The Challenge of Implementing Physical Education Mandates
Author’s Note: This post is written about Oregon’s PE Law, Senate Bill 4, and the challenges school districts face when trying to implement mandates. Furthermore, the motivation was inspired by a newspaper article in the East Oregonian that was shared on the SHAPE America Facebook page on 8/31/19. You can read the original article by CLICKING HERE. Ever since I entered the teaching profession in 2008, a Physical Education law has been considered the utopian policy dream for physical educators everywhere. For years, the state of Illinois was elevated to a pedestal for… Read More
Becoming an Unplugged Educator — Why I Said Goodbye to Social Media as a Professional
As I currently sit at my gate at the Tampa International Airport waiting for my flight back to Oregon, I find myself finally committing the time to a post that has been a long time coming. I think the transformational nature of the SHAPE America National Convention and how inclusive it felt (kudos to Judy LoBianco for her leadership and the work that SHAPE America put in for pulling it off) finally is giving me the moral courage to publish after discussing this blog post for what has seemed like months with… Read More
Distracted Learning and Why You Should Put Down Your Phone
“Where does a giver go to get? Where does a filler go to be filled?” — Mac Let that quote sit with you for a minute. Does it resonate? Most of you probably don’t know “Mac”, but if you ever have an opportunity to attend a PE Institute in Asheville, you will. The quote above is one of many “Mac-isms” and one I actually didn’t hear at #PEInstitute16 this year. However, the other night when I was camping on the Oregon Coast, I heard my friend Joey Feith say it and it was the… Read More
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