Presentations
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, 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, 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.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Sports & Coaching
Enhancing the PE Experience through Integrating Sports Competitions Formats
The joy of learning through engagement is a key factor in student satisfaction in PE. As adults, we still look forward to ‘game-time’ where we pit our skills against others.
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Wellness, Remote and Hybrid Instruction
The need for greater Outdoor Education opportunities in International Schools
Pedagogy & Curriculum, Sports & Coaching
Visible Thinking in Physical Education and Sports Coaching
This session begins with the premise that 'thinking is the engine of learning' and explores how we can support game-based practical approaches with an environment, intentional questions, and purposeful interactional routines to enhance thinking
Wellness
Body Image and Media Literacy for Today’s Plugged-in Teens
In this session, we’ll be exploring resources and techniques to help promote body positivity in the classroom and on the field, while teaching students to view media messages with a critical eye.
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
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, 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.
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, 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.
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.
Wellness
What is going right with you? Who are you at your best?
In this presentation, we will focus on you. Who you are at your best. During the pandemic and transition into a new normal, it has been easy to forget about taking care of our own wellbeing.
Experiential Learning
Not Just Kickball; Using Progressions to Teach Striking and Fielding Games to Elementary PE students in an International Context
This presentation will be an inquiry-driven look into the essential elements of striking and fielding 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.