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- This flyer was recently sent out to parents to have students bring in photos of them being physically active throughout the winter time to add to our bulletin board. By doing this, it allows the parents to feel more connected to their child's teacher and allows us to see and discuss about what physically active things they participate in outside of school. This strengthens the communication between us teachers, students, and parents, leading to a child that can feel supported all around.

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- During parent teacher conferences, I communicated with all families that came into the gym, not only about their child, but also just gave them a simple run down of what we do here in PE at their kid's grade level.

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- The four Fitnessgram tests we give to every student each year are consistent and reliable data, which can also be used to compare year to year as well. This can help in understanding students from year to year and can help us see if there's something going on with the student (physically, mentally, etc.)

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During the Fall, I helped create the Google Form to share with families information about the after school Running Club available for students.

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- I post what we are doing in PE on the NBS PE Twitter account for parents and staff members to stay updated and see what our kids are doing!

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Tweets by north_pe

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- I have a document saved with some personal professional goals of mine as well as some (maybe large) goals I have for the school and district as well. This helps propel me to aim high and attempt to reach these goals as I believe they would benefit the students and us staff members alike.

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- The assessments we have done are stored electronically and also some paper copies stored from classes.

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- I've been reflecting back on specifics within the lessons throughout each unit so far, with detailed things that I will either change for next year while teaching that unit or just some notes about the content taught. This way, I can look back at all these notes next year and not make the same mistakes and continuously improve.

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- I had the privilege of attending the elementary PE SPARK training back in September in which we spent the entire day exploring new activities, brainstorming management strategies, and learning more about what this new SPARK curriculum website and app have to offer. These professional development opportunities are imperative to us as growing professionals, especially as I am a person who wants and needs to stay motivated in my field.
- I attended the PE collaborative workshop hosted by Big Hollow Elementary in February where us professionals went through an extensive list of ideas and resources across various topics including equipment, lesson ideas, and behavior management/strategies.
- I  plan on attending the IAHPERD conference next fall and hopefully one of the spring national conventions within the next few years.

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- I had the privilege of attending the elementary PE SPARK training in September in which we spent the entire day exploring new activities, brainstorming management strategies, and learning more about what this new SPARK curriculum website and app have to offer. These professional development opportunities are imperative to us as growing professionals, especially as I am a person who wants and needs to stay motivated in my field.
- I will be attending the PE collaborative workshop at Big Hollow in February.
- I also plan on attending the IAHPERD conference next fall and hopefully one of the spring national conventions within the next few years.

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- During this Fall, Kristine Devine and I ran the Running Club after school, ensuring that all K-5 North Barrington students had the opportunity to join and be active outside of school hours.

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- As specials teachers, we are able to teach the same lesson throughout the course of a day, or for some, even a week at a time. This allows us to be constantly reflecting AS we teach and make adjustments on the fly even before the next class comes in for the same lesson. An example of this would be today (12/7) when I was teaching a Basketball activity working on bounce passes that I found on Youtube, it seemed like a good activity but I quickly found out that there was a lack of movement while the students were doing it. Realizing this, I stopped the activity and had them do a completely different activity working on bounce passes.

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- Students with behavior charts know that when they come to PE they should always set them on the table when they come into the gym. Before they leave, me and that/those students will have a one on one conversation on how they did that day in PE. By having these discussions, it forces more communication between me and those students, which helps me remember actually how often this student is having trouble by putting it in the forefront of my mind to keep track of.

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- Showing up to work not only on time, but arriving early as well as staying late
- Following safety precautions by making sure the gym doors are locked and/or closed at all times in case of emergency
- Attending all necessary meetings
- Professionally and appropriately dressed for the job
- Following the district curriculum
- Following state and federal PE standards

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Making efforts to challenge negative attitudes

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Making efforts to challenge negative attitudes

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-  A few months ago, one of the classroom teachers added me to an email conversation that she was having with a students mom. The mom was expressing concerns that her daughter had been feeling left out and that there had been a few scenarios of things that had happened at school that made her feel that way. I immediately went to this teacher's room and just discussed this with her face to face to make sure that my response was extremely professional, appropriately addressing the issue, and easing the mind of this parent. This was an example of addressing some negative attitudes and lack of showing Colt pride.

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- I will be helping Andy run the 5th grade Olympics day in March '23.
- I will also be helping facilitate Field day this May.

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- Volunteering to help with the Reading Night during Book Fair week of Spring '23 was so fun! I was able to chat with parents and students and help keep the night running smoothly for everyone.

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Taking on new leadership roles each year, such as stepping into the 5th grade girls' basketball coach position

Contributing to the positive school culture and promotion of physical activity by communicating with parents about such activities.

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Relational Trust and Collaborative Support

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Relational Trust and Collaborative Support

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Ongoing discussions with coworkers about how to improve my teaching skills, including ideas regarding behavior management and classroom RRE strategies.

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Relational Trust and Collaborative Spirit

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Relational Trust and Collaborative Spirit

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This year, I was asked to help out with CICO with a few students. I enjoy doing this because it helps build more of a relationship with those certain students and creates a more trusting and collaborative environment within the school and when they come to PE.

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Acting with Care, Honesty, and Integrity

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Acting with Care, Honesty, and Integrity

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Speaking highly of students when not around

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There was a situation of some drama between a few of the girls that were in first grade last year that has continued a little bit into this year as well. One of the girls has a big influence on the others and there is particularly a girl who I have seen have an internal debate on whether or not she is going to follow the influence of this other girl or not. I would say she's done a great job choosing to stay out of it for the most part this year, after many talks with her and her parents about decision-making and whether or not to go along with peer pressure if it's something that you're not supposed to be doing.

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Incorporating Families as Essential Partners in Learning Experiences

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Incorporating Families as Essential Partners in Learning Experiences

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Parents are engaged as learning partners in PE throughout the school year. This includes having them send in photos of their kids being active at home and outside of school - including by themselves (promotes self motivation for physical activity), working closely with the PTO to share the gym space for various during or after school events and activities and communicating about those.

Parents are extremely involved in Field Day and Olympics Day in PE.

New this year - we are planning on hosting a "Carnival Day" that incorporates the AHA and teaching students about heart healthy habits. Along with the kickoff and carnival, we are planning on livestreaming the days' activities to share with parents so they can see their kid's participation and all that they're learning from these events.

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Upholding wise decision-making with the best interest of students in mind

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Upholding wise decision-making with the best interest of students in mind

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A student in 3rd grade this week (12/8) had an injury, he said an Ipad accidentally dropped on his head, ear, and chest and went to the nurse yesterday for it. With a visible scratch on his head from it and him answering my question with saying that his head hurts at a level of 8/10 pain, I had to make the hard decision to have him check with the nurse instead of participating. He really wanted to participate, but he also mentioned having a headache since yesterday with that level of pain. This was a hard decision seeing that he really wanted to play, but it was having his best interest in mind, especially with an increase in head injuries/concussions.

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This year compared to last year, I have been trying to talk a little bit more in staff meetings when I have ideas to contribute.

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I was planning on going to IAHPERD this year, but some personal life events had me just a little bit busy, but this next year I am for sure going if possible, and also maybe trying to go to the international convention in the spring.

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Students aware of progress and able to identify, reflect on, and discuss their strengths and needs based on evidence

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Students aware of progress and able to identify, reflect on, and discuss their strengths and needs based on evidence

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During our striking unit, students engaged in a self check assessment which required them to reflect on their progress with striking skills and we had a discussion on strength and weaknesses in this content area.

Another example of this is during one of the lessons completing our striking stations, a Kindergarten student was asking another student for help on how to properly serve the blown up ball towards the hero friends on the wall. This shows that students, even at a young age, are able to identify their weaknesses and ask someone else for help, and to ask a peer instead of the teacher.

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Thoughtful and accurate analysis of practices

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Thoughtful and accurate analysis of practices

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In this video, you can clearly see that this student is utilizing the critical elements of striking that they learned throughout the unit. At this age, the main goal for these lessons is to correct when students aren't stepping in opposition and getting them lots of repetitions. This lesson with stations was successful at doing so.

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Friday SPLAM meetings

Teacher/parent consultations

Receiving feedback from colleagues (Andy)

Meeting with horizontal and vertical teams

Wednesday staff meetings

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Something I plan to do in the spring semester is have the 5th grade students choose one component of fitness to work on and set a SMART goal that they will create to track it. A few weeks later, we'll revisit it and see how they've improved.

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During meet the teacher, P/T nights, and curriculum night, I love to have my Ipad out with a screen showing some of the things we do in PE and also a page about myself. This allows parents to feel connected, show them what their kid is doing in our class, and gives them an opportunity to ask questions about it.

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I'm planning on having Jody's son Ethan, who travels internationally on a Volleyball team to come in and speak about his experiences on the team and how he got there. His story will for sure spark some interest and passion with my students. Having such a local person who is related to one of our staff members also just drives more of a huge sense of connection between students, staff, and community.