#4 - Back to School Strategies for Elementary PE Teachers with Tyler Quinn and Jessica Templeton

Distinguished Physical Education Podcast Episodes

My new book, Becoming a Distinguished Physical Education Teacher, is available on Amazon.

My guests today are Tyler Quinn and Jessica Templeton.

Tyler received a bachelor of science in Kinesiology with a physical education emphasis at Shenandoah University in Virginia. He has been teaching elementary physical education for 7 years, the first 3 in Arlington Public schools before moving to Colorado in 2020 where he taught in Jefferson County for 3 years. Tyler currently teaches pre-K through 5th grade PE at Columbine Elementary in Denver Public Schools.

Jessica has taught for 24 years in Denver Public Schools. She started her career as a third grade teacher and was in the classroom for 16 years before pivoting to teaching Pre-k through 5th grade physical education at Gust Elementary School. She has mentored numerous teachers over the years and currently serves as a Regional Team Specialist, planning and delivering professional development for PE teachers across the district.

In this episode we discuss topics such as creating a safe and welcoming learning environment, strategies for setting up the gym to support high expectations for student behavior, class rules, activities for the first week of school, gym entry and exit procedures, planning for the first day of school, advice for new teachers … and other topics.

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