Episode 292: Coach Ben Landers (K-5 Elementary PE Teacher at River Springs Elementary School) Irmo, SC "Best New PE Practices"

Ben Landers is a K-12 certified Physical Education teacher at River Springs Elementary in South carolina and has been teaching K-5th PE since 2007.  He has completed the National Board Certification in PE and also has a Masters in Education from Southern Wesleyan University and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of South Carolina.  Ben also serves as a Clinical Model Teacher for the University of South Carolina, helping to mentor future Physical Education teachers as part of their graduation requirement. Ben started this website ThePEspecialist.com in 2014 in an effort to provide an amazing resource for teachers.  He has a passion for kids and teaching quality physical education lessons that will empower students to be the best they can be.  Being a PE teacher is such a great opportunity to have a positive impact on the kids that you teach, but his hope is to also impact more students by providing resources and ideas to teachers. The reason he started this website is to share knowledge, inspire teachers, add value to the Phys Ed community and help solve some of the problems that teachers are struggling within schools today.