skills-based health education. Therefore, I invite you to engage with this blog using the same critical lens that we apply to ourselves and our teaching practices.

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Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I am sure that my use of Twitter as part of my school nursing practice was a factor in being inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the National Academy of School Nursing. I recently published: The Relentless School Nurse: Road Rage Has Come Out From Behind the Wheel.

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Relentless School Nurse

APRIL 26, 2023

Kathy McCutcheon, MSN, RN, NCSN, did her school nurse practicum in my office in 2003. She was an experienced nurse who had returned to school for her school nurse certification. We co-chaired the New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA) Spring Conference in 2019, before the world shut down.

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Relentless School Nurse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Often when you scratch the surface of behaviors we see in school, there is fear, anxiety, sadness or despair. After all, we have not been in true lockdown for more than two school years. Schools can only go so far in teaching civics, citizenship, whether in person and digitally, kindness and consideration.

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Stanford Childrens

MARCH 25, 2024

K-12 hospital school gives kids a chance for normalcy and connections to other kids during long recoveries At most schools, the two students would never have met. One boy was a teenager in high school, the other a child in early elementary school.

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Reinventing the Game

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

In my bigger teaching environment, much effort is also put into the character and citizenship development of the leaners and this role is expected of all teachers, including the academic teachers with clear examinable performance indicators. Teaching Games for Understanding is a multi-step process. Follow the steps and good to go?

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Relentless School Nurse

AUGUST 1, 2023

An actual illustration from a “safety pamphlet” given to children on the last day of school in one Texas school district… It was a really simple (or so I thought) question from a school nurse colleague who reached out to me because she wanted to provide a health lesson to her third-grade students about gun safety.

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Physical Education Ideas

MAY 2, 2023

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. Curriculums around the world clearly recognise the importance of teaching literacy in Health and Physical Education. character development 2.

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Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 21, 2023

Pat Hamilton, an Iowa School Superintendent, is choosing to reduce school nursing hours in order to “emphasize what our top priority needs to be, which is teaching and learning.” Cutting school nursing hours in order to save budgets directly impacts students. You cannot have learning without health.

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PLT4M

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

High school is an essential time for students to develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. From group activities to individual reflection, a variety of SEL activities can be used in the high school classroom. This article will explore 10 SEL activities for high school students. Social Emotional Learning wheel.

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Physical Education Ideas

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In my last blog post I outlined what physical literacy is, it's benefits and briefly outlined what it can look like at a school level. teaching in regard to the four domains of physical literacy. Pick one or two criteria per domain that you want to improve upon and have a go making a difference in your teaching.

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Carly's P.E. Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome back to school everyone! This is my 18th year teaching for Kenowa Hills Public Schools, and I must say, this has been the BEST start to the school year that I have experienced! Space Jam Warm-Up for the first month of school - Click Here Fitness activity called the "Train Game" - Click Here. (We

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Relentless School Nurse

JULY 5, 2023

A tribute to an amazing high school art teacher and her social justice-minded students who wanted to express their feelings about the impact of gun violence on them and their school communities. Meet high school art teacher, Lisa Wallenburg! Meet high school art teacher, Lisa Wallenburg!

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SHAPE America

MAY 23, 2023

That same month, tennis pro Steven Mingo came to my school. Steven was a joy to teach with and so very knowledgeable. In May 2022, I applied for my school to play exhibition matches for NetGen at the U.S. CYCLE Kids had Belgian waffles (“wafels”) from Wafels & Dinges delivered to the school. You can watch it here.

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The PE Hub

JUNE 29, 2023

Whilst we still encourage activity over the hotter months, it’s important to bear a few important considerations when teaching safe PE in the heat. PE and after-school clubs in the spring and summer terms are eagerly anticipated by many teachers and pupils. It’s important to bring hats, drinks, and suncream for protection.

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Human Kinetics

JULY 18, 2022

From Joncie Albright, PGMT , Physical Education Teacher at Locus Grove Primary School in Orange County, Virginia. . Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth Edition , is the one must-have book for all new and veteran elementary physical education teachers!

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FACTS Management

APRIL 10, 2024

Teaching is a rewarding yet demanding profession. Here are five strategies to help you better manage stress at school. Mindful Morning Rituals Start the day on a positive note by incorporating mindful morning rituals into your routine. Prioritizing your well-being is essential for maintaining an efficient classroom.

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SHAPE America

MARCH 14, 2023

We teach at the Ancona School, a small, progressive elementary school in the Hyde Park area of Chicago’s South Side. Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Why Fishing? Many have never fished before at all.

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Reinventing the Game

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

However, the broad educational aims and needs are constantly being acknowledge at the policy and whole-school publicity level. The understanding of philosophy and its role to teaching is part of any teacher training but how effective is its attempt to connect to everyday teaching practises and its long term application?

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Active Schools Us

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

metaphor to another type of educational leader: the school principal. All matters of daily routine, classroom instruction, curriculum and academic priority – indeed, the entire school ethos – assume form through the principal’s vision. Principals make choices about which direction the school should go and whether to pursue initiatives.

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Aspire-Ed

OCTOBER 12, 2022

As a result, it’s seen as a difficult and dangerous sport to teach, with teachers left apprehensive about delivering lessons. So how do you move from fearing the sport to making it one of your favourite to teach? The course gives you the skills, knowledge and confidence to plan, teach and assess primary gymnastics.

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SHAPE America

AUGUST 11, 2022

These notes became the foundation for a two-part series we would later write for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), “Transitioning From Students of Teaching to Teachers of Students.”. The heat really gets turned up as students enter the internship or student teaching phase. Running the Race.

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Active Schools Us

MAY 24, 2022

Schools, in particular, seem to be becoming more aware that they need to take a wholistic approach to education based on a Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model (WSCC; Lewallen et al., 2015) and physical activity is an essential component of any whole-of-school approach.

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Montessori Physical Education

JULY 30, 2023

However, if you’re like me, you can’t help but already start thinking about the upcoming school year. To help alleviate some of the new school year anxiety and replace it with excitement, I have three free lessons and a video to get your creative juices flowing. Finally, here is a fan-favorite lesson that teaches about food webs.

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Rennie Center

APRIL 4, 2023

Rethinking the Teaching Profession Community Forum Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 4:30 PM catherine-rauseo Tue, 04/04/2023 - 10:22 Zoom Register Teaching quality has a bigger influence on student achievement than any other school-related factor. How can schools rethink the "one teacher, one classroom" model?

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