Presentations

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.
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.
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, 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.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Specialist Content Areas, Wellness, Sports & Coaching, Technology in PE, Remote and Hybrid Instruction, Leadership

The International HPE MEd Cohort: What’s it all about?

This session will provide an overview of the benefits of a grad degree as professional learning and outline some available options.
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.
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.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice

Creating an Inclusive Environment in Physical Education

As building a culture of support and acceptance is our responsibility as educators, in this presentation I will examine some of the biases inherent in physical education and identify strategies that can promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Technology in PE

Gamify-ED for Student Motivation

Are you a fan of gamification? Have you tried it before? Would you like to? Implementing gamified experiences into your projects, units and even your whole year can be done! We'll be talking about Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation as a way to reach our students learning styles.
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. "
Specialist Content Areas, Technology in PE

Brain Fitness and Tech in PhysEd

Integrating technology into physical activities to enhance learners executive function, which supports learning through better focussed attention, and memory through dual tasks (the layering of complexity NOT multi-tasking!) Best of all it's fun, active and progressive and can give data on individual learners and their progress.