User:Aquenvil

ABOUT ME ;-)

I am a 26 year old currently living in Norfolk, Virginia. I have a B.S. degree in nutrition from Virginia Tech. After working as a dietitian for 4 years, I decided that what I really want to do is teach. I am currently getting my master's degree in physical education from ODU. I love to exercise and think it is very important for children to learn at a young age the importance of regular physical activity. Physical education is just as important as other core subjects like math and science. The childhood obesity rate is continually growing in our country. The way to change this is to teach children that exercise is great for your body, and it can be FUN!

My Teaching Philosophy

I hope to promote lifelong fitness by teaching students to love physical activity as much as I do. I think it is important to have at least 75% of a physical education class moving at all times in order for it to be affective. Also, if the students are constantly busy then they will not have time to "act up" as much. My teaching strategy in order to achieve constant movement will be to divide the class up into smaller groups and have each group doing a different activity. After 5-10 minutes at one activity, the groups will rotate to a different activity. The students will continue rotating until everyone has completed every activity. I also have several quick games that can be played to take up 2-3 minutes if needed. Students will never be standing around waiting in my class. Students will not have to be athletes in my class in order to pass. I hope to have a large variety of activities that will appeal to everyone. I hope to have some students begin the year hating gym/sports and end the year realizing that they do enjoy at least one sport or activity. I plan on working closely with classroom teachers as well. I want to try and encorporate as many core subjects (math, readiing, science) into my activities as possible. An example of this would be getting a copy of the week's spelling words and having the students play basketball games using these words. I also hope to use a lot of technology in my class, but I think this depends on the school where I work and the budget. If possible, I would like to use an ipod in order to have music in the background while the students are moving. Also, pedometers and exercise equipment (treadmills) would be great to have. Finally, XBOX has a game called "Dance, Dance Revolution" and the Wii has many games that would be new and exciting ways to get the students moving. All of the great teachers that I have had in the past have clearly loved children and have been sincerely passionate about what they teach. This is the kind of teacher that I hope to be one day.