Iowa Association For Health, Physical Education, Recreation And Dance (IAHPERD)
State of Iowa
Legislature Alert
Middle School Teacher of the Year- 2007
Linda Wax
From left to right: Deb Stevenson (2007 president, IAHPERD) and Linda Wax (Middle School Teacher of the Year)
Linda Wax is a Middle school teacher and teaches in Riverside Community Schools in Carson, Iowa. She is an exceptional Physical Education Teacher who is the epitome of what PE teachers strive to become.
She is an extremely organized teacher who is in constant pursuit of new, challenging and innovative experiences for her students. She was instrumental in developing standards and benchmarks for her district as well as leading the district physical education teachers through the curriculum mapping process for PE and Health.
She creates individualized lessons for students with special needs in addition to playing an active role as a Special Olympics coach for our district.
Linda’s physical education program demonstrates her excellent planning and organization, diverse, knowledge of age specific needs and abilities, creativeness, and innovative methods to maintain physically fit children in the district while demonstrating her ability manage behaviors and create a safe learning environment of mutual respect.
Linda ‘s physical education program provides a wide variety of opportunities and activities that involve life long learning to include: square dancing jump bands, streamers choreography, jump rope for heart and hoops for heart, skiing, ice skating, bowling, archery, Olympics and a multitude of other activities. Along with teaching these and many other activities to her students , she shares these experiences with our communities by student demonstrations at nursing homes and other local facilities.
Linda is an excellent resource as a collaborative colleague and has established the highest standard of health and physical education in the Riverside students through her dedication, time, and effort in her district. Linda is a life-long learner.
She is a very caring and sensitive teacher who strives to meet the physical, emotional and social needs of all students.
I would like to introduce to you the 2007 IAHPERD Middle School Physical Education Teacher of Year….Linda Wax