About Me
Hello there!
My name is Shelby Thormeyer and I have been teaching since the last century....yup. I'm that old. Since I started teaching in 1999, there have been SO many things that I have learned along the way and that I have changed and had to adapt to. At this point, one of my favorite things to acknowledge is that I have tattoos older than the students.
Enough about being old (can you tell that 40 hit me a little hard?)....I have been teaching Health and PE for most of my career. Most people hear that I teach PE and health for a living and think "Dear Lord" that must be awful. Truth? It's like I was born to do this job. I get PAID to do something I love everyday and be part of something so much more that teaching. (Now that's not to say I wouldn't mind some more in the ol' paycheck, but that a blog post for another day).
I teach a class that I created called Bodysculpt. It is a workout class that allows me to teach Yoga, Zumba, kickboxing, weights, and all sorts of stuff. I have meet and worked out with famous trainers from all over the world and brought back. You can see me below after a workout with Shaun T from Insanity Beachbody fame.
My name is Shelby Thormeyer and I have been teaching since the last century....yup. I'm that old. Since I started teaching in 1999, there have been SO many things that I have learned along the way and that I have changed and had to adapt to. At this point, one of my favorite things to acknowledge is that I have tattoos older than the students.
Enough about being old (can you tell that 40 hit me a little hard?)....I have been teaching Health and PE for most of my career. Most people hear that I teach PE and health for a living and think "Dear Lord" that must be awful. Truth? It's like I was born to do this job. I get PAID to do something I love everyday and be part of something so much more that teaching. (Now that's not to say I wouldn't mind some more in the ol' paycheck, but that a blog post for another day).
I teach a class that I created called Bodysculpt. It is a workout class that allows me to teach Yoga, Zumba, kickboxing, weights, and all sorts of stuff. I have meet and worked out with famous trainers from all over the world and brought back. You can see me below after a workout with Shaun T from Insanity Beachbody fame.
I also get to teach a class called advanced health. Now that is a class that I was blessed enough to be asked to join a brilliant teacher in his journey of this phenomenal class that allows me to connect with students on a level that is not able to be replicated in any other class. We cover topics like, life, addiction, death, sexuality, health care, mental health, and sexual assault. That's only the tip of the iceberg.
I hope to be able to bring more technology and activities to my existing classes and look forward to doing so in this adventure!
Hi Shelby,
ReplyDeleteYou have such an interesting story. Curiosity question - how do students make use of technology in P.E class?
Sudha