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Brad Cardinal, professor of kinesiology at Oregon State University and 35-year member of SHAPE America, was appointed chair of the 2020-2021 Science Board, which will focus on youth sports and support the Council and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in implementing and promoting the National Youth Sports Strategy. This group of academic and medical experts also includes SHAPE America members Erin Centeio, Karin Allor Pfeiffer, Alan Smith, and John Spengler. LEARN MORE
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Take your PE classroom to the next level with an online Master of Arts in Education in Physical Education program. Choose an emphasis in pedagogy, which helps to enhance your instruction, or an emphasis in special populations, which helps understand challenges and inclusiveness of students with disabilities.
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If the goal of physical education is to promote lifelong physical activity and produce physically literate individuals, the curriculum must adhere to students’ physical competence, physical activity knowledge, and motivation for physical activity. Developmentally, third graders are at the prime age where they begin to understand and play around with critical knowledge related to physical literacy. Thus, examining physical literacy among third-grade students is warranted. READ MORE
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Learn about alignment between CASEL’s Core SEL Competencies and SHAPE America’s National Standards for K-12 Physical Education, as well as use of cultural dance to achieve SEL outcomes and how yoga, breathing, and mindful movement help students self-regulate and build resilience. SHAPE America staff members Audra Walters and Michelle Carter are among the presenters in this Active Schools webinar, which will be held February 11 at 3 p.m. ET. Learn more and register.
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Become a Leader in Athletics!
Advance your career in athletics with Fairleigh Dickinson University’s (FDU) 18-credit fully online High School Athletic Director certificate.
The certificate can be completed as an individual credential or as part of FDU’s Master of Sports Administration, a theory & practice-based graduate degree helping to transform busy professionals into dynamic leaders.
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This half-day workshop is intended for college and university professionals who are dedicated to higher education instructional physical activity and wellness programs. Topics will include effective administration, innovative teaching practices and strategies, research in progress, and advocacy efforts. Proposals are due February 21. LEARN MORE
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Physical Education and Kids
Twin Tiers Health
Tracking heart rate and steps has been a major component of fitness trends throughout the years, especially in today’s world of Fitbits, smart watches, and step counters automatically programmed onto our phones. Physical education teacher Michael Pelloni has recently put in a lot of work to get his students fitness monitors to help educate them on how things such as heart rate and steps play into physical activity and a healthy life. READ MORE
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Eye on Education: Exercise Improves Learning
Daily Republic
Almost 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy stated, “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.” Years before research about human cognition began to reveal the remarkably complex neuro-psychological relationship between physical activity and learning, Kennedy was a staunch proponent of physical and intellectual development. READ MORE
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Athletics Helps Girls Fight Back Against Food Insecurity
The Hour
Dajah Horsey grew up in a hurry. The pace was too fast. Drug addiction and incarceration, she felt, made many of the adults in her life unreliable. In middle school, junior high, and high school, Horsey — now an 18-year-old senior on the Girard College girls’ high school basketball team — often struggled to feed herself, her younger siblings, and younger cousins. But high school basketball became her outlet. READ MORE
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A De-escalation Exercise for Upset Students
Edutopia
So often we find students in a stressed or anxious state of mind. The most telltale signs are inappropriate behaviors or outbursts, negative comments, and anxiety-ridden movements such as fidgeting, leg shaking, and fist clenching. These signals should raise immediate concern and indicate to educators that a response may be needed. The goal is to guide the student to a self-regulated mindset, but how does a teacher do that? READ MORE
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Exactly How Dangerous Is Football?
The New Yorker
A few years ago, researchers at SUNY Buffalo undertook a study of 21 men who had played either professional football with the Buffalo Bills or professional hockey with the Buffalo Sabres. The men ranged in age from mid-30s to early 70s; they were studied comprehensively, in all aspects of their health. It turned out that, compared with 21 men who’d been involved in swimming, cycling, or running, they suffered from clinical anxiety at a higher rate. READ MORE
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How Adding Jumping Jacks Can Improve Lesson Plans – Studies Show Physical Activity Helps Kids Learn
WBOY
Andrea Goff’s first grade classroom is not what you would expect. Instead of desks lined neatly in rows, kids sit at round tables, and some children sit on small exercise ball chairs. Instead of sitting quietly and working on worksheets, kids are playing games and shouting and moving around. Almost everything Goff’s students do in the classroom has movement attached to it. READ MORE
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