Bonus 7: Practicing meaningful PE to practicing meaningful leadership - a conversation with Mel Hamada.

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, we chat with Mel Hamada, an extraordinary PE teacher turned assistant principal. We discuss learning about and implementing Meaningful PE as a teacher, mentorship, moving to leadership and how meaningfullness (and the Meaningful PE framework) weave through it all. And yes, Mel called us 'sage-like'. We are honoured.Mel's Bio: Originally from Canberra, Australia, I have been fortunate to work in China, Japan, UK, Tanzania, Vietnam and Australia. I have worked in the Elementary, Middle and High School as a Physical Education and Health teacher in the International Baccalaureate (IB) and using Ontario Standards.  I moved into an Admin Leadership role in 2023. Currently, I am living and working in Beijing, China at the International School of Beijing. I am a triathlete and runner and I love training and racing. I look forward to new events and distances in China and beyond. I actively train both inside and outdoors and coach students too. I am a believer in Blue Dragon Children’s Fund (www.bdcf.org) who do amazing things in Hanoi and Vietnam to support the ongoing work in advocating for children’s rights. I am always interested to learn with others. As a leader, I use a lot of my PE experiences to guide my actions and reflections, and am humble enough to know there is always a lot of learning to do. I am super grateful to my family and to the amazing colleagues, mentors, leaders, PE teachers and more I have been fortunate enough to learn from and with. Show Notes:Meaningful PE into Leadership - Mel’s blog postShane Pill - Game Sense PHASE - International School Conferences - a great place to connect!Thanks to Isaiah ([email protected]) for the guitar pieces, SSHRC for some funding and our guests for sharing!To contact us:[email protected]@ualberta.ca