Remote Teaching: SEL for Today’s Quality PE

Target Audience:

This course is designed for K-12 physical education teachers who 1) are teaching remotely, 2) want to effectively integrate SEL into PE lessons delivered online, and 3) want to build students’ social and emotional skills and awareness through online PE.

Course Purpose/Objectives:

The course is for physical educators who have transitioned to teaching online classes. Course modules provide foundational SEL information and demonstrates how to integrate SEL into practical, powerful online PE lessons. Students explore four online lesson styles.

Understand foundational social & emotional skills and how to easily integrate them into online PE lessons.

Increase abilities to prepare and deliver online student-centered physical education lessons with a focus on social and emotional skills.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, users will be able to:

• Understand the 5 SEL competencies and how to apply them in online PE lessons.
• Learn four PE lesson styles that can be adapted for any remote teaching situation.
• Design an online PE lesson and demonstrate how SEL will be a focus.

Course Description:

Now more than ever, teachers must find ways to adapt lessons to help students meet new challenges, and many are trying to do it remotely. Making the transition to teaching online is a also a huge challenge. This course takes teachers who have pivoted to online teaching through engaging content that demonstrates practical, easy ways to include social and emotional skills in online lessons. Module content presents ways to connect to students online through engaging lessons and impact not only their physical well-being but their social and emotional health as well.

Course Time to Complete: 5 hours

Standards:

This course addresses the following standards:

Source: SHAPE America National Standards https://www.shapeamerica.org/standards/

Physical Education – The physically literate individual:

• Standard 1: Demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.
• Standard 2: Applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.
• Standard 4: Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.
• Standard 5: Recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction.

Health – Students will demonstrate the ability to:

• Standard 4: Use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
• Standard 5: Use decision-making skills to enhance health.
• Standard 6: Use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
• Standard 7: Practice health-enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks.
• Standard 8: Advocate for personal, family, and community health.

Downloadable Materials

Downloadable templates will be available within course modules.

Viewing Animated Videos:

Animated videos within the course provide illustrations, commentary, and clarifications from the instructor. These videos range in duration from 30 seconds - 3 minutes.

Viewing External Content:

At times throughout the course students will be instructed to visit external sites to view videos and/or articles. External content will open in a new, separate window which will require students to close when completed in order to return to the course.