As Health and Physical Education teachers, we often feel we live on a deserted island as we are often the only teacher in our department or a smaller chunk of the school compared to other subjects and departments. This setup often leaves us feeling isolated and less integrated with other areas of instruction. I made …
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As health teachers, we often feel like we are defending our subject matter because we are constantly advocating to help develop the whole child and their overall health. And, up until recently I felt the same thing. However, back in November I noticed a shift in my colleagues thought process because of the increased level …
There was a time when I knew that I was the best health teacher in my school….because I was the ONLY health teacher in my school. And there I am, fresh off the boat from England. No one knows me. I don’t know anyone. Heck, I couldn’t even understand what half of y’all were saying...and …
Last week I revealed that my #oneword for 2017 will be collaboration, following on from provocation, advocacy, and resilience. I collated some resources on the one word concept and apparently I've chosen an active word because I'm in a season of growing. This makes sense to me as I still feel like this year is on …
It's that time of year when one of our #healthed skills, goal setting, gets a lot of media coverage. New Year's Resolutions will be talked about at home and people will be encouraged to think of ways in which to improve themselves, usually after dwelling on their imperfections. However, because these resolutions tend to be …
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