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Building Connections: Integrating Social-Emotional Learning in Physical Education
About the Webinar
Physical education provides more than opportunities for movement. It builds connections so students can develop the social and emotional skills they need for lifelong success. In this webinar, participants will explore how to use SEL concepts to help students learn how to navigate both success and failure, collaborate effectively with peers, work as a team, and recognize and manage emotions in a variety of activity settings. Through practical strategies, sample lessons, and standards-aligned approaches, participants will leave with actionable ideas for intentionally integrating social-emotional learning into everyday physical education instruction.
Participants will learn:
- ✓Key social-emotional learning competencies that can be intentionally developed through physical education activities and experiences.
- ✓Strategies and lesson structures that teach teamwork, collaboration, emotional awareness, and resilience during physical activity.
- ✓Standards-aligned SEL practices that foster a positive learning environment while supporting students' physical, social, emotional, and mental well-being.
Presenter & Panelists
Jeff Mushkin
Content Development Director, SPARK
Jeff Mushkin is SPARK's Content Development Director, with decades of experience designing physical education curriculum, professional development, and assessment tools. He has presented hundreds of workshops and webinars for PE teachers across the country, helping educators build effective, standards-aligned programs that keep students moving and engaged.
Panelists
- Meg Mohl
- Erin Sutherland-Evans
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