Good Luck Toni!

Board of DirectorsAwards, Best Practices, Future Professionals, Membership, News & Events, Partnerships, SHAPE America

Every year, some of the best and brightest educators are nominated to represent SHAPE America’s five districts. Want to know who was recently selected as a 2023 SHAPE America District Teacher of the Year? Check out our website to see the award recipients in each of the following categories: Adapted Physical Education Health Education Elementary Physical Education Middle School Physical Education High …

ESEA Consolidated Application

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As a service organization, it is the intention of the Arizona Department of Education to provide exemplary customer service and to provide you with all the necessary tools to complete the ESEA Consolidated Grants Application accurately and in a timely fashion. In that spirit, we are seeking, over time, to streamline the application process for LEAs to the extent possible. The FY24 …

Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

Jennifer HoustonAdapted Physical Education, Advocacy, Best Practices, Fitness, Future Professionals, Health, Membership, News & Events, Partnerships, Public Relations/Marketing, Skill Development

Hello Arizona Health and Physical Education members!  This month’s blog hopes to provide you all with helpful information on how to implement the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into your current teaching environment. I’m sure most of you have heard of UDL by now and even if you haven’t, the information below might provide some insight on how …

2023 State Convention Keynote

Lara CoxAdapted Physical Education, Advocacy, Awards, Best Practices, Exhibits, Fitness, Future Professionals, Health, Membership, News & Events, Partnerships, President's Message, Public Relations/Marketing, State Convention

Mike Kuczala has delivered keynotes, given presentations, facilitated professional development and taught graduate courses on 4 continents. His presentations, courses, books and videos have reached more than 150,000 teachers, trainers, corporate executives and parents.  He is also the coauthor of the Corwin Bestseller The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning through Movement, a book and philosophy that has changed the view …

2023 Arizona State Convention

Lara CoxAdapted Physical Education, Advocacy, Best Practices, Fitness, Future Professionals, News & Events, Partnerships, Public Relations/Marketing, Skill Development

Hello Arizona Health and Physical Educators! I hope this message finds you well, rested & enjoying spring break. My name is Lara Cox and I am your current AzHPE president. I am delighted to share with you who our keynote speaker will be for our state convention in October. Please watch the video below and find out that we are …

ADE special guest Joey Feith, will host a 90 minute webinar March 9th, 2023 5:00-6:30pm

Lara CoxAdapted Physical Education, Advocacy, Best Practices, Fitness, Future Professionals, Health, Membership, News & Events, Partnerships, Public Relations/Marketing, Skill Development

Designing Games for Learning: Designing Games That Students Love To Learn Through When most people think about physical education, one of the first things that comes to mind are games.  Games provide students with opportunities to move, sweat, and have some fun. However, when a game fails to go beyond those elements, it fails to meet its potential to transform …

2023 Arizona Adapted Physical Education Conference Schedule

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The Arizona Adapted Physical Education Committee is excited to have Dr. Barry Lavay as our 2023 Keynote Speaker on Thursday, February 16. Barry Lavay, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Kinesiology at California State University, Long Beach. His scholarship includes the areas of positive behavior support and effective teaching practices and students with disabilities. He is the first author of the co-authored …

Arts and Physical Education Summit!!!

Lara CoxAdvocacy, Best Practices, Fitness, Future Professionals, Health, News & Events, Partnerships

Arts and PE Summit!!! When: Wednesday February 22nd Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm Place: Virtual Exciting opportunity to provide Arts & Physical Education Educators with tools & exploration of teaching & learning relevant to their content areas in the 2022-2023 School Year via Zoom training.  A day of free professional development, there is no cost to attend! Registration is NOW open: …

Making a Difference – Artie Kamiya’s Long and Storied Career

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with Dr. Robert Pangrazi and Artie Kamiya Thursday, February 9, 5:‌00‌pm – 6‌:00p‌m CT Artie Kamiya has held a wide variety of jobs and titles over his career. First of all, he was Mr. Kamiya, the elementary physical education teacher. Then he was demoted into administration and was Artie Kamiya, Physical Education Consultant for the NC Department of Public Instruction. Then demoted …

So what is adapted physical education?

Jennifer HoustonAdapted Physical Education, Advocacy, Best Practices, Future Professionals, News & Events, Public Relations/Marketing

Greetings Arizona Health and Physical Educators! Our last blog focused on what adapted physical educators actually do. This month the hope is to clarify what adapted physical education is. Over the years I have heard many misconceptions about how a student qualifies for adapted physical education as well as what the actual purpose of adapted physical education is. To begin …