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No Excuses! - A Documentary about Quality Physical Education

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QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY

• ​The Importance of Physical Education​​
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?

• ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits
• ​​Pledge your Support for Quality Physical Education

EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Teaching Strategies
• Planning
• Assessment
• Class Management

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• General Teaching Strategies
• Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
• ​Adapted Physical Education Resources​
• Social Justice and Diversity
• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs

• ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities
• ​Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences​​​
• How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum​
• 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​
  

TEACHER 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 Grants and Fundraising​​

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

• Examples of 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
• Dance - Additional Youtube Playlists

• 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
• Approaches to Teaching Physical Education

• Model Fidelity
• ​Where to Start? Finding a Pedagogical Place for a Pedagogical Model

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

 

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?

• 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 (ThePhysicalEducator)​
• Cooperative Learning Activities (PECentral)​​

• Cooperative Learning in #PhysEd: Putting the Pieces Together
• ​Creating a Tag Game using Cooperative Learning​​
• Routines through Cooperation​
• Sink or Swim Together (PEPRN)

 

Podcast​
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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

health based physical education

• Health-Related Fitness Models in Physical Education​
• ​The Development of a Pedagogical Model for Health-Based Physical Education

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

 

inquiry based learning

• 3 Ways to Learn More about Inquiry-Based Learning​​

• ​Inquiry-Based Learning in Health and Physical Education​

 

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 (PDF)

• ​Self-Guided Progression Task Sheets
• The Personalized System of Instruction in Fitness Education
• What is Personalized Learning?

 

Prezi Presentation

Example PSI for Volleyball (using Google Forms)

skill themes

• Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education
  
• ​FMS Manipulative Skill Posters​
• ​Functional Motor Pattern Posters​​

• Movement Concepts Posters​
• ​Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• Skill Themes PowerPoint (PDF)

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Example Progression

Movement Concept Wheel from Children Moving

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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)
• Example Unit Plans (scroll down page)​​

• Implementing a Sport Education Unit into Your Physical Education Curriculum
• Maximize Engagement: Sport Ed. & TGfU Hybrid Units
• Reflecting on a #SportEd Season
• Sport Education - Ultimate Frisbee
• Using GSuite for Sport Education​

Youtube Playlist

​Non-Traditional Scoring

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teaching games for understanding (and Tactical Games Approach)

• ​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 Wall Posters​​
• ​Maximize Engagement: Sport Ed. & TGfU Hybrid Units​
• ​Overview of TGfU
• Problem-Diagnosis Frameworks
• Questioning for Games Based Approaches
• ​Teaching Games for Understanding Website
• ​Thinking Differently not Just Well
• TMfU: Teaching Movement for Understanding

Example Activities and Lessons

• ​Example Lessons from CiRA Ontario​
• Example Unit Plans​

• ​PlaySport Example Activities
• Teaching Games for Understanding Activity Support Package​

teaching personal & social responsibility

• Disciplining Students by Promoting Responsibility​

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