Here's an excerpt from the press release:
Ms. Porter has taught Physical Education for three decades in the same school district. She has coached three sports at the middle school level, plays a role locally in setting standards for relicensure, and has been a leader in the Society for Health and Physical Education in the Eastern United States. She notes that social and emotional learning is more crucial than ever, because students do not spend as much time outdoors and lack opportunities to develop communications, negotiation, and problem-solving skills that came from playing hockey and sandlot games or building snow forts. To support this growth and teamwork, she purposefully organizes young people of mixed ability levels in small groups that encourage conversation and cooperation. She teaches students about the value of inclusion and being able to work with everyone. As the school year progresses, she organizes students into larger groups to help them become even more inclusive. Ms. Porter explains, “Listening and sharing also provides a great deal of learning. As a teacher I facilitate this learning but don't always drive the direction of the discussion. I also talk a lot about how the best athletes are not always the most skilled. They are the best athletes because they know how to make everyone on their team better.”
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