Incorporating physical activity into the classroom has been shown to improve academics, reduce stress, and improve mood, among other positive characteristics.
In partnership with Model Teaching, an industry leader in supporting educators, this teacher professional development course will teach you specific ideas for incorporating movement into your classroom by choosing from activities in the provided GETUP guide: games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Model Teaching’s Mission is to improve student performance by directly supporting teachers with quality content and resources. This course also includes a downloadable PDF of the course content and the GETUP guide of activities and ideas to choose from for your upcoming lesson implementation.
In this course, you will explore the importance of movement in the classroom and the impact it can have not just on a student’s physical health but on mental well-being and academic performance as well. You will learn about specific ways to incorporate movement into your specific content area by analyzing various physical activities across a variety of categories.
You will be provided with a guide for planning and implementing these physical activities into upcoming lessons using our GETUP guide. This guide provides activity ideas for games, energy breaks, team building, utilization of space, and physical challenges. Regardless of the content area that you teach, you will walk away with practical ideas to implement into an upcoming lesson.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook device.
Software Requirements:
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.