Physical Education Strong Foundations: A Guide for Early Career Teachers

Course Code: T0275 £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

Have you just started out as a teacher and are new to the profession? This brand-new course, part of our ‘Guide for Early Career Teachers’ range provides new PE teachers with essential knowledge and skills for effective physical education teaching. It includes foundational PE principles, adaptive practice/ differentiation strategies, PEdagogical models and techniques, assessment methods and exam-level preparation for GCSE and A-Level.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Understand the fundamentals of physical education
  • Learn to differentiate PE activities for diverse learners
  • Explore the integration of technology in PE
  • Gain strategies for exam-level teaching and assessment

PROGRAMME

Introduction and Objectives

10.00am

Foundations of Physical Education

10.15am

  • Unpicking the purpose of PE
  • Understanding the importance of physical activity for youth development and your target audience
  • Essential ingredients for planning and delivering effective PE lessons
  • Reflecting on your approaches to behaviour management

Break

11.15am

Differentiation and adaptive practice in PE

11.30am

  • Understanding how to meet the diverse prior learning and needs of your classes
  • Adapting activities for varying skill levels
  • Inclusive practices to ensure every child thrives in physical education

Lunch

12.30pm

PEdagogical models and techniques for your toolkit

1.15pm

  • Understanding how to apply the ideas from cognitive science into a PE environment
  • Exploring different PEdagogical models to expand your toolkit

Break

2.15pm

Assessment and Feedback

2.30pm

  • Effective assessment strategies in PE
  • Providing feedback to maximise student improvement

Exam-Level Teaching for GCSE and A-Level

3.00pm

  • Preparing students for PE exams
  • Techniques for effective exam preparation and practice

Depart

3.40pm  

 
Leadership - Code: T0275

Physical Education Strong Foundations: A Guide for Early Career Teachers

COURSE LEADER

Will Swaithes is Senior Lecturer in Physical Education, Birmingham City University and Education Director at PEScholar, he has over 20 years’ experience in education with previous roles including Advanced Skills Teacher, Specialist Leader in Education, Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning and Head of PE and Achievement for the Youth Sport Trust. He has a Masters in Educational Leadership; continues to do considerable work for YST; contributes to the PGCE PE programmes at Loughborough University, University of Buckingham and runs the Secondary PE PGCE course at Birmingham City University along with guest lectures for a number of other ITT providers; leads the Head of PE network for two Nottinghamshire Teaching School Alliances; and also does a variety of other consultancy work. Will has a strong track record of authoring/ delivering training and has also published an OCR GCSE PE textbook.

 

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