Submitted by: Sonia Sheehan, HPEC Vice President Communications
As a full-time physical education teacher in Alberta for
over 24 years, I have collected and utilized several online resources and websites to help
elevate my teaching practice and ensure I have a variety of supports to help me
reach the outcomes of the curriculum I need to teach. Here is a list and brief
description of Valuable Online Resources and Websites that may assist health,
wellness and physical education teachers in their planning and delivery of a
quality health and physical education program. Many of the online resources are
available to teachers at no cost and provide priceless benefits to a physical
education teacher.
1.
Alberta Physical Education Curriculum: https://curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculum/en/s/pde
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Resource includes the Alberta learning outcomes,
knowledge, understandings and procedures that Alberta teachers need to cover
when teaching K-6 Physical Education and Wellness.
2.
HPEC Website: www.hpec.ab.ca
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Website of the Health and Physical Education
Council (HPEC) of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and contains upcoming professional
development opportunities, resources and links to apply for grants.
3.
HPEC Resource Page: https://www.hpec.ab.ca/current-resources
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HPEC’s resource webpage.
4.
HPEC Blog Posts: https://albertahpec.blogspot.com/
· HPEC
blog with numerous best practices for teaching health and physical education,
including posts on the following topics: Empowering Student Voice, Creating a Learning
Environment that Supports and Encourages all Students in Physical Education
Class, Everyday Routines for Your Wellness, Warm Up Games, A Successful
Physical Education School Year Start Up, Winter Holiday Games, Physical Education
Resources for National Peoples’ Indigenous Day, Fostering Resilience in Schools
and the Classroom, Meaningful PE, and many more topics.
5.
HPEC Publications: https://www.hpec.ab.ca/publications
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A collection of HPEC’s past publications
6.
Ever Active Schools (EAS) Free Downloads: https://shop.everactive.org/collections/free-downloads
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Website link to EAS free downloadable resources
for teaching health, physical education and wellness.
7.
PHE
Canada Journal: https://phecanada.ca/professional-learning/journal
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Links to a range of PHE journal articles on
health, physical education, sport, wellness, and more.
8.
PHE Canada Professional Learning Assessment in
Physical and Health Education: https://phecanada.ca/professional-learning/assessment-physical-and-health-education
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Links to suggestions for quality physical
education and health assessment practices.
9.
PHE Canada Professional Learning Quality
Physical Education: https://phecanada.ca/professional-learning/qpe
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An overview of a quality physical education
program.
10.
Alberta Health Services (AHS) Lesson Plans: https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/amh/Page2677.aspx
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AHS Lesson Plans for Elementary, Junior High and
High School on addiction and mental health.
11.
Teaching Sexual Health: https://teachingsexualhealth.ca/teachers/
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A comprehensive website for teaching sexual
health curricular topics.
12.
US Games Open PE Website: https://openphysed.org/
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OPEN website with access to a free membership
and high quality free physical education resources created by teachers in the
physical education community.
13.
ThePhysicalEducator Website: https://www.thephysicaleducator.com/about
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Online professional development resource for physical
education teachers.
14.
The PE Specialist Website: https://www.thepespecialist.com/
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Website with resources, teaching tips and blog
to support teaching physical education.
15.
John Byl, GoCanada4Sports Website: https://www.canadago4sport.com/
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Collection of games and videos to support
teaching physical education.
