Have you hosted or thought about hosting a "Family PE Week"? Come learn tips and strategies for inviting your community in to see your program! Attendees will leave with a plan to host next school year and advocate for their program in a completely new way.
During this session, teachers will learn the six components of the Meaningful PE Pedagogy and how to implement them into their curriculum. Attendees will leave with tangible ways to assess and gain valuable feedback from their students.
This session will describe apps and programs that address classroom management, behavior management, activities, feedback and assessment, and delivering instruction.
We strive to encourage students to find the joy in movement. Yet when it comes to teaching fitness activities, we often get focused on testing and lose sight of enjoyment. When you make fitness activities personally relevant to your students, you empower students to improve their overall health, fitness and well-being, it is a win-win. Participants in this session will learn how to create an engaging and exciting fitness unit that helps students get fit while having a great time.
Looking for fresh ideas to spice up your warm-ups? This high-energy session will get you up and moving as you experience a variety of engaging warm-up games designed for middle school students. Say goodbye to repetitive routines and hello to activities that build excitement, teamwork, and readiness for movement. Participants will leave with several easy-to-implement warm-up ideas that require little to no equipment and can be adapted for any class size. Come ready to move, play, and refresh your warm-up routine!
In this presentation, participants will learn the fundamentals of longboarding and how to teach this unit to their students of ALL abilities by using challenge by choice and self-discovery strategies. In addition, participants will learn the cultural relevance to longboarding, how to secure funding, and more!
Adapted Physical Education Consultant, Grant Wood AEA
I majored in School Wellness Education and minored in Adapted Physical Activity at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and I received my masters in Adapted Physical Education at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. I've taught elementary and secondary general PE Pennsylvania... Read More →