Miss Layton’s | Physical Education Newsletter – 2020

PE Teaching Philosophy
I believe in the importance of health and wellness in schools by encouraging students and teachers to be
physically active and supporting a healthy, nutritious diet. I believe that students need to learn how to care
for their body, and how to enjoy a lifetime of being physically active. Physical Education will prepare
students by teaching them how to work with others and how to behave against others as they learn
teamwork and sportsmanship. In my experiences, high school was highlighted by the sports I played,
connections I made with the teams I participated on and learning to love an active lifestyle. Physical
Education is crucial to create well-rounded, healthy students.

Assessment Teaching Styles

Assessment in Physical Education will be mainly
formative and use observation, self-
assessments, peer-assessments, checklists and
logbooks. I will focus on the cooperation outcome
as I assess activities, health benefits and active
lifestyles, noting students’ teamwork,
sportsmanship, and participation. Skills will be
assessed but will not overly penalize those
students who give effort but do not have the
coordination and talent to excel, such as the
athletes. Assessment will focus on personal
growth and improvement. Summative
assessments will be used sparingly to test
knowledge at the end of the unit. Assessment will
align with the curriculum and instruction and will
assess the program of studies outcomes such
as, activities, health benefits, cooperation, and
applying physical fitness to everyday life.
I believe that teachers need to be able to adjust
their teaching styles to best support the needs of
their students. In my teaching, I plan to try
various types of teaching styles. I imagine the
majority of my teaching will include direct
instruction and TGFU. Once students have a
basic understanding of class expectations,
routines and basic skills and knowledge then I
would like to move to different teaching styles like
personal instruction and use booklets to guide
students and to encourage independence,
accountability and personal improvement. I will
use sports education to have students
experience all aspects and roles in sports to
encourage sportsmanship, knowledge and skills,
and teamwork. I can see the benefit of using
cooperative learning to also teach accountability,
teamwork and sportsmanship and using personal
and social responsibility to teach respect and
responsibility. My teaching style will constantly be
shifting as I have new students and classes that
respond to different styles.
Classroom Management
Every student needs daily physical activity. I want to set up a gym class that teaches key concepts, while
still having fun. I take a proactive approach to classroom management by setting up structure,
expectations, and routines. The best classroom management is prevention, rather than reaction,
especially in a gym class. I will manage my class by informing students of expectations, as well as
observing and monitoring my students. I think the key to classroom management is relationship building
and I plan to connect with my students, as well as build accountability and motivation/drive. I will
establish expectations and clearly explain the purpose of the rules to the students. My gym class rules
include:
1) Be prepared to have fun and try your hardest (wear gym clothes/runners)
2) Practice good sportsmanship
3) Don’t talk when instruction/questions are being given
4) Show respect, to yourself, others, and the environment

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