WHAT IS POSSIBLE?
  • Welcome
  • The Aligned Leader Blog
  • Consulting and Coaching Opportunities
  • My TED X Talk
  • My Leadership Blog
  • Run Your Life Podcast Series
  • How PYP PE with Andy Has Helped Others
  • Good Teaching is L.I.F.E
  • The Sportfolio
  • Example Assessment Tasks
  • PYP Attitude Posters (printable)
  • Publications

LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, &  PErsonal Growth

Activating Student Voice in PE

10/11/2020

0 Comments

 
It's been ages since I've blogged, but I'm happy to be back at it. In particular, I'm thrilled to be teaching PE again. It's been over 5 years since I last taught PE regularly. Over the past 5 years, I have been a pedagogical coordinator and a coach for teachers. Although I still have this role, due to COVID, our teachers are very spread out across the school. There was a need for another PE teacher, so I gladly jumped on board to take a few classes this year. It is a great way for me to stay connected to teaching and gain a deeper insight into the day-to-day challenges that teachers face. 

I wanted to share a strategy that I'm putting into action with my grade 5 students to start off the year. For the past few weeks, we've been in distance learning, but we are now slowly moving back to face-to-face teaching. Although I've already had the grade 5 students for a month now and have gotten to know them reasonably well, I feel that going back to face-to-face is presenting some great opportunities to get to know them even better. 

It is my intention to seek much more student voice and to involve the students, on a deeper level, in the building of units throughout this school year. The only way that I can do this is to get their genuine feedback about their past experiences, their likes, dislikes, and the ways they enjoy being physically active when not in school. I feel that this will provide me with some valuable data to start off the school year. 

I want my students to feel valued, listened to, and a part of the decision-making process in their physical education experience. I told them that there are certain units that I have to teach this year. However, in saying this, I let them know that I intend on using their feedback to hopefully improve on their learning experiences and to build more engaging units in PE this year.  

I introduced the questionnaire that I was going to have them fill out, quickly explained each section and then I had them partner up and do a walk and talk. During this power walk, they shared their thoughts based on the questionnaire. After the walk, we had a few minutes to play some simple playground games using no equipment(due to social distancing and COVID restrictions). As an exit ticket, the students filled out the questionnaire and gave it back to me. By involving them right away and getting them to share their honest thoughts, I feel we have started the year off on the right track. I'm sincerely hoping to build on this momentum and give them more opportunities such as this throughout the school year to share their feedback. What's most important to me is that I provide them with an autonomy supportive environment and build trust with them. I genuinely want them to know that they matter and that we're in on this wonderful journey together. 

Check out a couple of the completed questionnaires below. How might you do something similar in your program? What are ways you've collected student voice in the past? Would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading. 
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

    RSS Feed

    Author

    KAUST Faculty, Pedagogical Coach. Presenter & Workshop Leader.IB Educator. #RunYourLife podcast host. 
    Speaker. Husband, Father, Golfer #Physed #TedX

    Check out my about.me profile!
    Tweets by @andyvasily

    Archives

    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2021
    October 2020
    January 2020
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    June 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011

    RSS Feed

    RSS Feed

Helping Kids to Achieve Their Best
  • Welcome
  • The Aligned Leader Blog
  • Consulting and Coaching Opportunities
  • My TED X Talk
  • My Leadership Blog
  • Run Your Life Podcast Series
  • How PYP PE with Andy Has Helped Others
  • Good Teaching is L.I.F.E
  • The Sportfolio
  • Example Assessment Tasks
  • PYP Attitude Posters (printable)
  • Publications