7th Annual PE Summer Symposium Session Rewind

Each August a group of dedicated physical education teachers bring their collective knowledge and efforts together to host a PE Summer Symposium which serves as a "no cost" professional development opportunity for teachers.  This event serves as a kick start to the school year for many teachers.  The symposium has been taking place for the past 7 years.  Usually the PE Summer Symposium is hosted at Mount Royal University in Calgary, but with the pandemic restrictions in place for August 2020, a move to a virtual symposium format was necessary.  

August 24 to August 28, 2020 the 7th Annual PE Summer Symposium, Virtual Edition, took place.  HPEC, EAS, AHS, MRU and FFCA all shared best practices in the areas of health and physical education during the symposium.  The sessions provided through pre-recorded videos to over 160 teachers included topics in the following areas: physical distancing activities, creating gifs, using social media in PE to enhance student engagement, online PE learning, recipe lesson card plans, exploring the 2.4km walk zone around home and school, assessment for elementary physical education, cooperative games, benefits of spending time outdoors, and staff and student wellness.  

The 11 sessions offered during the 7th Annual PE Summer Symposium are available here for your viewing and professional development needs.  

The 8th Annual PE Summer Symposium is tentatively scheduled for August 2021.  Watch for details regarding the 8th Annual PE Summer Symposium to be released in May or June 2021.

Session Title: Physical Distancing PE Activities

Presenter: Sonia Sheehan, FFCA SWE Campus

Session Video Link with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUyry2aGYLE

Session Title:  GIF what?

Presenter: Chris Shaw, FFCA SMS Campus 

Session Video Link: Link to Video: What the GIF?

Session Title:  Using Social Media to Get Students Active: #active365

Presenter: Lisa Taylor, PE specialist, PhD Student, HPEC Calgary Regional Rep

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E80IE6lQP2M

Session Google Doc link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V5MQ2JXxLFFDzYjia6f1f5aGbnNVZfh6XYdIMlAm8ig/edit?usp=sharing

Session Title: Outdoor Indigenous Games

Presenter: Brian Broad, FFCA NWE Campus

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5OXrwb9s8o

Session Title: 8 Weeks of Learning From Home

Presenter: Lara Talamini, FFCA NMS Campus

Session Video Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Qvo9WBTPKGlfA8M-NYn9whzW5iieHQCUi54Es_4ynkI/edit?usp=sharing

Session Title: Increasing an Appetite for PE - You Have the Tools, We Have the Recipes!

Presenter: Ever Active Schools

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PqMfitKpPc

Session Title:Explore Your 2.4

Presenter: Ever Active Schools

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmM8rvFvqt0

Session Title: Simple Assessment Strategies for Elementary PE

Presenter: Melissa Brooks, FFCA NEE Campus

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQbcmzQZ00E&t=3s

Session Title:Cooperative Games

Presenter: Andrea Wilcox, FFCA SEE Campus

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL3AdWREsJ4&feature=youtu.be

Session Title: Nature Rx: The benefits of spending time outdoors

Presenter: Shannon Kell, Mount Royal University

Session Video link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w5pJuAxSL_zEfwCZ4vqyjEFXr06Mp3iN/view

Session Title: Staff and Student Wellness

Presenter: Justine 0”Leary - Alberta Health Services

Session Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sun9QqG4eaM&feature=youtu.be

https://docs.google.com/document/d/178lA6KcKz-L_jfQhOAjVpegpysYbtW2tmUbAiGEsZgg/edit?usp=sharing