Balls Creek Elementary school PE Teacher Joe Weaver enjoys the organized chaos that goes hand-in-hand with working with elementary school aged children. His love of children combined with his enthusiasm for finding new and innovative ways to keep kids moving …
John Paciorek didn’t always teach physical education. Once upon a time the promise of a major league baseball career loomed on the horizon for him. Paciorek was born in Detroit, Michigan and had dreams of escaping the assembly lines of …
For many P.E. teachers, physical education is just a job. They go in each day and teach kids about healthy habits without necessarily exemplifying those habits in their own lives. Kids in turn can see this and, as a result, …
As school districts adapt to shrinking budgets, physical education programs are being threatened, sometimes cut out entirely. This may be having a distinctly negative impact on students’ cognitive development and performance in the classroom. Multiple studies have been released on …
Physical Education programs are used to seeing their budgets cut in favor of academic programs in this day and age. Schools pressed to meet their needs will cut from physical education not always seeing the link it can have too …
Chris Allen not only teaches physical education, he lives it. In fact, the P.E. teacher recently completed his first full Iron Man event. Allen is employed with Enterprise Elementary and South Shore Elementary in Decatur, Illinois where he combines his …
The age gap between students and teachers can often make it difficult for the two to relate in an impactful way. Students will feel as if teachers do not understand them, and teachers can see students trying to be themselves …
It’s no surprise that some kids struggle with math and science. Schools put emphasis on it and there are tutors available in many school districts to help students with these two subjects. There’s also the ever-present question of “when will …
Within the California Education Code, there is a requirement that every school district must provide students in grades 1-6 with 200 minutes of physical education for every ten school days. However, on September 11, the Palo Alto Unified School District …