Last fall, I sent out a survey asking via The #PhysEd Newsletter asking my readers if they had any burning questions that they would like me to tackle in 2019. One question that was submitted by a lot of people was “what advice would you give a first-year physical education teacher?” This is a question I’ve seen asked several times on Twitter as well, so I thought it would be cool to answer it here. Here’s the thing though: my advice is coming from only one perspective (my own). The beauty of......
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Bring Your Parents To PE Week
I first met Will Potter two summers ago at the 2016 CalPoly Elementary Physical Education Workshop...
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Q1 & Done: Quarterly Reflection
On December 1st 2016, I relaunched ThePhysicalEducator.com. My goal post-relaunch was to run the type of...
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On Student Reflection In Physical Education
I was recently a guest on Ryan Ellis‘ podcast: The PE Umbrella. One of the questions...
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Why I’m Excited for #PEInstitute17
In 2012, I received an email from a company called Great Activities Publishing. I didn’t know...
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On Dodgeball
There’s a Google Form survey going around on Twitter these days asking teachers to share their...
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#ScopeVlog: My Daily #PhysEd Reflection
In 2016, I want to make sure that I’m doing a better job reflecting on teaching...
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Great Job!
Yesterday, I was hanging out with my good friend Mike Cicchillitti and we were shooting the...
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Looking Back On #PEInstitute13
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend the National PE Institute in Asheville, North...
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Physical Educators: Be Well
If you’re not following @MoveLiveLearn (a.k.a. Amanda Stanec) on Twitter yet, you’re missing out. Not only...
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Challenge Your Work First
I wasn’t originally going to post this, but after a few prompts from fellow teachers, I’ve...
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