What will be covered:

The internship context

The internship Setting

The educational focus of my internship

My role and contribution to the internship

Theoretical knowledge about my specialist area

Personal development

How will my internship be beneficial to my future teaching career?

Internship Seminar

Internship context Sports activators is a pilot project that is currently

running within three clusters of Otago primary schools.

It has been developed due to schools identifying that they needed help in:

- delivering sport and physical activity options- creating school community pathways that moved

children into sport.

The ‘Sports activators’ initiative has been made possible through recent Kiwi sport funding introduced by SPARC in 2010

Internship context The purpose of Sports activators is to increase school aged children's:

Sporting skills Fundamental motor skill levels Sport participation levels Opportunities to participate in sport

both inside and outside of school

‘Improving sports opportunities for children’

The role of a sports activators is to:

Target, develop and deliver individual school based programmes.

Teach four sequential ‘sport specific’ sessions to each class per term

Provide professional development for teachers Establishing key linkages with local sports

clubs and facilities

Internship context

Internship

Setting

The educational focus of my internshipThe learning objectives for my internship were to:

Gain knowledge and experience of how to plan and deliver sequential physical education sessions

Gain experience in teaching sport and physical activity in years 1-8.

Investigate the barriers that need to be over come to deliver an effective physical education program within primary schools.

Gain experience in how to effectively teach fundamental skills by engaging students in the lessons and making sport fun and interesting.

Practice and acquire management and facilitation skills for teaching physical education in large and small groups.

Gain new skills in how to provide professional development for teachers.

My role and contribution to the internship Observation of teaching Preparing and setting up equipment Planning lessons Teaching lessons and skills Providing feedback Managing and facilitating students Communicating with my internship supervisor,

principals, teachers and students

Physical education in the New Zealand curriculum

“By learning in, through and about movement, students gain an understanding that movement is integral to human expression and that it can contribute to people’s pleasure and enhance their lives”(Ministry of Education, 2007, p.23)

The four stands:A - Personal health and physical developmentB - Movement concepts and motor skillsC - Relationships with other peopleD – Healthy communities and environments

Why is it important to teach students fundamental motor skills?

The learning and teaching that took place in my internship was primarily based around Strand B of the Health and Physical education framework.

B1- Movement skills

B2 – Positive attitudes and challenges

“Leaning in movement”

Learning about my area of specialization: Effective pedagogical teaching approaches

and strategies The importance of time on task How important it is to effectively plan

sequential physical education lessons The importance of fun and engaging

lessons The importance of community links and

meaningful learning

Personal development Organisation and the ability to modify

lessons Confidence and content knowledge Coping with uncertainty and new situations Building professional relationships Working collaboratively as part of a

team

How will this internship benefit my teaching?

Greater appreciation and awareness of the range and ability of learners

Working with a wide range of year levels More effective planning and delivery Improved confidence and ability Management and facilitation skills Professional development & collaboration

Thanks for listening

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