This week for the #FeaturedPETeacher section on the PE Central Facebook page, the spotlight is on Michelle Mangels! About Michelle: I am the Physical Education and Health teacher at Byram Intermediate School in New Jersey. I currently teach grades 5th … Read More
About Kevin: I teach 550 elementary school students from PreK to 5th grade at Charles Barrett Elementary School. I have been the physical education teacher there for 14 of my 16 years of teaching. I am also the creator and … Read More
My name is Mary Cluley, and I am the PE Teacher at Notre Dame Catholic School in Wichita Falls, Texas. I am most fortunate in that I am starting my 24th year teaching Physical Education and I can easily report … Read More
“We love this game Coach”! I love hearing my students tell me how much fun they had while they are exercising. Watching my students leave with a smile on their face and sweaty heads is their best way of saying … Read More
As PE teachers, one of our main goals is to keep kids as active as possible throughout class. Kids want to be challenged and love a good competition. These past few weeks, the Hula Hoop Showdown activity has been so … Read More
As Physical Education teachers, we are always looking for new ways to capture our students’ attention and engage them in our lessons. Technology is always advancing, and our students are right at the center of this revolution. With that being … Read More
The free online program from PE Central called Log It helps motivate students of all ages to become and remain physically active, by allowing them to log their daily physical activity steps or miles. Students can participate in a virtual … Read More
Joel Smedes, PE teacher at Vientiane International School in Vientiane, Laos shares his Human Pacman activity idea used for the Grade 4 unit called Adventure Challenges, where students work in teams undertaking a variety of tasks with a set goal. The skills … Read More
As I write this, we are in the middle of a heat wave. The highs have been above 90 degrees, and the lows have been down in the 70s going on a week now. The humidity is high every day … Read More
Nowadays it seems like a common response to most problems is, “There’s an App for That”. Technology has become an important part of our culture and saves us a ton of time each day. Since I got a TV installed in my … Read More
