Glenn retired after 35 years of educational experience as a District Curriculum Coordinator, Department Head, Athletic Director, Teacher, and Coach in the largest school district in British Columbia serving 101 elementary schools, 20 secondary schools, 73K students, 8-10k teachers. He has been a sessional lecturer at all 3 major post-secondary institutions in the Metro Vancouver Region working with both practicing teachers in post-degree diploma programs as well as pre-service teachers. Currently as an Educational Change and Healthy Living consultant, Glenn has shared his expertise as a curriculum specialist consulting with schools in Washington DC, Shenzhen, China, South Los Angeles, Denver, Montana, Oregon and North Vancouver. He has developed resources and tools for the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Surrey School District, North Vancouver School District, BOKS Canada, PHE Canada, viaSport, Chicago Run, Laureus Foundation USA, and MeshEd, NYC. Glenn has also presented at numerous local, provincial, state, regional, and national conferences across Canada and the United States. He firmly believes that how we move and feel impacts how we learn.

Matt Young

Matt is a Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40, and Caldwell Partners Canadian Top 40 Under 40 business award winner. This serial entrepreneur graduated with a Kinesiology Degree from the University of British Columbia and started his first start-up company, a boutique health & fitness business: Innovative Fitness. Matt’s ability to distill complex constructs into bite-sized pieces that can be understood has made him a sought-after business consultant. Matt is Globally recognized as THE expert in turning LTAD | ADM from theory into an operating system and has worked with organizations ranging from grassroots to professional & Olympic levels of sport.

https://fsqsport.com/

In this show, we are trying out a new format and calling it Unfinished Thoughts. Andy Vasily, Joey Feith, and I all bring one topic to the table and discuss. We don't have the answers and aren't really looking for them either. We are just having a messy conversation about things that interest us. In this episode, we talk about professional growth.

Hope you enjoy the show!

In this episode, Andy Vasily and I talk about how we can help facilitate more dialogue on Twitter.

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Joey Feith is the founder of ThePhysicalEducator.com.

In this episode, Joey and I talk about #PhysEdU, How social media has changed the game, and the importance of ongoing professional development and coaching.

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In this episode, Ben and I talk about some of the pros and cons of fitness testing in elementary school.

Check out Ben's blog to get a full rundown on how he conducts fitness assessments at his school.

Ben's Fitness Assessment Blog

Here are also the link to the video and article discussed on the show.

Dr. Robert Pangrazi at the PE Institute Video

How student voice and agency can transform fitness testing into fitness education by Dr. Laura Alfrey

Avigail is a College lecturer, a practitioner in private practice, a parent educator, and the author of HyperHealing.

"HyperHealing is your complete ADHD coaching program and parenting guide in one book."

Check out Avigail's website at, https://www.hyperhealing.org/

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Meaningful Conversation with Andy Vasily

Andy has been in education for over 20 years and has taught in 4 different countries. Andy has presented and spoken in over 20 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Australia, North America, and the Middle East over the years.

Check out his work at http://www.andyvasily.com/

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