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Simle Middle School Raises $3,000 with health. moves. minds. Event. Here’s How!
Mission – Promote, Support, and Participate in Quality Physical Education. Quality Physical education is provided every class period to students. We enhance students’ lives and provide them opportunities and education to become physically literate individuals for the rest of their lives. We select the month of March and the March Madness theme to extra emphasize and promote the importance and need for quality physical education.
15 Spook-Tacular PE Games
As we approach the spookiest time of the year, bring some Halloween magic to your gym class! We’ve brewed up a list of Halloween-themed physical education games and exercises that will have your students howling with excitement. From witch broomstick relays to haunted header soccer challenges, these activities are sure to make your PE lessons a ghoulishly good time.
Fundraising Blueprint: How Wyoming School Raised $2,500 with health. moves. minds.®
*health. moves. minds.® is a fundraising program where 50% of funds raised go back to your school! Get started with your event by completing this short interest form. Harrison Elementary PE teacher and health. moves. minds.® team champion, Briana Fuller, hosted a fundraising event for her school this past year. Her school raised over $2,500! 25% of those funds raised went to her school’s PTO and another 25% went towards her PE program in the form of a Gopher gift card.
Superheroes Unite to Raise $2.5K+ with health. moves. minds. Here’s How They Did It!
What is health.moves.minds.? The health. moves. minds.® fundraiser brings together the lessons, activities, and community-building ideas that help students live their best life. Physical Educators hold an event to fundraise for the national SHAPE America Organization, their state SHAPE Organization, and a choice of taking 50% of the funds raised to grow their Physical Education equipment or dividing the 50% and pledging 25% of the funds raised to a local non-profit.
Promoting Lifetime Activities in Secondary Schools
This month the PE Huddle will focus on “Promoting Lifetime Activities in Secondary Schools.” For the past 40 years, physical education professionals have talked about the importance of graduating students who will be physically active throughout their lifespan. We will discuss and analyze why this important goal has not taken hold in many of America’s schools.
Leave Yourself Behind; Join the Team [Interactive] – Gopher PE Blog
The other day I saw a poster and it said leave yourself behind join the team. That might be something we want to think about telling our students as we start to pull them together on the team of their PE class.
What is Physical Education? – Gopher PE Blog
[0:02] Let’s start by asking a basic question today, what is physical education? Is it just about keeping kids busy, happy, and good? More in a minute. [0:33] I’m gonna start you thinking by reading a quote to you and this quote is from a paper written by George Graham, one of my favorite educators who wrote this back in 2015, “Physical education teachers have the task of turning kids onto physical activity for a lifetime.
Join the PE Search and Rescue Team [Interactive] – Gopher PE Blog
“Search for the good in our students and rescue those who need help.” [0:02] Join the PE search and rescue team. At the end of this Huddle, you’ll know why I want you to join! [0:28] Recently, I drove by a Planet Fitness Gym and Fitness Club, and it had a large 20 ft sign on the front of the building that said, “Welcome to the Judgement Free Zone”. I immediately thought of physical education classes opening the school year on a positive note.
Now is the Time for Change [Interactive] – Gopher PE Blog
[0:02] Change is a word that often stirs personal concern and worry. Even if you are told that it will make things better, you have a bit of resistance because it is coming from an external source. [0:36] How many times have teachers been asked to expect a new approach or curriculum after summer break? I have often observed that school systems work on a 3–5-year plan.
Dynamic PE: From Textbook to Website [Interactive] – Gopher PE Blog
[0:02] So what’s the connection between the Dynamic Physical Education textbooks and the DynamicPEASAP.com website. Hang tight and I’ll fill you in. [0:38] The Dynamic Physical Education program, curriculum, philosophy, variety of other terms that could be used, has been around since the 1960s and before I go any further talking about this, I want to be crystal clear that this program is built on the shoulders of Dr. Victor P.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Education
Please log in or create an account to download a personalized certificate. In this week’s episode, high school PE teacher Jason Gemberling joins to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on students, families, and PE.
Improving the Quality of Online Teaching
Join us to learn about practical ideas and strategies to make your online instruction exciting and effective. Both guests have been teaching for nearly a month and have been working diligently to take their instruction to the next level. Maria Corte is a past SHAPE America (formerly AAHPERD) High School Teacher of the Year for the Mesa School District in Arizona. She has received many awards for quality programming and teaching.
Three Professions in One - Let’s Unify [Interactive] – Gopher PE Blog
In this episode of the PE Express podcast, Dr. Robert Pangrazi explains the three levels of Physical Education and why they differ. He also shares why it’s important to support each other and how criticizing colleagues is hurtful to the profession. [0:02] Physical education has never been a unified profession. Most of us agree that fitness, activity, and skill development are important outcomes.
Professional Development
Please log in or create an account to download a personalized certificate. This week, The PE Huddle features Jessica Shawley, a SHAPE America National Middle School Teacher of the Year from Idaho. Jessica will share how her role has evolved as a teacher-leader in the current climate and over the years in areas like curriculum development, grant writing, technology, school wellness, and professional engagement.
PE Express - A Physical Education Quick Tip Podcast
Throughout my career I’ve often wondered, is what I’m doing and what I’m teaching really making a difference? During this past year, I’ve had to teach in just about every teaching style there is. I’ve had to teach all remote, asynchronous, synchronous, hybrid, all in person, and one thing this pandemic has taught me is that there is absolutely no substitute for in-person teaching. I will never again doubt how essential our role is as PE teachers.
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