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Whitney Oliver (Whitster)
New member
Username: Whitster
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 1:50 pm: |       |
Hi, I am going to school right now, soon will be teaching 5th grade (hopefully)! I was looking at this website and thinking about my elementary gym classes, and one thing I remember is sometimes the regular class teachers would be put out or act inconvenienced when they had to take us to PE or help with the activities. They would stand in the corner and talk without really helping out! Do any of you that teach PE now in elementary schools feel this kind of resistance ever? Also, today it seems like with funding problems and that, PE programs are the first to be cut, how do you guys deal with this and feel about it when this lack of support comes from your schools or parents? |
Beth Schrecengost (Bas1816)
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Username: Bas1816
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 3:36 pm: | |
I just ran into somewhat of the same experience. For one of my classes in my field experience, the student's regular teacher will always deliver her students late to the gymnasium, then also pick them up at the wrong time. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with her being resistant to PE, if she doesn't keep track of time very well, or if she just isn't a great educator. As far as the lack of support, I don't think students can fully understand the benefits of being physically active at a young age, and I don't really think parents are much better at understanding it either. |
Paula Summit (Summit5)
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Username: Summit5
Post Number: 121
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, October 26, 2006 - 12:58 pm: | |
Most classroom teachers are unconfortable helping with physical education because they are not familiar with the curriculum. They are familiar with recess...ha ha. I wrote up my classroom ground rules and expectations and distributed them to the teachers. I also wrote up some recess activities games and rules so that the recess games didn't escalate into behaviors we don't permit in PE. They were grateful and appreciated the background. Advocate for your physical education program. Write articles for your school newsletter that goes home. If you don't have a school newsletter, write a what's happening in PE blurb for the classroom teachers newsletters. I did presentations to the PTO when I was looking for funding for heart rate monitors. It becomes your responsibility to educate the community about the good things that are occuring in modern physical education classes. Information is a powerful tool! |
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