Physical Education Teacher - National Board Certified Teacher - IAHPERD President - 2016 IAHPERD Middle School TOY- CPS HPELT - CPS New Teacher Mentor

Chicago, IL
I'm beyond honored to have become the president of @IAHPERD this year as it has been a significant part of my professional journey so far My theme Powered by Purpose is very representative of me & my path and I hope you too find the significance behind it! bit.ly/IAHPERDstore
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There HAS to be a reward for those who #StayedToTheEnd, so we will make sure that a TON of you leave #IAHPERD26 with something that kicks up your program! Experience the excitement of scanning out to see if YOU are one of our dozens of raffle winners! #PhysEd #HealthEd
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WOW Wednesday at #IAHPERD26! Did you know that you can earn up to 7 EXTRA PDHs by attending Wednesday? You get THREE days of convention for the price of TWO, plus an excellent networking opportunity on Wed evening at the “Welcome Social”!! #PhysEd #HealthEd Here’s the lineup:
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Are you interested in joining the SHAPE Midwest or SHAPE America team? Click here for applications and info: canva.com/design/DAHV3EsWVlU… #PhysEd #HealthEd
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Do you know a deserving leader in the Midwest District? Consider nominating them for a MWD Award. Nominations are due Oct. 15. Applications due Oct. 31. Nomination form and Information on each available award here: shapeamerica.org/about/distr… #PhysEd #HealthEd
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A5) Used Suno to create the audio track for the #IAHPERD26 Convention promo here: youtu.be/FowZiIDY0gc?is=iSmf…. The possibilities are limitless for helping Ss learn using music tailored to the lesson. #IAHPERDchat
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! What an AMAZING group & an AMAZING chat! I appreciate each & every one of you. I am so thankful to be a part of this year's #iahperdchat I hope you have a great year! Looking forward to learning with all of you this year!
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Purposeful Goals: We shared a lot tonight! Hopefully you got some new ideas, resources and strategies! Goals are a great way to intentionally create a plan for growth and implementation of something new! What is one goal you are going to set for yourself this year? #iahperdchat
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Q9: Purposeful Professional Development: My favorite question of the night as I think PD is key to a successful year! It reinvigorates the teacher, brings new resources to the school, & meaningful learning to students! What PD will you be participating in this year? #iahperdchat
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Q8: Purposeful Collaboration: Finding your people is key to an amazing school year ahead. What are some creative ways you communicate with your PLC, school community or families? How do you keep it consistent meaningful and easy implement. #iahperdchat
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Q7: Purposeful Advocacy: I love @Iahperd's #shapeupday (state) and @SHAPEAmerica #speakoutday (national) but advocacy can happen in the classroom with quality instruction & in the community by having a PE parent night. What do you do to advocate for your program? #iahperdchat
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Purposeful Community Building: We focus on teambuilding & community builders at the beginning of the year but a classroom community is so much more than that! What do you do throughout the school year to ensure your students feel seen heard & accepted in your class? #iahperdchat
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Q5: Purposeful Resources: Help us out #iahperdchat what are some of your favorite and most useful resources, websites or tools you use? There are sooo many great podcasts, resources and tech tools its hard to keep track share some your favorites so we can add to our toolbox!
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Q4: Purposeful Assessment: Students want to move, teachers want them to learn and there is never enough time. Share some of your favorite ways to check for understanding but keep students moving and having fun? #iahperdchat
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A3: I love using Chatgpt for creating station markers and exercise cards. It will create it add clipart to show how to do the skill and you can create diverse clipart. I love CBHPE.org they have an amazing gif library! #iahperdchat
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Q3: Purposeful Teacher Hacks: For my friend @BarbaraBorden9 who is the queen of hacks! Tell me a small trick, shortcut or resource that you can not live without or makes your life a bit easier...give us all your tips!! #iahperdchat
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A2: All I want to do is get biking program like @AllKidsBike for my Prek & K students. I am also going to implement a golf unit for my K-5 students and archery for 6-8! I also having a hands only CPR program coming to do a training with my 7th and 8th graders! #iahperdchat
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Q2: Purposeful Additions: Change is good! Keeping things fresh, new & exciting increases student engagement & has the potential to be an advocacy tool. Is there a strategy, unit, activity or a program/organization you will or want to add to your program this year? #iahperdchat
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A1: Something that is good is I'm getting to know students & building relationships with them. I am really trying to be intentional about this! Something that needs improvement is scheduling & juggling everything again - hard getting back into the swing of things #iahperdchat
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