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Service Projects: Paradise U and No Excuses Documentary

• ​​Paradise U Community Project​

• No Excuses! - A Documentary on a Transformation Project in Harlem

• ​Documentary Clips with Discussion Prompts​​​

QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY

• ​The Importance of Physical Education​​
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?
• ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits

• ​How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum​
• ​Join the Coalition for Quality Physical Education

EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Teaching Strategies
• Planning
• Assessment
• Class Management

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• Effective Teaching Strategies - General
• Effective Teaching Strategies - English Language Learners
• Effective Teaching Strategies - ​Adapted Physical Education
• ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities
• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs

• ​Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences​​​
• Social Justice and Diversity Resources​
• Advice for New Teachers
• Miscellaneous Articles and Videos​

• Planning Physical Education Units​
• Domains of Learning and Writing Learning Objectives

• ​​Instructional Models in Physical Education
• Teaching Styles in Physical Education​​​

• Assessment in Physical Education
• ​Rubric Guidelines and Examples

• ​Grading in Physical Education
• Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources

• Class Management Guidelines​
• ​Tools for Assessing Behavior​

• ​Resources for Building Character and Conflict Resolution​
  
• ​Strategies for Forming Groups​
  

TEACHing tools and RESOURCES

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

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• Physical Education Related Organizations
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• ​​​Safety Related Resources​

• ​​Resources for Physical Education DIY and Hacks​​
• Physical Education Related National Observances​​
• ​​​The Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms​​

• Examples of Creative Fitness Activities
• ​​​​Strategies for Activity Promotion and Adherence​

• Resources for Stress Management​
• 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​

• Information and Resources for Professional Development​
• ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​

• ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​

• ​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 and QR Codes in Physical Education

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Instructional Models in Physical Education

• Overview
• Selecting a Model
• Related Pages

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• An Example of a Starting Point for Models Based Practice​
• Adopting a Models-Based Approach to Teaching Physical Education
• Between Hope and Happening: Problematizing the M and the P in Models-Based Practice

• How to Motivate Students in PE Through Proven Instructional Models
• Model Based Approaches
• Model Fidelity
• ​​Where to Start? Finding a Pedagogical Place for a Pedagogical Model

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Components of a Model

• A theoretical foundation.
• Intended learning outcomes.
• Teacher’s content knowledge expertise.
• Developmentally appropriate and sequenced learning activities.
• Expectations for teacher and student behaviors.
• Unique task structures.
• Assessments of learning outcomes.
• Benchmarks for assessing the implementation of the model.

Questions to Ask Regarding the Unit

• What do I want my students to learn about the content?
• Which models have those same priorities?
• What are the contextual requirements for those models?
• How well does my context meet those requirements?

• What are the teacher and student prerequisites for the remaining models?
• Do I and my students have enough of those prerequisites?
• What modifications will I need to make for each model?

​Instructional Models for Physical Education. ​Metzler, M. (2011). 

• Planning Physical Education Units​
• Domains of Learning and Writing Learning Objectives​

• ​Teaching Styles in Physical Education​​​

 

Cooperative Learning

• Can Cooperative Learning Achieve the Four Learning Outcomes of Physical Education? A Review of Literature
• Cooperative Games
• Cooperative Learning Activities
• Cooperative Learning in #PhysEd: Putting the Pieces Together
• ​Cooperative Learning in Physical Education Encountering Dewey’s Educational Theory
• ​​Creating a Tag Game using Cooperative Learning​​
• ​​Routines through Cooperation​
• Sink or Swim Together​

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Jigsaw Cooperative Learning from Jorge Rodriguez on Vimeo.

Jigsaw Tagging Game from Jorge Rodriguez on Vimeo.

DIRECT INSTRUCTION

• Direct Instruction is a Model Too

#EDCAMP PE

• #EdCamp PE - A New Model of Instruction Where Students Lead the Way

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HEALTH BASED PHYSICAL EDUCATION

• Health-Related Fitness Models in Physical Education​​

• ​Toward the Development of a Pedagogical Model for Health-Based Physical Education

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INQUIRY BASED LEARNING

• 3 Ways to Learn More about Inquiry-Based Learning​​
• ​Inquiry-Based Learning in Health and Physical Education​

• Inquiry Based Lesson (video 1)
• Inquiry Based Lesson (video 2)

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PERSONALIZED SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION

• Effect of Personalized System of Instruction on Health-Related Fitness Knowledge and Class Time Physical Activity​
• Learning Basketball Skills Using PSI Teaching Progression Model​
• ​Personalized System of Instruction Model: Teaching Health-Related Fitness Content in High School Physical Education
• ​​The Personalized System of Instruction in Fitness Education​

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Example 1 - Volleyball Serve (using Google Forms)

Example 2 - Soccer Pass Quest (using Google Forms)

SKILL THEMES

Articles​

• Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching PE
• Learning to Throw in a Physical Education Class
• ​Skill Themes PowerPoint (PDF)

Resources

• ​FMS Manipulative Skill Posters​
• ​Functional Motor Pattern Posters​​
• Movement Concepts Posters​
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• scoilnet - FMS and Activities

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Example Progression
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Movement Concept Wheel
​Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education

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SPORT EDUCATION

• ​A Models Based Approach to PE: Sport Education
• ​Creating a Sustainable System for Sport Education Units
• ​Developing Assessment within the Sport Education Model
• ​​Episode 51 - A Sport Education (podcast)​
• Implementing a Sport Education Unit into Your PE Curriculum
• ​Maximize Engagement: Sport Ed. & TGfU Hybrid Units

• ​No Holds Barred - S​tudent Role Involvement During a Unit of Sport Ed
• Pedagogy Seminar on Sport Education with Hastie and Wallhead (podcast)
• Reflecting on a #SportEd Season
• Sport Education Lesson (video)
• ​​Using GSuite for Sport Education​

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• ​​Sport Education - General Resources​

• ​Sport Education Unit (Invasion Games)​

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Youtube Playlist

​Non-Traditional Scoring - Examples for Culminating Events

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TEACHING GAMES FOR UNDERSTANDING, TACTICAL GAMES APPROACH, and Game Sense

• ​A Models Based Approach to PE: TGfU
• A Tactical Games Approach Session in Rugby
• Breaking Down The Teaching Games for Understanding Model
• ​​Game Design by iPhys-Ed​
• Game Sense as Explicit Guided Discovery
• Getting It (TGFU)​

• Inquire to Inspire: Making Mindful Movers ​​
• ​Maximize Engagement: Sport Ed. & TGfU Hybrid Units​
• ​​Overview of TGfU
• ​Questioning for Games Based Approaches
• ​​Teaching Games for Understanding 101
• ​Thinking Differently not Just Well​

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Example Activities and Lessons

• ​​My Journey to Implement TSAP and A TGFU Badminton Unit
• ​PlaySport Example Activities
• Teaching Games for Understanding Activity Support Package​​

​Resources

• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs
• Game Sense Wall Posters​​
• Problem-Diagnosis Frameworks​

TEACHING PERSONAL & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Comparison of Learning Effects of Merging TPSR Respectively with Sport Education and Traditional Teaching Model in High School PE
• Disciplining Students by Promoting Responsibility​

• Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Alliance
• Teaching Physical and Social Responsibility Through Physical Activity