Category: Health & PE
As physical education teachers, we want students to leave our programs with a toolbox full of knowledge and skills to support meaningful physical activity engagement. This can be done …
Now that pandemic-related regulations on in-person gatherings are easing up in the United States, it’s time to start thinking about professional development opportunities for the coming year. If you’re …
The concept of teaching young people essential health skills they’ll need throughout their life is nothing new. Within the National Health Education Standards (which were created in 1995, revised …
As a physical education teacher, I check in with my students at the beginning and end of every class using the Zones of Regulation, which is a great tool …
Have you ever asked your students what they need from your class and how you can best support them? Asking these questions will help you make your health and …
How do I do this? If you’re a health and physical educator, chances are you muttered that question — in some form — when the pandemic forced schools to …
Today’s globalized society requires students to possess critical thinking, communication, socio-emotional, and language skills in order to collaborate with individuals from different cultural backgrounds. Elementary health and physical educators …
Would you like to know if your physical education curriculum meets current expectations in the field? Are you confused about what makes a quality physical education curriculum? Are you …
If you are teaching a skills-based health education curriculum based on the National Health Education Standards, many natural connections exist between your health lessons and social and emotional learning …
In his recent book, “On Inhumanity,” David Livingstone Smith discusses the reasons why people participate in acts of dehumanization. At the outset, he explains that humans have a propensity …
