The Power of Self-Assessment
How am I doing? Sometimes we get so accustomed to other people evaluating and assessing our performance that we forget to stop and ask ourselves this very simple, yet profound question. Self-evaluation is a highly authentic form of evaluation because only the person performing knows their true capabilities and effort. [...]
Join the Movement and Become an Active Schools Champion!
Move More Please! – 5 Strategies
Elementary school campuses have many opportunities to provide students with health-promoting physical activity (PA). How's YOUR school doing with this??? Let's agree that as physical educators, we strive to create and maintain environments where every K-12 student has opportunities to accumulate 60+ minutes of PA -- structured and unstructured -- [...]
Using Movement Breaks to Address Inactivity During COVID-19
This year will be formally remembered not only for COVID-19 but also for a reassessment of education and business through the virtual world. The shift from in-person interactions to online education and business is now a central theme. While schools and businesses were startled in March, throughout the world people [...]
6 Resources for Teaching HPE in a Virtual High School Setting
Are you teaching your high school health and physical education classes in a virtual or hybrid setting? I'm sharing 6 resources and tips to help engage your students when you can't be with them in person. Collaborate! First, my biggest tip for everyone is to collaborate with other people to [...]
SPARKING UP YOUR SCHOOL WEBSITE
Thomas L. McKenzie, Ph.D., is SPARK Co-Founder (1989) and Professor Emeritus, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University (tmckenzi@sdsu.edu) David Kahan, Ph.D., is Professor and Associate Director, School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University (dkahan@sdsu.edu) Regardless of level or type, most schools have websites [...]