115 - A conversation exploring the importance and role of physical activity, physical education, and well-being in international schools.

Three educators from around the world, share their expertise, approach, perspectives, and guidance on how this area of learning continues to be an essential ingredient to supporting students and schools, and in some ways even more in an age of 24/7 connectivity  About Leticia Carino PYP (Primary Years Program) PE teacher at the International School of Phnom Penh, Cambodia 20 years teaching Physical Education from EY to high school. Also taught bilingual kindergarten (Spanish and English) and Grade 3 Lived and worked internationally since 2007 in the US, Holland, China and Cambodia. Passionate about wellness and leader of a small committee at school to encourage teachers and staff to be well Twitter: @leticarino About Mohamad Houran Director of Community Engagement at the American Community School in Amman Taught PE from 2004 to 2012. Athletic & Activities Director from 2012 to 2022. Currently Director of Community Engagement.  Worked at the following international schools:  American Community School Beirut, Lebanon Dubai American Academy, UAE ICARDA International School of Aleppo, Syria Amman Baccalaureate School, Amman, Jordan. ACS Amman Twitter: @HouraniEDU  About Aaron Beighle  Professor, University of Kentucky Author of nearly 150 articles, books,  chapters and blogs related to youth physical activity and physical education 20+ years teaching physical education at the pre-K through university levels having worked with teachers in North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Frequent keynote and workshop leader. Twitter: @aaronbeighle Resources INSPIREDBYMOVEMENT https://inspiredbymovementblog.wordpress.com/  Meaningful PE Conference (Ty Riddick, Jo Bailey, Mel Hamada, Leticia Cariño) https://youtu.be/jHTYvgSFdFA?si=VDkY_bTzTBJllW-V  Teachers’ sensemaking in implementation of Meaningful Physical Education https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17408989.2023.2260388  Stephanie Beni,Déirdre Ní Chróinín,Tim Fletcher,Jo Bailey,Leticia Cariño Fraisse,Marcus Down,Mel Hamada,Ty Riddick,Milena Trojanovic & Kristen Gross Is Physical Activity key to our Wellbeing? https://www.hoddereducationmagazines.com/magazine/psychology-review/27/4/is-physical-activity-the-key-to-our-wellbeing/  Josie Booth explores the relationship between exercise and psychological outcomes Don’t panic, pandemic PE https://www.ecis.org/pandemic_pe/     Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children 20th Edition https://us.humankinetics.com/products/dynamic-physical-education-for-elementary-school-children-20th-edition  DYNAMIC PE ASAP https://www.dynamicpeasap.com/pages/    Free online resource for teachers to create lessons and yearly schedules for physical education. This site includes lesson ideas, instructional signs, learning outcomes, videos of real teachers teaching real students, and much more John Mikton on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton Web: beyonddigital.org Dan Taylor on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/appsevents  Twitter: https://twitter.com/appdkt Web: www.appsevents.com Listen on: iTunes / Podbean / Stitcher / Spotify / YouTube Would you like to have a free 1 month trial of the new Google Workspace Plus (formerly G Suite Enterprise for Education)? Just fill out this form and we’ll get you set up bit.ly/GSEFE-Trial