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Nationally recognized Physical Education Presenter of over 225 workshops, and Best Selling Author of: • No Standing Around in My Gym: Creative Lesson Plans, Games, and Teaching Tips for Elementary Physical Education (2002) • PE2theMax: Maximize Skills, Participation, Teamwork and Fun (2005) • PE2theMax II: Stepping up the “Game” in Physical Education (2008) • The Best of No Standing Around in My Gym, PE2theMax Volumes 1 & 2 DVD’s (2009) • PE²: Double the Physical Double the Education = Double the Fun (2011) • The Best of PE² and HyPEd Up Volumes 3 & 4 DVD’s (2013) • HyPEd Up: Taking Physical Education Games to the Next Level (2017) • HyPEd Up II: Physical Education Games to the Max (2019) • PE2theMax's Greatest Hits (2021)
Ed.S, National Board Certified, and 2005 and 2015 GA Elementary PE Teacher of the Year and SHAPE Southern District Elementary PE Teacher of the Year
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J.D. Hughes has been a physical education specialist since 1995 and currently works at Mirror Lake Elementary School in Douglasville, Georgia. He earned his National Board Certification in 2001 and was recognized as the 2004-2005 and 2014-2015 Georgia Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. J.D. was also awarded the 2014-2015 Southern District Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year.
J.D. has authored seven books and produced four related DVDs including No Standing Around in My Gym, PE2theMax I & II, PE², HyPEd Up I & II and PE2theMax’s Greatest Hits. He has been the featured presenter and co-presenter at 200 local, state, and national workshops and conventions sharing his ideas and enthusiasm for teaching with thousands of health and physical educators.
J.D. believes PE classes should be action-packed with lots of choices, equipment, and opportunities to be challenged with countless opportunities for success, no matter the skill level. JD puts a focused emphasis on movement education; lessons that promote fitness- and sport-related skills, communication, cooperation, personal responsibility, and activities that encourage brainstorming and critical thinking. If you agree that physical education should be fun, instructive, and a place where students acquire physical and life skills, then you’ll love “PE2theMax.” Come prepared to move, get re-energized and most importantly……have FUN!
J.D. Hughes’ Physical Education Workshop, PE2theMax, is a more up-to-date look at what physical education has evolved into, which is an exciting and dynamic experience that all children need and deserve. As physical education teachers, it is our job to promote and develop positive attitudes towards physical activity. Our task is challenging; teaching the value of physical activity and skills acquisition, while making physical education fun for all in the process. Often times, teachers implement lessons and games that are fun to teach, but may be activities that fail to maximize participation, are developmentally inappropriate, or lack originality. Another problem is that some physical educators find their classes too large to even consider many physical education ideas, games, and activities. No question, these are just a few of the major problems facing many physical educators every day.
This hands-on, movement-based workshop includes a stimulating assortment of fun-packed, educational games and ideas that come from my 28 years of teaching experience, the 7 books that I've written and over 225 workshops I've conducted around the nation. This workshop focuses on participation and involvement for any size class to intrigue, engage, and motivate your students for years to come. J.D.’s presentations provide all inclusive, fun activities, which in turn minimize discipline problems and maximize participation. You will learn….
1) A variety of enjoyable, all-inclusive physical activities, designed to build self-confidence, and promote cooperation, fair play, and responsible participation, while encouraging lifetime fitness pursuits.
2) More activities that are action-packed, providing lots of choices and opportunities to challenge your students with countless opportunities for success, no matter the skill level.
3) To move from comfortable, familiar, and functional physical education to movement education instruction that is rich with opportunities to engage children with fun, challenging, and dynamic experiences.
4) Fun, movement and skill-based games, provided in a context of realistic situations that promote the skills of communication, cooperation and personal responsibility, while learning to apply critical thinking and problem solving; crucial life-skills that are necessary to allow all of us to think for ourselves and be productive human beings. Incorporating these skills in games is the perfect way to teach for transfer by providing children with a hands-on approach to practicing and learning skills of this nature.
5) To implement games that go beyond exhibiting rote memorization of performing skills to games and activities that present problems, thus requiring students to learn how to brainstorm, collaborate, put into action and evaluate strategies in order to be successful.
6) To take advantage of the opportunities, especially after attending this workshop, to relate the game’s challenges to some real-life situations that students may encounter one day.
Email me at [email protected] or contact me at 770-778-4514 to schedule a workshop or request more information.
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