Creating a safe environment for meaningful learning - Aaron Beighle

“I just needed more time for that lesson.” “My students just aren’t connecting.” “I wonder how I can get them to work together more during that lesson.” Do any of these quotes sound familiar as you reflect on your lessons. This session is for you. We will begin with methods for creating a foundational, safe, learning environment. Strategies and protocol that will improve efficiency in every lesson. This will include approaches such as engaging student voice in the identification of physical education core values and protocol. Further, strategies that foster empathy, acceptance, inclusiveness, and social-awareness will be presented. These practices will be employed throughout the session to demonstrate strategies for fostering challenge, competence, community, connection, choice, and enjoyment in physical education. The beauty of these methods is they yield efficient, safe, equitable environments to allow more time for authentic, individualized, and meaningful learning experiences in physical education. Come learn strategies today that you can use tomorrow!