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      • Activities and Lessons
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      • Activity Promotion and Adherence
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  • ​Welcome
    • About Us
    • Parents and Administrators
    • Search Page
    • Sitemap
  • Service
    • Paradise U Community Project​
    • Coalition for Quality Physical Education >
      • Coalition for Quality Physical Education
      • Most Important Job in America
      • SPARTAN Races
    • Other Projects
  • Advocacy
    • Importance of Physical Education
    • Quality Physical Education
    • Advocacy Resources for Physical Education
    • "No Excuses!" Documentary
    • Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms
  • Pedagogy
    • Physical Education Pedagogy >
      • General Strategies
      • Adapted Physical Education
      • English Language Learners
      • Cross Disciplinary Examples
      • Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs
      • Miscellaneous Articles and Videos
    • Physical Education Pedagogy Continued >
      • Social and Emotional Learning
      • Social Justice and Diversity
      • Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences
      • Engaging Families
      • Advice for New Teachers
    • Assessment >
      • Assessment in Physical Education
      • Rubrics for Assessment
      • Grading in Physical Education
      • Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources
    • Class Management >
      • Class Management Overview
      • Tools for Assessing Behavior
      • Techniques for Forming Groups
    • Planning >
      • Planning Physical Education Units
      • Domains of Learning
      • Instructional Models in Physical Education
      • Teaching Styles in Physical Education
  • Resources
    • Physical Education >
      • Activities and Lessons
      • Physical Education Related Organizations
      • Physical Education DIY and Hacks
      • National Observances Related to Physical Education
      • Safety Related Resources
    • Fitness >
      • Activity Promotion and Adherence
      • Creative Fitness Activities
      • Stress Management Techniques
      • Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Resources
    • Instructional Videos >
      • Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution Videos
      • Instructional Dance Videos
      • Dance Resources
    • Professional Development >
      • Information and Resources for Professional Development
      • Social Media Resources
      • Teaching Evaluation Forms
      • Podcast
    • Technology >
      • Technology in Physical Education
      • Online Resources
      • Mobile Apps
      • Projector Uses in Physical Education
      • 360 Degree Photos/Videos in Physical Education
      • Augmented Reality in Physical Education
      • Virtual Reality in Physical Education
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YOUR CART

Miscellaneous Articles and Videos


Field Trips
  • ​Field Trips (Edutopia)​​
  • School Trips: The Value of Experiences
Getting Feedback
  • ​​End of Year Surveys With Google Forms
  • How Actions are Perceived
  • ​​Just Taught My Last PE Class This Year. Now What?
  • ​​Never Let your Kids Leave Without…(Surveying)
  • Reflecting on the Year's Accomplishments
  • Student Feedback In Physical Education​​
hosting Student teachers
  • 6 Ways Veteran PE Teachers Can Help Newly Hired PE Teachers
  • Clarifying Developmental Supervision
  • Developmental Supervision Alternative Practices for Helping Teachers Improve Instruction​
  • ​Helpful Tips for Hosting a Student Teacher (Twitter chat)
  • Supervision in Physical Education Teacher Education Programs: Making the Case for Paired Placements
  • Supervising Your Faculty with a Differentiated Model
  • The Developmental Approach to Supervision
  • ​Tips for Hosting a Student Teacher
Miscellaneous
  • 4 Easy Ways for Health and PE Professionals to Support Classroom Physical Activity
  • 8 Epic Ideas for Ending the School Year
  • ​​​​A Glossary for the Current Education Debate
  • Back to Teaching – Postpartum Series
  • Language Matters in the Gymnasium​​​​​
  • Overcoming Your Teacher Fears
  • ​​​Proper English in #PhysEd
  • Shopping Carts for PE?
  • Teaching With A Challenging Colleague
  • ​Why We Need to See Each Other Teach
Physical Educators as Role Models
Editorials
  • 4 Reasons Why We Must be Good Role Models: Teaching Virtues by Walking the Walk! 
  • ​A Philosophical Position on Physical Activity & Fitness For Physical Activity Professionals
  • Being a Role Model and Helping Instill Healthy Habits in Students​
  • ​​​Code of Conduct for P-12 Physical Education Teachers​
  • Podcast - Get in PE Shape!!!
  • ​​Rationale for and Practical Ways to Model Health and Fitness as Physical Educators and Coaches
  • ​​Role Modeling in HPERD: Do Attitudes Match Behavior?​
  • The Secret Life of PE Teachers: Exercise, Eating & (Un)healthy Habits​​

​Research
  • ​Are Overweight Physical Educators at a Disadvantage in the Labor Market?
  • ​Are Physical Education Majors Models for Fitness?​
  • ​​Physical Description and Job Attainment in PE
  • ​The Effect of a Female Physical Educator's Physical Appearance on Physical Fitness Knowledge and Attitudes of Junior High Students
Preparing for substitute Teachers
  • ​9 Ways to Prepare a Substitute for Your Tough Class
  • Helping the Substitute Teacher Succeed​
  • Let’s Get Physical: Substitute Teaching & P.E.
  • Substitute Plans for Elementary PE
  • Substitutes and Diverse Learners: How to Prepare
  • Substitute Teacher Guidelines & Information for Physical Educators
Relationships and Student Motivation
​Physical Education
  • ​Conversation Starters
  • ​Fostering Relationships Through Games
  • ​How a P.E. Department Designed a Compassion-Based Curriculum​
  • How to Create a Positive Culture in Your PE Program
  • ​​How to Motivate and Inspire Students
  • Immediacy of Action​
  • ​Unpacking Student Motivation

​General Education
  • ​5 Epiphanies for Reaching the Unreachable Learner
  • 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students
  • 5 Ways to Engage Reluctant Students
  • ​12 Ways to Avoid Student Humiliation
  • ​22 Ways to Build Relationships for Educational Success​
  • ​Heroic Music Stimulates Empowering Thoughts During Mind-Wandering
  • How Ending Behavior Rewards Helped One School Focus on Student Motivation and Character
  • ​How to Develop Empathy for Someone Who Annoys You​
  • ​​Positive Words Go a Long Way
  • ​The Magic of Validation
  • The Take Care of Me List
  • ​​“Walk & Talks” Are Extremely Effective Way To Connect With Students
  • Welcoming Students With a Smile​​​
Running/walking Clubs
Websites
  • 100 Mile Club
  • ​​Girls on the Run
  • Marathon Kids​​
  • Mileage Club
  • PHIT America AMPED
  • The Daily Mile​

​Articles
  • ​Adding Morning Fitness Clubs in Your School
  • How to Create a Before-School Fitness and Running Club
  • How to Lead an Accessible Sensory Walk
  • How to Start an After-School Running Club for Kids
  • Implementing Successful School Run Clubs: Lessons Learned from a District-level Initiative in Boston Public Schools
Small Sided Games
  • 8 Reasons Why You MUST Use Small-Sided Games​
  • Ministry of Football - Small Sided Games​
  • ​​Size Matters When it Comes to Playing Fields for Kids

Staying Motivated and Preventing Burnout
  • ​A Letter to the Part of Me that Wants to Quit Teaching
  • Begin Again
  • ​Fighting The Funk: Staying Balanced As An Educator
  • ​​Naomi Hartl - Video on Twitter
  • Put on Your Own Mask: Secondary Trauma in Education​
  • ​​Recharging My Batteries
  • ​​Recovering From a Fall (Part 1) by Daniel Tennessen
  • Recovering From a Fall (Part 2) by Daniel Tennessen​
  • ​Staying Current and Energized as a Physical Educator
  • Tackling Teacher Burnout, Demoralization and Self-Care
  • Teacher Burnout Homepage (Edutopia)
  • The Liberating Joy Of Saying “NO”​​​​​
TEACHING - general
  • 6 Models of Co-Teaching
  • 10 Ways to Give a Better Lecture
  • ​​11 Major Teaching Mistakes to Avoid
  • A Six-Phase Model for Learning and Retaining Information
  • ​​Boosting Your Teacher Credibility
  • Bringing the Community Into the Classroom
  • ​How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model
  • ​The Deficit Model Is Harming Your Students​
  • ​The Sciences of Teaching
  • ​The Teacher Curse No One Wants to Talk About​
  • ​Top 20 Principles for Pre-K to 12 Education
  • Why Students Forget—and What You Can Do About It​​​​​​
TEACHING - Physical education
  • 7 Minutes out of 45 MVPA
  • A STEP Away from the Lesson Plan
  • ​Avoid Delays: Keep the Momentum Going​
  • Does Your Gym Floor Help You Teach?
  • ​Finding Meaning through Choice PE
  • ​​Integrating PE in a Montessori Environment
  • ​PE Liability Issues: How to Protect Yourself
  • ​Structured and Unstructured Contexts In Physical Education
  • ​Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching Models in Physical Education (video)
  • ​​Tapping into Student Creativity
  • Teaching Large Class Sizes in Physical Education​
  • ​​Times When You Won’t Hit a 50% Physical Activity Target in a PE Class​
  • Tips from T.O.Y.S.
  • Top 10 Reasons Why Children Find Physical Activity to Be Fun​
  • Using Music as a Teaching Tool in Health and Physical Education
  • Why Free Play Outside Should be a Part of Every PE Program
TEACHING - Start of the School Year
  • Back to School P.E. Teacher Checklist
  • Back to School Tips for PE Teachers
  • First Day PE Lesson Plan! Rules, Games, & Expectations
  • ​First Days of School Routine​
  • How I Start My School Year: Lesson One
  • Mr. Graham's Week 1​ (Grades 3-5)​​
  • ​​My First Week of School Lesson Plan
youth Sport and Single Sport Specialization
  • Bio-Banding Aims to Put Youth Soccer Teams on Equal Footing
  • ​Factors Influencing Girls’ Participation in Sports​​
  • ​Play More Sports
  • Single-Sport Kids Feeling the Strain of Specialization
  • Single Sport Specialization Special Issue (Journal)
  • Sport Psychology Blog​
  • ​​Sports Drinks aren’t ‘Recharging’ your Kids. They’re Just...​
  • ​Sports Specialization and Intensive Training in Young Athletes​
  • ​Student Athletes Who Specialize Early Are Injured More Often​
  • Youth Sports Specialization Defies Logic
  • ​Why 70 Percent of Kids Quit Sports by Age 13​
  • Why Kids Quit Sports
DECIDING WHERE TO TEACH
  • ​International Teaching - Is It for You?
  • Should You Switch Grade Levels?
  • SHAPE America - Career Center
  • ​Taking the Leap: Changing School Districts​
  • Teaching Overseas
Finding and Landing Jobs
  • ​​How to Rock That Teaching Job Interview​
  • ​Interview Questions for Health and Physical Education Teachers​
  • ​​Interview Tips for Physical Educators
  • ​Securing Your Job in PE - Part 1
  • ​​​Securing Your Job in PE - Part 2
  • Suggested Job Interview Questions for Health Education Teachers
  • Suggested Job Interview Questions for Physical Education Teachers

Advice for Job Interviews




ONLINE RESUMES
Online resumes are a great way to show potential employers your abilities. More than just paper, you can include photos, videos, links, and much more (see this example). Our Online Resources page has a section dedicated to web design with links to internet resources that help you easily create your own website or you can use E-Portfolio sites such as Portfoliogen.

See additional resources: ​​8 Résumé Tips Just for Teachers, Developing a Portfolio - Tips and a Checklist, and Do I Need a Digital Teaching Portfolio?
HISTORY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
In addition to the Youtube playlist below, check out this article "Problems of Physical Education" from 1893.

The future of Physical education
  • Physical Education Teacher Education Leaders’ Perceptions on a National Curriculum in Physical Education
  • ​Raising the Stature of Physical Education Through (National) Curriculum​
  • ​​The Future of Physical Education After Covid-19​
  • What Should the Field of Physical Education Promote in the 21st Century?
Physical education teacher education Recruitment
  • A Snapshot of Recruitment in Health and Physical Education Teacher Education: Results from a National Survey
  • Breaking from Traditionalism: Strategies for the Recruitment of Physical Education Teachers​
  • Developing a Future Teachers’ Club to Facilitate Physical Education Teacher Recruitment
  • ​Diversity Matters: Recruitment Into the Health and PE Profession
  • How to Increase Enrollment in Undergraduate PETE Programs
  • If You Build It, They Will Come (or Not): Going the Distance in Teacher Candidate Recruitment
  • January 2019 Monograph PETE Recruitment and Retention: State of Affairs
  • ​Recruiting Students Into PETE Programs - Part 1
  • Recruiting Students Into PETE Programs - Part 2
  • Recruitment of Future Physical Education Teachers Will Require All Hands on Deck
  • ​Recruitment of Undergraduate Students In Kinesiology: Implications For Physical Education
  • Resources for Recruitment in Higher Education (SHAPE America)
  • ​SHAPE America #CareerWhy Tweets
  • Student Recruitment and Retention Efforts in PETE: Cloudy Skies or Silver Linings
  • ​Student Recruitment for Physical Education and Health Education Teacher Education Programs (Position Statement)
  • ​​The HPE Teacher Recruitment Dilemma and How You Can Help




Inspirational Videos
Videos on Education (Playlist)


Who Am I? - Video by Terri Drain​

PE Pep Talks videos

PEP Talk Playlists
  • All PE PEP Talk Videos
  • Athletes' PE Pep Talks
  • Authors' PE Pep Talks
  • PE PEP Talks from Around the PE Field
  • Superintendents' PE PEP Talks