Explore educator resources, research highlights, curriculum materials, and teaching strategies designed to support confident, standards-aligned physical education.
Free, ready-to-use PE resources for busy teachers. Browse substitute lesson plans, gym safety posters, movement break activities, and more — everything you need to keep students moving, no prep required.
An indoor-day slide deck with a complete session built in: a guided-imagery rollercoaster warm-up, the Stinky Shoe Relay, and a Waving Tree cool-down, all designed for a classroom-sized space.
A fill-in-the-blank lesson plan with fields for warm-up, main activity, cool-down, equipment, safety considerations, and tips, so any sub can step in and run a real PE class.
A short slide deck with three ready-to-run movement breaks — Mirror Movement, Shape Shifter, and Follow the Line — that need nothing but the space you already have.
A single-page planning map that pairs each month of the school year with a focus skill theme, from locomotor movement in August through cooperative games in June.
A one-page framework showing how to sequence a week of PE across three days: skill acquisition, gameplay, and evaluation, with the goal of each day spelled out.
A print-ready poster with five simple, student-friendly gym rules to hang where everyone can see them before class starts.
A full-class tracking grid covering twelve PE standards, from motor skills and movement concepts through social responsibility, confidence, and lifelong physical activity habits.
A printable sheet of eight color-coded “Skill Mastered” cards students can fill in on their way out the door, giving you a fast record of who can confidently perform the day’s skill.
Access helpful PE program assessment materials, or review our published evaluation results grounded in physical education research. We are committed to transparency and proven impact in teacher development and student engagement.
Use this playbook to evaluate how your district establishes unified expectations across the Four Pillars of Implementation while preserving essential teacher adaptability.
Use this guide to assess your current program maturity phase and map strategic priorities across a 3-year continuous improvement roadmap.
Use this self-assessment to evaluate your district’s elementary PE program across the 7 characteristics of high-performing systems.
Use this risk assessment checklist to evaluate whether your district has the structural safeguards in place to prevent program drift across the Five Primary Implementation Risks.
Use this framework to audit your leadership dashboard across the Four Levels of Measurement to ensure your data actively informs strategic decisions.
In the United States, many classroom teachers also teach physical education (PE). However, there is a dearth of evidence- and standard-based PE programs designed to support classroom teachers to deliver PE effectively in schools…
This white paper outlines the preliminary findings from a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) evaluating the impact of the Pocket PE platform on elementary physical education (PE) outcomes.
In an era where only 20 to 28% of children in the United States achieve the recommended daily physical activity levels, the school environment has become a critical environment for both student health and academic achievement.
Download our comprehensive review packet to see how Pocket PE aligns with national standards and supports your district’s educational goals.
Pocket PE is a research‐based physical education program, delivered via a digital app, designed to equip educators with the tools, structure, and confidence to deliver high‐quality, standards‐aligned PE—regardless of space, equipment, or prior training.
Click any state to download that state’s mandated physical education requirements document.
Tips, strategies, and real-world insights to help educators and school leaders make the most of every class period.
Curriculum leaders do not need dozens of metrics to understand program health. Five focused questions can reveal where expectations, implementation, teacher support, student access, and evidence are aligned—or need attention.
Strong PE programs are built over years, not semesters. A multi-year vision helps district leaders connect curriculum, staffing, professional learning, measurement, and investment so improvement continues beyond any single initiative.
Inconsistent PE creates costs that rarely appear on a budget line. Uneven instruction can increase planning burden, complicate oversight, weaken equity, and make it harder for districts to know whether programs work.
