Presentations
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Wellness
Interactive Health Education Activities for Grades 7 to 12
This session will explore strategies to support student learning in human sexuality, social and emotional competencies, and mental health. Walk away from this session with concrete ideas that align with Health Education curricula outcomes, including ready-to-use lesson plans and in-class activities.
Wellness
Why Wellness Matters
Understanding these intertwined threads and how they interact matters for the development and support of healthy school communities where all members can flourish.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice, Leadership
Why Should We Provide Equitable Opportunities for Students in our Physical Education Curriculums?
A discussion about diversity, equity, and inclusion in physical education. In this presentation, Dominique will discuss context, wider responsibilities, and how we can get there as physical educators.
Experiential Learning
Super Moverz Adventure Play
This presentation will provide teachers with a dynamic new approach to teaching movement and play by integrating storylines, music, specialized equipment, and role play into a fully gamified movement and character building program called Super Moverz.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Specialist Content Areas
The Latest in Growth, Development, and Sexual Health
During this workshop, we’ll explore the latest in resources to help you address topics such as consent, sexting, and the influence of pornography in an authentic way to help meet your students where they’re at.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice, Leadership
How Can We Provide Equitable Opportunities for Students in our Physical Education Curriculums?
A discussion about diversity, equity, and inclusion in physical education. In this presentation, Dominique will discuss context, wider responsibilities, and how we can get there as physical educators.
In this session Dominique builds on his keynote presentation and expands into HOW to provide equitable opportunities for our students.
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Moving Stories: Inspiring Young Learners through Storytelling and Movement
This presentation demonstrates why and how to use literature as a pedagogical frame for encouraging children to move with purpose.
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Spectrum of Teaching Styles in PE – Styles A-E
The Reproduction Cluster Styles - The most used styles like it or not! This workshop will demonstrate practical examples to participants and give participants the opportunity to use the styles so bring your running shoes!
Pedagogy & Curriculum
Spectrum of Teaching Styles in PE – Styles F-K
The Production Cluster Styles” – The Styles associated with Creativity. This workshop will demonstrate practical examples to participants and give participants the opportunity to use the styles so bring your running shoes! NB: You do not need to have done workshop 1, to do workshop 2 (and vice versa).
Specialist Content Areas
A Dance Unit In A Nutshell
In this session, I will take you through an entire dance unit. I will show you fun dance games like the beat challenge, dance tag, and follow-the leader that help students learn about rhythm, levels, pathways and force in dance.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Wellness, Sports & Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice, Leadership
Evolution of Physical Education
In this presentation, we will look at examples of how Health and Physical Education from K-10 and sport coaching ‘at the leading edge’ is responding to current challenges.
Sports & Coaching, Leadership
Preparing for and Entering the Early Days as an AD
Good PE teachers don't always make good Athletic Directors. It takes much more than just a knowledge of curriculum and sport to run a successful athletic program. Are you in your first year of being an AD? Juggling a dual role in PE and coordinating sports teams? Have aspirations to some day become an AD? Join me for some tips to get ahead of the game before you're in too deep and sinking. If you're an experienced AD, this probably isn't for you, but you're welcome to come along and share as well!
Specialist Content Areas
Adapting Fundamental Floor Skills into Pair and Trio Balances
The Fundamental Gymnastics Shapes are the essential core skills for all Gymnastics lessons. In this hour long workshop we will run through an extensive list of floor shapes demonstrating how they can be incorporated into both Pair and Trio Balances.
Specialist Content Areas, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice
Embedding Disability Sports within the Physical Education Curriculum
"What are Disability/Adapted/Para sports and why are they important to include in your physical education program? This presentation will demonstrate the use of disability and adapted sports such as sitting volleyball and goalball as a way to teach sport specific skills that can align with your curriculum while providing a unique sporting experience that can enhance knowledge of disability sports.
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Sports & Coaching
Rethinking the Educational Suitability of Sports Seasons
Have you ever had students tell you that they wished they could play their favorite sports for more than just 3 months a year? Sports seasons have been around for so long that we hardly think that not only could we do it differently, but there are even strong educational reasons why we should, at least, start having this conversation with our communities.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice
The Evolving Landscape of Girls and Women in Physical Education
The evolving landscape of sport and physical activity settings calls for a re-examination of pedagogies and practices. More specifically, how to adequately address the needs of girls and women within physical education.














