I said P.E is in the house

Using your time efficiently in your Physical Education class is important. When I was in high school I remembered that we had 45 Minutes of P.E everyday. 45 Minutes seems O.K until it takes the students 10-15 minutes to get dressed and make their way from the locker room to the gym. Now you have 30 minutes to teach a class that was supposed to be 45 minutes long. We all know 30 minutes a day is not enough time to efficiently teach any class; more so a P.E class. So it is important that you use your time extremely efficiently.

This is why good P.E teachers use the Time Coding Form. The time coding form is a document which helps you record the amount of time you use managing the class, playing the actual activity, instructing the students, and the amount of time you waste waiting.

On February 9th, 2009 I taught a short 3 minute lesson on the Barry Sanders Touchdown Dance. Throughout the day we were learning how to throw, catch, and even kick a football; why not spice it up with a little end zone celebration. I had the students get partners; I had quarterbacks line up on one side and Wide receivers on the other. The quarterback was going to throw the ball to the wide receiver and the wide receiver would pretend to score a touchdown and do the Barry Sanders dance. The students of EDU 255 really enjoyed it, and I believe children of all ages will too.

I used the time coding form for the Barry Sanders lesson I taught. I noticed that I spent a lot of time managing the class maybe more than I wanted to. What I could've done is to have them line up while I got the footballs. That would have cut my managing time in half at least. This would have also increased the time the students spent doing the actual activity. As you notice on the form I fell short to the recommended 50% of activity time. To take things on the bright side there was absolutely no waiting time which is always good.