Learning Through Sport

MARCH 23, 2025

School sport participation can be a conversation conundrum. I know many people don't have positive experiences with sport. I reckon that the research shows this is how the coach and others 'construct' and input into the sport environment rather than being inherent to sport itself. 1999; Westerbeek et al.,

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SHAPE America

MAY 22, 2025

Students move in ways they enjoy, explore their strengths, and reinforce skills that transfer to recess, sports and recreational life. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and the 2025 SHAPE America National Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. This is purposeful play.

Physical Education

SHAPE America

JULY 31, 2025

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. While the connection between teacher and student is important, it’s just the beginning. We talk about teamwork — not just in sports or activities, but in life.

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Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Growing up as an active sports enthusiast, she took her passion to the next level by earning a Physical and Health Education Degree and completing Teacher’s College in Canada. Embracing Innovation in PE Equipment Allison understands that engaging students requires more than just traditional sports.

PE

Mr. Kirsch

MAY 18, 2025

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. Field Day is where our passion meets purpose.

PE Teacher

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. It’s something I’ve faced every day of my life, from being unable to walk until age two, to figuring out how to play sports in elementary school with only one good hand.

PE Teacher

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. >>> Often the arguments against physical education stem from games and sports being the primary focus of the class.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Every Sport Has Its Defining Moment Every sport has its defining momentthat one skill athletes spend years perfecting. Few sports give you a true, measurable way to achieve perfection, but in bowling, its real. Its a sport of precision, mental focus, and strategy. In basketball, its the shot that could beat the buzzer.

PE

Gopher Sport

JULY 16, 2025

At Gopher Sport, our mission is simple! We help PE teachers and coaches make a difference by providing the best equipment to encourage healthy, active lifestyles. But don’t just take our word for it, hear directly from PE teachers across the country about why Gopher is their first choice. That’s more than we asked for.

PE Teacher

Gopher Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its simplicity allows for easy adaptation to different age groups and skill levels, making it an excellent tool for PE teachers looking to diversify their curriculum. These creative adaptations make Boardball an invaluable tool for PE classes, offering endless opportunities for fun and skill-building across various sports and activities.

Fitness

Gopher Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

SuperSafe Floor Hockey: A Unique and Safe Way to Teach Hockey in PE DOM Sports Hockey season is here! When it comes to introducing young players to the game of hockey, safety and performance are top priorities for teachers and coaches. About the Author: DOM Sports Win a DOM Supersafe Floor Hockey Set! (A

Teaching

PLT4M

JUNE 19, 2025

Some districts lower graduation requirements, citing sports or outside activities as enough. PE teachers can’t do it alone. School leaders—including PE teachers, curriculum directors, principals, and counselors—must work together to build a program that reflects the needs of today’s students. From the 2024 U.S

High School

What's New in Adapted Physical Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In this episode, we interview Nicole McCoy (@ ), an APE teacher in Lancaster, Pennsylvania about how she has transformed her teaching by integrating innovative assistive technologies. Nicole shares several examples of technologies that allow students to engage in meaningful sport and physical activity in a variety of unique ways.

Creativity

Gopher Sport

JUNE 27, 2025

The Builders School is a special place where students, teachers, and parents all work together to help kids grow. About Coach Jose: From Player to Teacher Coach Jose loved sports so much that it helped him finish college at the University of the Philippines. He says sports made him a better person. Yoga and Dodgeball?

PE Teacher

Learning Through Sport

MARCH 1, 2025

In this curriculum design there is insufficient time for the volume of practice required through deliberate play and practice to master technical and tactical skills of an activity to the level where a student previously not playing the sport can reach at least a social-recreational level of ability to play/participate in the activity.

Physical Education

Gopher Sport

MAY 29, 2025

The inventory spreadsheet is easy to share with administrators, parent-teacher organizations, and other organizations that may aid in funding your physical education equipment. In addition, you can invest in online professional development, such as Master PE Teacher , authored by Dr. Robert Pangrazi. Did your long-range plan work?

PE Teacher

Montessori Physical Education

JUNE 8, 2025

Well, here’s the quiet part out loud: Far too many PE teachers are failing to integrate their content with the broader school curriculum. Math teachers are weaving in coding. Science teachers are collaborating with art teachers. Language arts teachers are writing persuasive essays on environmental science.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The K-sixth physical education teacher at Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary School is devoted to making sure students exercise their bodies along with their brains. Her devotion paid off when she earned an honorable mention at the Arizona Educational Foundation’s 2025 Teacher of the Year Awards in October.

Education

Arizona Health and Physical Education

JULY 31, 2025

Hard to believe that a short 6 or 8 weeks ago, we were counting down to the END of the school year, and now here we are getting ready for another round of “meet the teacher” night! But I digress, it’s time to get ourselves ready for those early morning duties, after school meetings, sports practices and lesson planning! Simple right?

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For older children, using a sports metaphor of winning and losing might help them understand. Dr. Gaffney holds master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University and Rutgers University and earned her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. When you need inspiration, read it as many times as you like.

Schooling

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 31, 2025

This is because physical education teachers are educators. This leads to an important question that needs to be addressed by physical education teachers when planning a curriculum , What curriculum is worth planning in the time available? Sport Education. A season of sport. That means, the 'business' is student learning.

Physical Education

The Everlearner

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This post is written for PE teachers or those teaching or coaching young people in an educational setting.

PE

Montessori Physical Education

MARCH 2, 2025

Whether we like it or not, a (Montessori) classroom teacher is a salesperson, and you need to do everything in your power to grab the attention of the audience. As many of you know, as a Montessori PE teacher, I've always focused on integrating physical Education with the classroom curriculum.

Education

Montessori Physical Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

As a PE teacher in a Montessori school, I know my situation is unique compared to PE teachers in traditional schools. My class sizes are smaller than the horror stories I read about on Facebook from teachers who have to manage fifty or more students at a time.

PE Teacher

PLT4M

JULY 25, 2025

School districts and PE teachers often face the challenge of finding resources that are both high-quality and engaging for students of different ages, interests, and experience levels. Motor skills, fitness education, social-emotional learning, sport skills, and personal wellness all come into play.

Motor Skills

Gopher Sport

MAY 29, 2025

This might be a great time to try a new sport or activity. Colleague Collaboration: Talk to other PE teachers in your school or district. The end-of-year slump is real, but there are several strategies to keep your students active and excited about P.E. Let students have a voice in choosing games or activities.

PE Teacher

The PE Geek

JANUARY 7, 2025

Fitness testing has always sparked passionate discussions in PE and sport science. The Fitness Tests app is perfect for PE teachers, sport science educators, personal trainers, and sports coaches looking to streamline their fitness testing processes and empower their students or clients to achieve their goals.

Fitness

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. It also broadens their perspective on sports and fitness beyond the usual activities.

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Arizona Health and Physical Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While at ASDB, he helped to organize and develop the first ever Adapted Sports Program for sensory impaired, multi-disabled students. The program included opportunities in adapted sport organizations such as the Special Olympics, Disabled Sports USA and USABA.

Physical Education

Relentless School Nurse

MARCH 9, 2025

A sports injury on the field. In the often stressful environment of a school, we can be a source of support and understanding for teachers and staff. But it’s not just global pandemics that make our world sudden. It’s the everyday emergencies that can arise without warning. A severe allergic reaction during lunch.

Schooling

PLT4M

JULY 16, 2025

By designing lessons with Standard 3 in mind, teachers can help students grow into thoughtful, respectful teammates—skills that extend far beyond the gym. That’s where thoughtful planning and guidance from the physical education teacher comes in. As a physical education teacher, how you frame these activities matters.

Elementary

Learning Through Sport

JANUARY 5, 2025

The goal of physical education teaching is student learning and it is the teacher who has the responsibility for directing the learning through their curriculum (program design), pedagogy and assessment decision-making. Physial education teaching is therefore a goal directed activity.

Physical Education

PLT4M

AUGUST 1, 2025

Schools are moving beyond traditional team sports to provide more choice, variety, and accessibility. With PLT4M, teachers have a clear roadmap to follow. Sample Lesson From PLT4M Walk Fit The PLT4M Walk Fit program was developed with support from veteran PE teacher Christi Meyer.

Fitness

Gopher Sport

MARCH 3, 2025

In my setting, students are placed in groups of 3 with 8 lanes across the gym separated by border patrol hockey barriers purchased through Gopher Sport, you may have something else that works to separate lanes. This is a lot of set up but it completely worth it if you have the support from Administration and teachers.

PE

PLT4M

MAY 12, 2025

While invasion games are often associated with traditional team sports like soccer, basketball, football, ultimate frisbee, and hockey, they can also be adapted in creative and age-appropriate ways for students at all grade levels. Get Free Sample Lessons!

Elementary

The Everlearner

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Almost all PE teachers teach about the heart whether in GCSE or A-Level and I hope these eight facts may come in useful at some point. To celebrate this marvellous day for rose growers, chocolatiers and card companies, I thought I would nab the opportunity to write about the heart a little bit.

Teacher

The Everlearner

JANUARY 8, 2025

I am writing this post in order to challenge any PE teacher or course manager who operates in a qualification-based environment such as GCSE Physical Education, BTEC Sport, Cambridge National or A-level PE course. I want to take eight perhaps assumed concepts and challenge them in your mind.

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