Calling all Elementary Physical Education Teachers!
Hello Elementary Physical Education Teacher, I am seeking your expert advice about motor skill assessment frequency and perceptions in elementary physical education. Your perspective can help me to improve the field of physical education regarding the assessment of motor skills. By completing this survey, you can be entered into a raffle for a ****$50 Amazon gift card!**** […]
SHAPE 2020 C/U IPAP Proposals: Last Call!
Please consider a proposal for the C/U IPAP workshop being held April 21, 2020 at the SHAPE national conference in Salt Lake City! Deadline extended to 2/21/2020. Hope to see you there! https://drive.google.com/open?id=14MDlyI3pHcmMezIN-0u23YMixU3HhdPR
Tony Wagner’s “Survival Skills of the 21st Century” and P.E.
Our District has adapted seven skills from the work of Tony Wagner’s “Survival Skills of the 21st Century.” Collectively, we refer to them as “Generational Skills” and they provide the framework for our JeffCo 2020 Vision. I feel like these skills are easily present in most everything we do in P.E., but we are having […]
State & District Coordinators SIG
Hello from Florida! I am one of the Co-Chairs for the State and District Coordinators Special Interest Group (SIG) within SHAPE America. I am currently the District Coordinator for Health and Physical Education from Brevard Public schools in Florida. I began my career 20 years ago in New York. I received my undergraduate degree from SUNY […]
APE SIG Claudine Sherrill Distinguished Speaker Survey
Dear members of SHAPE America’s Adapted P.E. Special Interest Group (SIG), We hope you will be able to join us at this year’s National Convention & Expo in Salt Lake City, UT, April 21–25! I am writing to share an important update with you regarding programming for the Adapted P.E. SIG. As you know, the […]
Survey for 4th edition of Instructional Models for Physical Education
I am in the very early stages of revising Instructional Models for Physical Education for its 4th edition. Gavin Colquitt from Georgia Southern University will be co-authoring IMPE4 with me. We have a list of new content and features for this edition, and the publisher would like to get feedback on those and more from […]
FLIPPED PE or Coaching?
Anyone out there Flipping your classes or practices? I’d love to start a conversation. Check out my blog at https://flippedfay.education
Cultures Matter in Health and Physical Education
While watching the Netflix movie “When They See Us” by Ava DuVernay, the hideous injustice validated the need for a culturally relevant pedagogy in defeating stereotype threat in and outside of the gymnasium in our educational institutions. As effective educators we must understand the disproportionate discipline of minority students. Students in our urban schools have […]
2020 Call For Proposals Background
Our Vice President of Programs & Professional Development, Chris Hersl posted the following information in the all-member forum. To reach the widest possible audience we are reposting here: As we get ready to release the 2020 Call for Proposals I wanted to share some info with you. If there is one thing I’ve learned in […]
Mental Health Awareness Month – End the Stigma
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The slogan for this month is “End the Stigma”. There are many stories. This is mine. In October of 2015 I sat at my desk at the Maryland State Department and started to cry. The annual Maryland Association of Health, P.E., Recreation and Dance Convention was quickly […]
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