Presentations

Play with Purpose: Developing Australian Football (AFL9s) Using Simple to Complex Game Progressions Incorporating Progressive Game Modifications to Teach for Understanding

In this workshop, you will participate in a learning sequence commencing with the ‘basic’ invasion game logic and progressing through a series of rule modifications to finish at the game of AFL9s.

Pedagogy & Curriculum

Past Session
Implementing Menstrual Education in Middle and High School Health

This presentation will provide the opportunity to discuss and explore the importance of teaching menstrual hygiene for the overall well-being of students from Grade 6-12.

Health & Wellness

Past Session
Physical Education Leadership

Experiences shared leading a large Physical Education department.

Leadership

Past Session
Sensitive Periods and Critical Stages in the Development of Motor Abilities and Skills (FMS)

The presentation explains the sensitive stages of development as well as the critical stages within the sensitive stage for each motor skill. If the sensitive stages are not used, then the child cannot reach his potential.

Sports & Coaching

Past Session
School Sport for All

This workshop will share emergent research, feature stories from teachers who have made these types of changes and facilitate activities to help you develop a wellness-based SS culture in your context.

Past Session
Let's Get Physical: How to Introduce BASTE in a PHE Movement Composition Unit

Come and join me for a practical introduction to how to teach and incorporate the "elements of composition" or BASTE into any elementary or secondary PHE movement composition unit.

Pedagogy & Curriculum

Past Session
Teaching Personal Social Responsibility in Sport and Physical Education: Linking School Values to Positive Behaviour (Part 1)

This presentation will explore current research and practices in how to implement school-based values using Teaching Personal Social Responsibility (TPSR) in both practical and classroom-based activities.

Pedagogy & Curriculum

Upcoming Live Session
Curriculum That Connects: Making PE Relevant, Responsive, and Real

This session explores how to reimagine Physical Education by leveraging curriculum goals through alternative activities like circus, wheels-based sports, parkour, and acroyoga.

Pedagogy & Curriculum

Upcoming Live Session
Injury Prevention and Return to Sports/Physical Activity

Let’s move! Participants will complete a multi-sport injury prevention workout designed for immediate implementation with student-athletes.

Wellness Sports & Coaching

Upcoming Live Session
Health Promoting Schools: Strategies to Support Well-Being and Thriving

A discussion, based in salutogenic principles, will include opportunities to reflect on pedagogies (e.g. skills-based, humanizing, culturally responsive/sustaining) and practices that can improve well-being and thriving for students in school settings.

Health & Wellness

Upcoming Live Session