PE Game Plan
Any successful program needs a vision, a dream, a game plan of how to get things accomplished. This page is designated towards helping you achieve just that. I have developed the 4 E's to what I believe must take place to builds a strong Health and Physical Education program (or any Educational program for that matter). Within this section you will find a living document of ideas, thoughts, and resources that can help you tailor your own PE Game Plan!
The PE Game planning has begun....
Are you Ready?
The PE Game planning has begun....
Are you Ready?
A PE Game Plan
"When you develop a game plan to get what you want, you will develop a belief that you can get it"
Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar
Mr. Clark's PE Game Plan is made up of the 4 E's designed to help you develop, build, and promote a solid Health and Physical Education program.
Environment
Energy
Essentials
Enhancements
Environment
Energy
Essentials
Enhancements
Environment
It is vital to create and build a learning environment that is positive, supportive, and safe for everyone. Students need to have their needs met before they can begin to meet the needs and expectations you set for them. The atmosphere should be filled with inspiration (visuals, posters, motivational resources) and anything that they can begin to positively absorb as soon as they enter your room/gym. The setting you create should sustain itself as the school year progresses even when new students leave/arrive, and when you are out for whatever reason. Building a positive and meaningful environment takes time, effort, and a lot of repetition, however there is no better reward than seeing students interact and engage as they reach their true potential as learners. It is our responsibility to provide them a shelter to do just that!
Solid ways to help build and enhance your environment:
Decorate your classes/gyms with positive themes, posters, expectations, and signs that reiterate your message that students will be safe and are expected to grow stronger/smarter/braver every time they enter and leave.
Create consistent and meaningful routines that students can begin to develop into classroom habits.
Select groups of diverse learners within squads, partner/small group/large group activities and adjust them accordingly once you learn more about your students.
Observe trends in student behaviors (both negative and positive) when they are around each other and make necessary changes to keep physical, emotional, and mental safety the top priority.
Allow students to begin to develop and grow their problem-solving skills through conflict resolutions (RPS, conflict corners, class meetings).
Involve them in being part of the decision-making when it comes to behavior plans, individual/class rewards, and anything else that makes them accountable for their actions.
Solid ways to help build and enhance your environment:
Decorate your classes/gyms with positive themes, posters, expectations, and signs that reiterate your message that students will be safe and are expected to grow stronger/smarter/braver every time they enter and leave.
Create consistent and meaningful routines that students can begin to develop into classroom habits.
Select groups of diverse learners within squads, partner/small group/large group activities and adjust them accordingly once you learn more about your students.
Observe trends in student behaviors (both negative and positive) when they are around each other and make necessary changes to keep physical, emotional, and mental safety the top priority.
Allow students to begin to develop and grow their problem-solving skills through conflict resolutions (RPS, conflict corners, class meetings).
Involve them in being part of the decision-making when it comes to behavior plans, individual/class rewards, and anything else that makes them accountable for their actions.
Energy
Zap! Boom! Pow! Ka-Chow! That is the type of energy we need in our classes. It all starts with our approach to learning and how we engage our students. We must make our positive, vibrant energy as contagious as possible so students can experience how powerful exercise actually is. As the students enter your room, they can feel the energy you are giving off and the lesson has begun far before you started actually teaching. Positive, engaging, and meaningful energy reflects off the environment you created. In order to bring your lessons to life, you must be alive yourself.
You must have your finger on the pulse of your class and strive to create one heartbeat!
Ask yourself some of these questions:
Do your warm-up activities engage and lock the learners in from the start?
Are your lessons carefully constructed so they create powerful and dynamic ideas that students fully engage in?
Does the sequence and pacing of your lessons allow for positive energy to be transferred from one activity to the next?
Do you offer enough variety and mystery within your classes to spark interest from all students?
When you notice a drop in energy or a lack of interest, how do you re-spark your students?
Can you notice your students' body language, verbal tones/inflections, and cues?
Are students leaving more vibrant and connected to the purpose of your class?
You must have your finger on the pulse of your class and strive to create one heartbeat!
Ask yourself some of these questions:
Do your warm-up activities engage and lock the learners in from the start?
Are your lessons carefully constructed so they create powerful and dynamic ideas that students fully engage in?
Does the sequence and pacing of your lessons allow for positive energy to be transferred from one activity to the next?
Do you offer enough variety and mystery within your classes to spark interest from all students?
When you notice a drop in energy or a lack of interest, how do you re-spark your students?
Can you notice your students' body language, verbal tones/inflections, and cues?
Are students leaving more vibrant and connected to the purpose of your class?
Essentials
Every surgeon needs their scalpel, every chef needs their spatula, and every writer needs their pen. If only it were that simple for teachers! Those other professions need so much more as well, however when they are immersed in their passion, sometimes a single tool is all it takes. The same thing holds true for teachers. Teachers need pens, binders, folders, charts, and a plethora of office supplies. At the end of the day, a quality teacher's main tool is Love! A love for their profession, a love for their students, and most importantly a love of making an ever-lasting impact on the world!
As a Health and Physical Educator, I have learned through trial and error and sometimes luck the essential resources that I rely on to help me reach my goals. I could never succeed without the following:
As a Health and Physical Educator, I have learned through trial and error and sometimes luck the essential resources that I rely on to help me reach my goals. I could never succeed without the following:
School-Related Essentials
Before the Year begins
1. To Do Lists to keep track of what I need to get done and when(Before School Begins/Events/End of Year)
2.Large Yearly Calendar taped to my desk
3. District School Calendars Everywhere (1 above computer, many on my computer, 1 on bulletin board above desk, 1 in attendance binder, and a few extras)
4. My Electronic Whistle ready to go (ask me how many unused sick days I have!)
5. Batteries (for my microphone)
6. Pens/Markers/Pencils (sharpened)
7. Large Blank Activities Calendar to write my thoughts/create my Yearly Plans on
8.Index Cards (I write everything on Index Cards from my random thoughts to daily plans that I refer to during class to make sure I cover everything I want to with my students)
9.Flash Drive (ready to back-up all of my work)
10. An American Flag (U.S.A!)
11. Band-aids, nurse passes, and tissues
12. Reward/incentives buckets (prizes, extra supplies to give to students/classes)
13. Large container full of old trophies (give out for Excellent Day Award-classes earn trophy and random student gets to walk back to class with it and return it next time class comes. Ask around for old trophies and watch how many you can accumulate!)
14. Floor tape/markings (Squads, Partner lines, Boundary/Activity creation)
15. Positive PE stuff all around my gym
2.Large Yearly Calendar taped to my desk
3. District School Calendars Everywhere (1 above computer, many on my computer, 1 on bulletin board above desk, 1 in attendance binder, and a few extras)
4. My Electronic Whistle ready to go (ask me how many unused sick days I have!)
5. Batteries (for my microphone)
6. Pens/Markers/Pencils (sharpened)
7. Large Blank Activities Calendar to write my thoughts/create my Yearly Plans on
8.Index Cards (I write everything on Index Cards from my random thoughts to daily plans that I refer to during class to make sure I cover everything I want to with my students)
9.Flash Drive (ready to back-up all of my work)
10. An American Flag (U.S.A!)
11. Band-aids, nurse passes, and tissues
12. Reward/incentives buckets (prizes, extra supplies to give to students/classes)
13. Large container full of old trophies (give out for Excellent Day Award-classes earn trophy and random student gets to walk back to class with it and return it next time class comes. Ask around for old trophies and watch how many you can accumulate!)
14. Floor tape/markings (Squads, Partner lines, Boundary/Activity creation)
15. Positive PE stuff all around my gym
Inside My PE Binder
1. Class lists for attendance/birthday/contact information
2. Pictures of students to learn student names (Do Not Photograph List)
3. Curriculum resources
4. Nurse Injury Reports for injured/out of gym student lists
5. Nurse/Bathroom passes
6. Weekly/Yearly plans
7. Blank Index cards to write ideas and thoughts on
8. Another district calendar
Can you tell I use a lot of district calendars throughout the year?
2. Pictures of students to learn student names (Do Not Photograph List)
3. Curriculum resources
4. Nurse Injury Reports for injured/out of gym student lists
5. Nurse/Bathroom passes
6. Weekly/Yearly plans
7. Blank Index cards to write ideas and thoughts on
8. Another district calendar
Can you tell I use a lot of district calendars throughout the year?
School-Related Essentials
Throughout the School year
1. See Inside My PE Binder
2. Organized/Clean office to think, plan, and reflect in
3. Organized/Clean Gym Closet jam-packed with a variety of equipment
4. Organized folders for school-related papers and professional responsibilities
2. Organized/Clean office to think, plan, and reflect in
3. Organized/Clean Gym Closet jam-packed with a variety of equipment
4. Organized folders for school-related papers and professional responsibilities
On My Computer
On my desktop I create the following organized folders labeled with the school year (no particular order):
1. Lesson Plans
2. Activities
3. New Ideas
4. School Events
5.School Information (calendar, district information)
6. PE Excuse Lists
7. Budget and Ordering Info
8. Fitness Tests
9. Assessments
10. Motivation/Inspirational emails (to look at on tougher days)
11. Grant Information
12. Professional Folder (PD, Observations, Summative)
13. Sub Plans
14. Pictures
15. Career Info (Pension, legislation, initiatives)
16. Past Years with same information (back-up on Flash drive)
1. Lesson Plans
2. Activities
3. New Ideas
4. School Events
5.School Information (calendar, district information)
6. PE Excuse Lists
7. Budget and Ordering Info
8. Fitness Tests
9. Assessments
10. Motivation/Inspirational emails (to look at on tougher days)
11. Grant Information
12. Professional Folder (PD, Observations, Summative)
13. Sub Plans
14. Pictures
15. Career Info (Pension, legislation, initiatives)
16. Past Years with same information (back-up on Flash drive)
Personal Supplies
Stuff that keeps me on my A-Game
1. Tons of Healthy Snacks (and a few pieces of dark chocolate in my desk for those tougher days)
2. Many Reusable Water Bottles (gotta stay hydrated)
3. Homemade lunches (Gotta save that $$$ to Become Wealthy)
4. Extra clothing (shorts, shirts, jackets/sweatshirts, towels, socks, and sneakers)
5. Chargers (Phone, Ipad)
6. Big cozy chair to think/reflect in before and after classes
7. Fan (for those hot office days)
8. Back-up Watch
9. Massager on the back of my work chair
2. Many Reusable Water Bottles (gotta stay hydrated)
3. Homemade lunches (Gotta save that $$$ to Become Wealthy)
4. Extra clothing (shorts, shirts, jackets/sweatshirts, towels, socks, and sneakers)
5. Chargers (Phone, Ipad)
6. Big cozy chair to think/reflect in before and after classes
7. Fan (for those hot office days)
8. Back-up Watch
9. Massager on the back of my work chair
Enhancements
What kind of program do you want to create?
How are you going to make yourself irreplaceable?
What do you want your Teaching Legacy to be when it is all said and done?
These are questions that the Best of the Best ask themselves. They get the big picture of education and understand the importance of leaving a strong impact.
I heard a quote that resonates with me when it comes to education, but more importantly life. It went something like:
"Do not let your life be like a shooting star, which lights up the sky for only a brief moment. Let your life be like the sun which always burns brightly in the heavens, bringing light and warmth to all those on earth. Let your light shine."
You have the ability to decide on what enhancements you are going to focus on to become "the sun" as an educator and more importantly in your life.
These are some quality ideas to help you become that sun for your students and for your school:
How are you going to make yourself irreplaceable?
What do you want your Teaching Legacy to be when it is all said and done?
These are questions that the Best of the Best ask themselves. They get the big picture of education and understand the importance of leaving a strong impact.
I heard a quote that resonates with me when it comes to education, but more importantly life. It went something like:
"Do not let your life be like a shooting star, which lights up the sky for only a brief moment. Let your life be like the sun which always burns brightly in the heavens, bringing light and warmth to all those on earth. Let your light shine."
You have the ability to decide on what enhancements you are going to focus on to become "the sun" as an educator and more importantly in your life.
These are some quality ideas to help you become that sun for your students and for your school:
A little goes a long way
1. Health and PE morning/afternoon announcements
2. Send Emails/Make Phone calls home highlighting student success and achievement (becoming great people, not always PE-related)
3. Reward students/classes in creative ways (help order supplies, lunch with you, mini-PE teacher, help organize/clean-up supplies (younger students love that), helpers at events, choose the activities, anything that students remember long after they graduate!
"Students don't always remember what you say, but they remember how you made them feel"
2. Send Emails/Make Phone calls home highlighting student success and achievement (becoming great people, not always PE-related)
3. Reward students/classes in creative ways (help order supplies, lunch with you, mini-PE teacher, help organize/clean-up supplies (younger students love that), helpers at events, choose the activities, anything that students remember long after they graduate!
"Students don't always remember what you say, but they remember how you made them feel"
Create!
1. Make Fitness Cards (pictures of students exercising) and print them out to use within activities
2. Make Fitness Cards (pictures of you demonstrating skills or exercises) to print out and use within your activities
3. Make fitness videos with students to have school perform
4. Have older students make pictures/videos helping younger students learn about sportsmanship/playground safety/recess rules
5. Create Awards/Certificates to celebrate student success individually and when on teams
6. PE Newsletters (Monthly/Quarterly)
7. School-wide Health and PE Challenge Sheets/Fitness Tracking
8. Write Grants (NFL Play 60)
2. Make Fitness Cards (pictures of you demonstrating skills or exercises) to print out and use within your activities
3. Make fitness videos with students to have school perform
4. Have older students make pictures/videos helping younger students learn about sportsmanship/playground safety/recess rules
5. Create Awards/Certificates to celebrate student success individually and when on teams
6. PE Newsletters (Monthly/Quarterly)
7. School-wide Health and PE Challenge Sheets/Fitness Tracking
8. Write Grants (NFL Play 60)
Events
1. Obstacle Courses
2. Fitness Fun Days
3. Fall/Spring Fun Runs
4.School-Wide Fundraisers (local and national causes) w/awesome incentives
5. Fantasy Sports (give each teacher a random team that class must learn about and root for) w/awesome incentives if they win the championship
6. Olympic Celebrations
7. Field Days
8. Fitness Testing Awards (highlight achievements on bulletin boards, in hallway, with certificates)
9. Teacher and/vs. Student Events (basketball, flag football, scooter hockey, softball, races)
10. Track meets
11. Gym shows
12. Running/Fitness Clubs
13. Character Education Programs
14. Mentoring
15. Teach with the Teacher Reward
16.Anything fun, positive, and that enhances Character Education/Health Education/and Physical Education
2. Fitness Fun Days
3. Fall/Spring Fun Runs
4.School-Wide Fundraisers (local and national causes) w/awesome incentives
5. Fantasy Sports (give each teacher a random team that class must learn about and root for) w/awesome incentives if they win the championship
6. Olympic Celebrations
7. Field Days
8. Fitness Testing Awards (highlight achievements on bulletin boards, in hallway, with certificates)
9. Teacher and/vs. Student Events (basketball, flag football, scooter hockey, softball, races)
10. Track meets
11. Gym shows
12. Running/Fitness Clubs
13. Character Education Programs
14. Mentoring
15. Teach with the Teacher Reward
16.Anything fun, positive, and that enhances Character Education/Health Education/and Physical Education
In closing, when you create a warm, welcoming, and safe environment you can create and foster positive energy within yourself and your students. Then, you can fully attack teaching and learning by building an extensive collection of teaching essentials while you develop and highlight with program enhancements.
The 4 E's working together to Empower!
The 4 E's working together to Empower!
Eisenhower's Task Matrix
I came across the concept created and used by our 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower to help him make decisions and lead our country.
I immediately applied it to the world of education and have found it to be extremely useful when it comes to formulating and executing a solid teaching game plan and more importantly a life plan!
Being a teacher isn't just about teaching and students learning. It is about lesson plans, meetings, phone calls, emails, program adaptations, collaborations, observations, and professional growth. There is no map or set way to attack each day, however this chart will help you filter your thoughts/actions and help you prioritize anything and everything.
I highly recommend giving it a try in and out of the classroom to help you towards finding calmness in a world of chaos, more importantly in maximizing your time and life energy.
I immediately applied it to the world of education and have found it to be extremely useful when it comes to formulating and executing a solid teaching game plan and more importantly a life plan!
Being a teacher isn't just about teaching and students learning. It is about lesson plans, meetings, phone calls, emails, program adaptations, collaborations, observations, and professional growth. There is no map or set way to attack each day, however this chart will help you filter your thoughts/actions and help you prioritize anything and everything.
I highly recommend giving it a try in and out of the classroom to help you towards finding calmness in a world of chaos, more importantly in maximizing your time and life energy.
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