All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Our School Systems in Georgia!
Preschool

All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Our School Systems in Georgia!

- by Harry Simson

With class sizes increasing and teachers and also other support staff being released, what will occur to our little ones? Students were already suffering, particularly those with special needs. It has been a struggle every year to have the services and support the kids need from teachers b/c these are already overwhelmed. My son’s middle school went from having 3 counselors (one for each grade level) to 2 counselors, and next school year (2010-2011) they’ll only have 1 counselor.

theam even getting times when school systems are trying to dismiss students with disabilities such as Autism from being eligible for special education services. This is outrageous! If we think advocating for our children is hard now, just hold back until next school year. I believe Advocates are going to have their hands full.

As an old School Psychologist, I am disheartened incidentally school systems in Georgia are mistreating dedicated and …

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A Crisis In Education
Special Education Schools

A Crisis In Education

- by Harry Simson

A crisis in education has hit the United States school system. U.S. math grades have plunged to a single from the lowest of advanced economies. And the trend just isn’t inside our favor. A record quantity of students spanning various ages is failing standardized math exams such as regents, SAT’s, and GMATs.

There are a couple of causes for this trend. Firstly, because of state and federal budget cuts, more students are increasingly being squeezed into classes. This makes it quite challenging to enable them to receive individual attention, as well as a longer timeframe for weakness to become addressed. This can result in a spiral of poor grades, a decrease of confidence, frustration, and lost hope.

Another cause is often a decline in teacher quality. Due to federal and state budget cuts, lower annual salaries, or becoming paid to teachers. Not only that, but benefits and pensions are being …

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Why Is Physical Education Class Only Directed Towards the Small Percentage of Athletes?
Educational Programs

Why Is Physical Education Class Only Directed Towards the Small Percentage of Athletes?

- by Harry Simson

In traditional sports and physical education classes, educators are only teaching how to stay physically active through basic sports, which can be just the thing for the athletes, but why don’t you consider students who do not become professional athletes? The NCAA posted data on the possibility of an increased school athlete playing attending college and ultimately going pro. Comparing men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, football, and men’s ice hockey, the data shows that the easiest sport to turn pro in is baseball. For baseball, approximately 0.44% or 1 out of every 225 high school graduation participants reach the professional ranks. Since that number is so low, how come physical educators continuing to instruct these sports? There is a small future because of these sports along the obesity academic is increasing at a fast pace.

Elementary physics. ed . should be focused on learning the fundamental fundamentals of …

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Ways To Be a Better Physical Education Teacher
Preschool

Ways To Be a Better Physical Education Teacher

- by Harry Simson

There is an issue whenever a great lesson falls apart because of the performance of your teacher. This article is here to deliver tips to help Physical Education teachers enhance their necessary skills. Many skills will probably be covered including, voice, speaking, motivation, and creativity. These four are a few items that teachers may use as a checklist to make a certain performance at their full potential.

Let’s commence with voice. Physical Education is usually taught outside or perhaps in a gymnasium, which suggests an instructor needs the proper voice with this environment. The students won’t hear you should you be too quiet, but you wouldn’t like to scream. Being quiet makes an instructor look weaker and it sends out a look of devoid of the authority. A teacher who screams creates a place not enjoyable for your class. The balance of the two can be a powerful voice. One …

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Five Ways to Motivate Students in Physical Education Class
Special Education Certification

Five Ways to Motivate Students in Physical Education Class

- by Harry Simson

There is not any shortcut to being a master sport and physical education teacher. To keep yourself motivated as a teacher you have to motive your students by constantly challenging them and encouraging these to reach their physical goals. A Phys. ed. teacher must perform their professional development to remain current with the times and learn new techniques to motive their students. The five tips underneath are simple, yet many sports and physical education teachers tend not to stress on an everyday basis.

1. Be Willing to Gain More Knowledge:

As a physical education teacher one wants to consider learning about new activities and games, plus incorporate them into their lesson plans. A teacher that is certainly never satisfied with gaining knowledge is good. As a physical education teacher, you should never be pleased with teaching similar skills over and over again, year after year. You should research and discover …

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