Author: Derek Severson

Derek is a Washington State-based NBCT Physical Educator looking to leave a lasting impression in the Physical Education community through meaningful collaboration, advocacy, and teamwork. He taught elementary PE for more than a decade and now currently serves all 32 schools in the Highline School District as the PreK-12 Health and Physical Education Coordinator. A Seattle native, Derek’s credentials include a bachelors and masters in Physical Education from Western Washington University and Central Washington University, respectively. He serves alongside other physical educators on his state’s Health and PE cadre. Derek shows his growing passion for teaching leadership and advocacy in Physical Education as a workshop presenter for SHAPE Washington and SHAPE America. He also shares his PE philosophy with educators across the globe as a monthly blogger through the Puget Sound Educational Service District and Ready Washington. Outside of PE, Derek enjoys spending time with his family of 3, running outdoors, and swinging the golf clubs searching for that illusive hole-in-one. See what Derek is doing on Twitter: @PhysEdDerek

3 Tips to Increase Student Engagement During Remote Learning

Within the upper left of the United States, many school districts have fully embraced remote learning for the foreseeable future. This school year is new for me and I’ve been as much of a student as I am a teacher. Not only am I teaching middle school Physical Education for the first time in my 14 years of education, but I have to do so without any face-to-face interaction with my students.

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Cooperative Activities to Start the Year

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Designing an Effective Instant Activity

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