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Quality Physical Education Advocacy

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•   No Excuses! Documentary  
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• The Importance of Quality Physical Education
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?
• Health Organizations that Advocate for Quality Physical Education​
• Articles on the Benefits of Quality Physical Education​

• Articles on Physical Activity and Academic Performance
• ​Videos on Physical Education, Physical Activity, and Academic Performance

• Watch our Free Documentary No Excuses!
• What People Have Said About No Excuses!
• ​​Documentary Clips with Discussion Prompts

• Advocacy Clips from the Documentary
• Bonus Footage from the Documentary
• Documentary Team and Contributors

• ​Resources for Evaluating a Quality Physical Education Program
• ​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits

• ​​​Advocacy Infographics
• Pledge your Support for Quality Physical Education

• The Importance of Recess and Play

• Guidelines and Resources

• Brain Breaks and Class Based Activities

Effective Teaching strategies

• Teaching Strategies
• Class Management
• Assessment
• Articles and Videos

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• General Teaching Strategies
• Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
• Teaching Styles​​
• ​​Instructional Models
• Planning Units

• Activity Promotion and Adherence
• Strategies for Asking Questions
• Debriefing ​​Information and Guidelines
• Debriefing Techniques
• ​​Cross Disciplinary Examples

• Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences

• Class Management Guidelines
• Class Management Techniques
• Tools for Assessing Behavior
• ​​Strategies for Learning Student Names

• Strategies for Forming Groups
• Character Development Resources
• Bullying and Conflict Resolution Guidelines and Resources

• Assessment Guidelines and Resources
• Types of ​Assessment with Examples
• Authentic Assessments Guidelines and Examples
• Rubric Guidelines and Examples

• Domains of Learning
• Grading in Physical Education
• Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources

• Advice for New Teachers
• How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum
• Physical Educators as Role Models

• Social Justice and Diversity
• Miscellaneous Articles
• Miscellaneous ​Videos

Teacher resources

• Teacher Resources
• Fitness
• Instructional Videos
• Professional Development
• Technology

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• Physical Education Organizations
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• Resources for Adapted Physical Education
• Resources for Grants and Fundraising

• Inspirational Education Videos
• Physical Education DIY and Hacks
• Physical Education Related Observances
• ​Safety Related Resources
• Web Links and Articles for Parents

• Examples of Fitness Activities
• Examples of Incorporating Fitness and Fitness Concepts
• Resources for Weight Training and Conditioning

• Resources for Stress Management
• Fitness Facts for Students 
• Online Resources for Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

• Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution

• Dance - Overview and Resources
• Dance - Folk and Line
• Dance - POCO LOCOs
• Dance - Ballroom and Social Dance
• Dance - Additional Youtube Playlists

• Professional Development Information and Resources
• Journals for Physical Education and Sport
• Social Media Resources for Physical Educators
• Teaching Evaluation Forms

• Resources for Finding and Landing Jobs
• Resources for P.E.T.E. Graduate Students
• Resources for Undergraduate P.E.T.E. Clubs​​

• ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
• Apps for Physical Education
• Online Technology Resources
• ​Projector Uses in Physical Education

• ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
• 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
• Augmented Reality in Physical Education

Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution

Icebreaker and teambuilding activities are a great way to start off the year with new students. The small investment of time that these activities take is returned exponentially. Benefits include:

• Creation of a warm social climate
• Students and teachers learn each other's names quicker

• Improved social skills
• Higher participation levels

• Greater student enjoyment 
  
• Decrease in off task behaviors

Name Games

General Icebreakers

Click Here to Download Instructions for Icebreakers and See our Playlist of Tag Games

Teambuilding

Conflict Resolution

Download instructions below and see this crowdsourced document for more activities. Also see our Debriefing Information and Guidelines and Debriefing Techniques pages.

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All of these activities come from the Ice Breakers & Openers CD-ROM of The Inspire! ​Youth Series from Learning Support which graciously allowed this site to use some of their content free of charge.