Presentations

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!
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice

DEIJ 101

As a local student in an international school I lived through many experiences that I didn't understand until very recently. In 2019, students at international schools around the world began to protest against schools that were impeding them from their own values, traditions and languages.
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.
Sports & Coaching

Teaching the Mechanics and skill sets to ice hockey

During this presentation, participants will learn about the skill sets to ice hockey through the experiences of floor hockey. Such skills to be explored are stick handling, passing, shooting, positions and small area games.
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. "
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, 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.
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.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Wellness

Reflecting on, and for, Meaningful PE

Participants will learn about and engage in several forms of reflective practice and begin to apply them to their own unique contexts.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Sports & Coaching

Using Cricket to teach creativity and problem-solving

This workshop will use the sport of cricket as the subject matter to teach creativity and discovery. Examples will range from simple skills through to more complex games.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Sports & Coaching, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice

Reconsidering your Approach to Inclusion

This presentation will introduce the concepts and principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how they can be embedded into your physical education program.
Pedagogy & Curriculum

Creative Uses of Limited Space

This workshop will present fun, alternative ball games/activities to still get your students moving and engaged but use no more than one half of a basketball court.