Earlier this year I came across this powerful video from ‘The Science of Love” called The Power of Compliments. I’m not very good at accepting compliments, and I’m not alone. People can be worried that accepting a compliment makes them seem self-absorbed or they shrug them off, not believing that the compliment is a genuine one. In …
Author: Andy Milne
Education has taken me from London to Chicago. 1:1 #HealthEd and #PhysEd teacher, keynoter and blogger. Creator of the #sendateacher initiative. National #HealthEd Teacher of the Year 2017.
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Childhood Obesity
One in 3 children in the United States is overweight or obese. Childhood obesity puts kids at risk for health problems that were once seen only in adults, like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Despite a downward trend in childhood obesity figures in recent years, alarming figures and cultural disparities still …
Goal Setting
Podcasting has definitely seen a revival among the PE & Health community over the past few months, and most recently @SHAPE_America even entered into the fold with a very promising podcast of its own. Of course, Jarrod Robinson, Joey & Nathan, and the Physedagogy crew are still churning out regular recordings, and along with Dr …
Nearing The Finish Line
Not to scare you or anything, but if the summer vacation was a 100 meter race, we have less than 10 meters to go, and in Usain Bolt terms, that's less than a second. Recently, one of my favorite education bloggers Ross Morrison McGill wrote his thoughts on what teachers actually do during the sumer vacation. …
No More Cupcakes For Birthday Parties?
This weeks guest blogger is Jess Lawrence, a former middle school health teacher and health education curriculum specialist for the Oregon Department of Education who is now an education consultant and Director of Cairn Guidance. I met Jess at the American School Health Association national conference in Oregon last year and look forward to meeting …
Health Literacy
This week Shaun Bowes takes the wheel and becomes our first guest blogger. Hailing from Australia he has just completed his Masters of Teaching from Monash University and at 23 he'll become 'one of us' when he starts applying for teaching positions in 2016. Please welcome him as he writes on a subject about which he …
I Love Music
I recently took my family to a minor league baseball game and was bemused by the music played at the game. Not just the anthem, the 'Take Me Out to the Ball Park' and that familiar Hammond-organesque tune that has everyone shouting 'CHARGE!" at the end of it but also the choice of music that …
Bridging The Gap
When I was at school, the assessment process went something like this: Teacher sets assignment I attempt the assignment and turn it in Teacher grades assignment and returns it I throw assignment in the garbage unless it was a good grade (a rarity) and my mom pinned it to the fridge. Most likely only two …
Free: Without Cost or Payment
There's no denying it. Funds for teachers professional development are like my three year old son at the park...always on the slide. Additionally, finding the time to go to conferences, and not just the awesome national conferences but even those held at a local level is difficult too. Now, we could see this as a …
If I Knew Then What I Know Now
I remember the first time that I got seriously sunburned. It was the summer of 1989 and I was a graduating senior in high school. The Wimbledon tennis finals were on TV, the weather was gorgeous and I had a lot of time on my hands. So in my determination to get a sun tan, …
Advice From The Best
There was a year when I could confidently say that I was the best health teacher in my school....but that's because I was THE only health teacher in the school, and I know that some of you can make that same claim. Then I moved to a school that has 16, yes SIXTEEN teachers teaching …
Summer Is (almost) Here
The chances are, if you're reading this in North America, that you are coming close to, or have reached the end of another school year (pause to pat yourself on the back). And if you are anything like me you have probably started to not only reflect on the past year - what went well, …
There’s Strength in Numbers
Without a doubt, being on social media and connecting with other teachers has benefitted me, and therefore my students immensely. I used to work in a small school where I was the only health teacher and so I didn't have anyone to collaborate with or bounce ideas off. Then I signed up for Twitter and …
The Inaugural Post
Motivated by PE teacher Justin Schleider and his awesome Slow Chat PE blog and also by the efforts of Jeff Bartlett and his earlier online version of a health chat we have decided to revive the concept, tweak it a little and go live with this new blog. Aimed at health teachers working with students of all ages this …
