{"id":150,"date":"2014-09-07T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T04:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/online\/?p=150"},"modified":"2020-07-08T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T19:32:25","slug":"re-thinking-physical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/online\/2014\/09\/re-thinking-physical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-thinking Physical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Junior high teacher Andrea McMurtry put her focus on everyday wellness and lifelong fitness and won a National Association of Sports and Physical Education teaching award in the process. Ball State\u2019s online <strong><span style=\"color: #ba0c2f\"><a style=\"color: #ba0c2f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/online\/academic-programs\/masters\/maphysedcoach\">master\u2019s in coaching education<\/a><\/span><\/strong> helped her achieve her goals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I love teaching because it gives me the opportunity to share my passion for health and physical education with young people.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>MAKING COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS<\/h4>\n<p>Accustomed to running the four and a half miles home after her school day and throughout the neighborhood on weekends, Andrea McMurtry, a physical education teacher at Fishers Junior High in Fishers, Indiana, has always enjoyed a level of visibility in her community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/-\/media\/www\/departmentalcontent\/onlineanddistanceed\/newphotos\/success%20stories\/6410andreamcmurtry.jpg?h=200&amp;w=300&amp;hash=7271BC401E580B57CF89BCF228BE66DDB65DCFE1&amp;la=en\" alt=\"Andrea McMurtry\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So when McMurtry won National Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE) Teacher of the Year for its Midwest district in 2013, she began using her visibility with educators at workshops all over the country as well as teachers in her own building and district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted something that would make a difference in my program,\u201d she says. In fact, the master\u2019s degree, offered 100 percent online, helped her rethink her approach to physical education instruction.<\/p>\n<h4>LIFELONG HEALTH AND WELLNESS<\/h4>\n<p>McMurtry redesigned her district\u2019s health and physical education curriculum so that junior high schoolers take a year-long wellness class that includes three days of 45 minutes of strenuous activity<br \/>\nand two days of classroom content emphasizing lifelong health and wellness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want my students to enjoy being at the gym and learn to set their own fitness goals,\u201d says McMurtry. Based on assessments recorded in their wellness books, Fishers\u2019 students work daily to improve their levels of fitness.<\/p>\n<h4>VALUABLE RESOURCES<\/h4>\n<p>The master\u2019s program also altered her coaching philosophy, thanks to texts such as Double Goal Coaching and a web resource known as Positive Coaching Alliance, both of which promote the best practices of elite coaches and the latest research in sports psychology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took those resources to heart and used them with my staff, my own teams, my son\u2019s first grade baseball team, even with my relatives who coach,\u201d says McMurtry, with a laugh. She was coaching three sports and teaching full time while enrolled in Ball State\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching education degree also made her a believer in online education. In addition to her position at Fishers Junior High, she is a lead teacher for health classes with the Indiana Online Academy. 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